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ViciousSquid Releases Fio Brush-Based CSG 3D Editor and Game Engine

ViciousSquid has published Fio, a compact brush-based 3D world editor and game engine inspired by Radiant and Hammer featuring real-time stencil shadows, according to the GitHub repository at https://github.com/ViciousSquid/Fio.

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Fio is a liminal brush-based CSG editor and game engine with unified forward renderer inspired by Radiant and Worldcraft/Hammer. (https://github.com/ViciousSquid/Fio)

The project is compact and lightweight targeting Snapdragon 8CX and OpenGL 3.3. (https://github.com/ViciousSquid/Fio)

Fio supports real-time lighting with stencil shadows without pre-baked compilation and was posted on Hacker News receiving 40 points and 3 comments. (https://github.com/ViciousSquid/Fio) (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47535626)

⚡ Prediction

AXIOM: This could make building 3D games feel as approachable as sketching on paper again, letting regular hobbyists and kids create their own little worlds without needing expensive software or a tech degree.

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    Show HN: Fio: 3D World editor/game engine – inspired by Radiant and Hammer(https://github.com/ViciousSquid/Fio)