Trying to Improve My Geography Game with More Real-World Data

Continuing the geographical game journey with some performance improvements, bug fixes, graphical upgrades, and a variety of experiments.

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Referenced Videos:

Music:
Born to Fly - Veaceslav Draganov
Falling Through the Hourglass - Sid Archarya
Horizon - Veaceslav Dragnaov
Living - Borrtex
Another Time Another Place - Sounds Like Sander
All in Good Time - Shimmer
A Tender Heart - The David Roy Collective
In the Kitchen of the Mountain King - Ikoliks
Hourglass - Shimmer
Amber - The Stolen Orchestra
Spread Your Wings - Evgeny Bardyuzha
After the Storm - We Dream of Eden
Gibbous - Michael FK
Orbit - Hans Johnson
Orbital Anomaly - Cody Martin
Falling Stars - Michael FK
Momentum - Borrtex
Gone with the Winds - Veaceslav Draganov

Chapters:
0:00 Hello Everyone
0:20 Please Don't Crash
1:50 Enhance!
8:45 City Lights
12:21 Terrain Mesh Optimization
17:17 Wind Experiment
21:12 Kepler and the Moon
27:32 The Motion of the Sun
28:43 Stars
29:56 Atmospheric Improvements
32:48 Seeing the Sights

[SBroproductions]

Sebastian: "This is a game about delivering packages."
Also Sebastian: "So I added accurate sun and moon orbits..."

[sqwatchy]

"An asteroid is heading right for Earth!"

Sebastian: "I've written up this little compute shader to help."

[Lucas]

I think Sebastian took Carl Sagan's words too literally: "If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe."

[Chrisbrei]

"I don't understand what was going wrong there, but right now I'm just happy it's fixed" - said every developer, ever

[petergandia]

"I set out to build a game. Instead, I built a fully functioning planet."
This is nuts. Looking great.

[IISkullsII]

"Now that we have all the Stars, lets add all the rest of the atoms and molecules. My first thought was to just add a particle system to map all those points in the universe. But i havent all the time, to set those points. So i came across this nice compilation of data of every atom and molecule in our know universe. So i wrote a little Script to load those data in ..." - Sebastian Lague in 2025

[Emil_]

Sebastian:
"Let's do some optimization so everyone can play my little game"

Also Sebastian:
*Literally implements the whole solar system*

[Pscribbled]

Sebastian: let me make some small improvements to my flying game

Also Sebastian: creates the metaverse

[addictedyounoob]

You present this in such a clear and relaxed manner. Incredible to watch. Thank you for recording your work progress and results like this

[mebamme]

I love seeing a new upload from you in my feed! Yours are by far the coziest programming videos.

[ethanroberts]

This man is literally the Bob Ross of coding
The skill, the attitude, the voice... it's almost perfect

[alexzitao]

imagine being outside your house, enjoying the sun and suddenly a plane a quarter the size of the moon appears and drops a package thats the size of 5 whales, imagine how loud it would be and frightening

[closemissiles]

I love how half of this video is dedicated to optimization and the other half is dedicated is dedicated to creating a completely unnecessary solar system simulation. Incredible work as always!

[JaxonFXPryer]

Society: world peace is impossible
Sebastian: I actually thought about it for awhile, and ended up writing this cute little compute shader that should solve the problem

[Danidev]

Man your videos are so mesmerizing, always a pleasure to watch!

[cedi]

It's "only" a computer game, but when the sun came up, that was one of the most beautiful moving images I've ever seen in my life.

[billyjo]

Evolving weather patterns would go great with a tailwind boost mechanic. You can also have headwinds slow the player down, making the player learn to read weather patterns to take the fastest route. Imagine the player using a tropical cyclone to slingshot to a destination!

[gmc_]

I think a cool concept could be maybe to have certain "portal" points above places of interest where you can fly down from the earth view and explore these environments in higher detail.

[EnderCreator]

I am obsessed with this. The idea of math, art, science, and fun all combined into the videos. It's literally perfect 😍

[recnepSpencar]

"So I've been writing a little compute shader..." This needs to be a shirt, a sticker, or something for fans of the channel ❤️