Working to make a game which is very hard to optimize a bit more respectable when it comes to performance. Which is easier said than done. This video is a journey of pain that is optimization in UPBGE ( the game engine chosen for Dani's Race ).

THE PETITION

https://blenderdumbass.org/petitions/release:_dani_s_race_v2025-03-17

The above link contains:

• List of updates released after the petition is done.
• Link to the page where the action of the petition is.
• Links to information about why petition exist in the first place.
• And why exactly this target for the petition.

For those unable to find them on the page:

• To sign follow: @rowdyjoe@mastodon.social ( https://mastodon.social/@rowdyjoe )
• What are petitions?: https://blenderdumbass.org/help?topic=petition
• Why do I do them?: https://blenderdumbass.org/articles/libre_games_and_making_money:_introducing_petitions
• Why RowdyJoe?: https://blenderdumbass.org/petitions/release:_dani_s_race_v2025-03-17#why-rowdy-joe
• Short summary of changes to version 2025-03-17 ( as opposed to version 2025-01-19 ):
  • Story campaign's scene #3 is added.
  • Police now will arrests those they chase.
  • New drive-able vehicle: Scooter.
  • More performance optimizations.

For more information please go to the link above.

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DANI'S RACE

https://blenderdumbass.codeberg.page/DanisRace

The above link contain:

• Features of the game ( and goals ).
• Links ( for download, source code and socials ).
• Teaser trailer.
• Installation guide.
• System requirements.

For those unable to find them on the page:

• Downloads ( various versions ): https://blenderdumbass.org/search?text=Release%3A+Dani&title=on
• Source Code repository (git): https://forg.madiator.cloud/BlenderDumbass/DanisRace
• Bugs Issue Tracker: https://forg.madiator.cloud/BlenderDumbass/DanisRace/issues
• Matrix chatroom: https://matrix.to/#/#danisrace:tchncs.de
• Teaser trailer ( PeerTube ): https://peer.madiator.cloud/w/6tQyMrwz8fiutxE7T1jtLP
• System Requirements: https://blenderdumbass.org/games/Dani%27s_Race#system-requirements
• Installation guide: https://blenderdumbass.org/games/Dani%27s_Race#how-to-install
• Short summary of game's features:
  • Story campaign.
  • Open World.
  • Vehicle Customization.
  • Racing.
  • Damage model.
  • Cinema ( playing local videos )
  • Multiplayer
  • Police

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MORIA'S RACE

https://blenderdumbass.org/films/Moria's_Race/

The above link contain:

• The movie itself
• Movie's Source files.
• A story about how the movie was made.
• Links to various things.

For those unable to find them on the page:

• The movie itself ( PeerTube ): https://peer.madiator.cloud/w/vmPmME5XPWNc8uXSMe1xCk
• IMDB page: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28833689/
• Movie's Source Files: https://blenderdumbass.org/moriasrace
• Link with more information about the movie: https://blenderdumbass.codeberg.page/MoriasRace/

Featuring a new soundtracks for Dani's Race called "Light Driving" ( and another one with no proper title yet ) done using soundfont "Touhou" cc-by by Team Shanghai Alice. The tracks themselves are CC-BY-SA and for now a test version of them are available on my mastodon.

The video includes ( at 01:18:53 ) a section from the livestream of LogalDeveloper that happened on his Owncast on 02/05/2025.

00:00 Into 01:02 Setting up the Goal 04:54 Explaining Dictionaries 25:50 Attempting to Optimize Dictionaries 30:01 RowdyJoe and Petition 31:33 Issues with Dictionary Optimization 32:46 What is Depsgraph? 38:14 Theoretical Depsgraph Optimization 40:50 Practical Depsgraph Optimization 43:42 Depsgraph: Reuse Module 45:54 Depsgraph: Opt.GoodFPS 51:15 Depsgraph: Chunks 58:58 More Depsgraph research. 01:00:07 Geometry Nodes Experiment 01:00:29 Optimizing cars for Depsgraph 01:00:50 Experimenting with hair system 01:01:09 Reducing Buildings Geometry 01:02:45 Comparing Windows vs GNU / Linux in terms of Speed 01:04:05 More building optimization stuff 01:04:47 Fixing Bad Impact Testing for better Depsgraph 01:08:50 Redesigning the Chunk System, for better Performance 01:18:24 Making Highway Race 01:18:53 LogalDeveloper Stream ( Highlights ) 01:39:29 Strange Optimization Behaviour on Ubuntu 01:40:33 Fixing bugs that were introduces by optimization 01:42:53 Celebratory Racing ( with new music )