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New Voxel Engine Reveal - Crystal Islands Experiment

John Lin · demo · Watch on YouTube

Computer graphics & renderingGame programming & engines

What it is

John Lin reveals a rewritten voxel engine demonstrated in a Crystal Islands scene, with much finer voxel detail, fast collision, fracture and path-traced global illumination.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN cites it as a showcase of one of the best voxel engines, impressive for its detail and smoothness.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 2 strong recommendations
  • first 2021, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “an engine that is, in my opinion, one of the best voxel engines in existence”

    Devlogs of one of the best voxel engines in existence

    junon, 2021-09 · Strong recommendation · in “The Perfect Voxel Engine”

  2. “Crystal Island looks amazingly detailed and smooth.”

    Amazingly detailed and smooth Crystal Island voxel demo

    parlortricks, 2025-01 · Strong recommendation · in “VoxelSpace: Terrain rendering algorithm in less than 20 lines of code (2020)”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: voxels, path tracing, global illumination, graphics, game engine

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