Gardener Devlog (Archives) #3: The Shader-Scan Optimization

With the first realistic trees comes the first struggle with performance. As the first optimisations are made to the Gardener engine, an innovative solution to player-plant interaction is implemented: Shader-Scan, a shader-based collision engine that avoids using CPU-intensive physics simulation for each of the thousands of plant nodes.

Watch episode 3 of the Gardener devlog to experience the first modern orchard engine fruit picking. Or just enjoy it yourself in the Gardener Plant Creator!