The game itself is closed source, but there are some related projects (the translated strings, the community levels, the tool to create levels) that are open source.
I understand.
Unfortunately I’m already uploading the game to 4 different platforms (itch.io, steam, iOS app store, Android play store) and that already takes a lot of time, so I’d rather not have to upload APKs to itch.io. Sorry :-(
Train more!
Watch the replays of other players to learn how to improve.
Also you’ll need to play in multiplayer (only available on Android and Steam) to unlock all the medals.
Making the renderer is an iterative process. I started with just drawing lines, then progressively added all the different effects (bloom, chromatic aberration, etc…). You can get a renderer in a week of full time work, but then there are endless improvements you can make.
Even today the renderer of PewPew Live could be improved in a lot of ways.
It’s totally doable to do a 2D renderer with ray tracing lights. 2D simplifies many many things!
I did make my own renderer. A renderer for PewPew is not too hard: culling is simple, no lights or shadows.
Hardest part was probably drawing 3D lines :-)
What is a little bit annoying is that any new effect, like Depth of Field or Lens Flare take several hours to implement, whereas in a premade engine my understanding is that it’s one click away and the quality can be better than what I achieve.
