DLSU GAME Lab

Benchmarking the future of rendering with Project Anito. 🖥️⚡

We are proud to showcase the latest milestone from our 3D modeling interns: Cameron Mempin, Paolo KwanTiu, and Jillian Cabrera. The team has successfully developed a highly detailed, close to 1:1 virtual counterpart of the physical DLSU GAME Lab space.

This custom-built 3D environment is designed specifically to test and benchmark the rendering system of the Anito Engine, aiming for absolute photorealism and spatial accuracy.

Built in Blender, this virtual scene serves as a benchmark environment for the Anito Engine's rendering system. They even used AnitoScan (3D neural asset acquisition) to perfectly clone the lab's tabletop figures!

Kudos to our interns for this amazing blend of art and engine optimization! 👏🔥

DOST PCIEERD Project No. 1212909, titled "Project Anito: Support for the PH Gaming Industry Towards Embracing In-House Game Engine Development."

Running Jolt Physics inside Balay Anito! 🖋️📦

What happens when you combine hand-drawn comic book aesthetics with a high-performance AAA physics engine? You get the latest evolution of AnitoCrossHatch! 🚀

Our specialized non-photorealistic rendering (NPR) tool—designed to digitally emulate traditional crosshatching, manga, and graphic novel illustration styles—is officially transitioning into a fully functional Game Engine!

Under Project Anito, our brilliant engineering team of Jonathan DeVera and Adriel Donato has achieved some incredible new milestones:

🎮 Playable Character & Platforming: We've introduced a playable character and fully functional platforming levels. You can now run, jump, and navigate through 3D environments! ⚙️ To handle real-time physics, we’ve integrated Jolt Physics (the same powerful physics engine behind blockbuster titles like Horizon Forbidden West and Death Stranding 2!).

📦 Real-Time Interactions: Watch as physical primitive cubes bounce, tumble, and collide perfectly with the environment—fully rendered in our stylized crosshatch shader.

🏡 Balay Anito Benchmark: We’ve put this new engine stack through its paces by using our custom-made, traditional Filipino home scene, Balay Anito, demonstrating stable interactive framerates (60 FPS!) even with complex geometry and real-time physics enabled.

By building our own game engine tech from the ground up, we are proving that stylized Pinoy games don't have to rely on commercial, closed-source ecosystems to look and play beautifully. 💡🇵🇭

Supported by DOST PCIEERD Project No. 1212909.

🏡 Elevating Balay Anito: Bringing Atmosphere & Detail to Pinoy ArchViz! ✨

We’re taking our custom Balay Anito scene—our in-house benchmark scene inspired by traditional Philippine architecture—to the next level! 🇵🇭💻

Under Project Anito, our team has been working hard to upgrade Balay Anito into a fully engine-ready, high-fidelity environment optimized for our custom local renderers. In our latest walkthrough update, we’ve introduced several massive visual and structural improvements!

🛋️ Furnishing Upgrades: Check out the beautiful, brand-new sofa remodel by our 3D artists, Stephen Lance Yarte, raising the bar for the scene's interior detail. ✨ Atmospheric Magic: Our 3D artist, Onesimus Dela Torre, has implemented gorgeous cinematic enhancements, including fake volumetric lighting and floating dust particles that catch the light, adding depth and warmth to every angle. 🌅 Dynamic Lighting Profiles: Experience Balay Anito under a cozy, moody Evening setting.

Supported by DOST PCIEERD: Project No. 1212909.

How’s it like working in DLSU GAME Lab? 🎮🔥

Over the last few months, the Project Anito dev team, Carlos, Thomas, Stephen, Vaughn, Jonathan, and Onesimus, have shared their experiences working on projects such as AnitoCrosshatch, AnitoPlume, and Balay Anito.

DOST PCIEERD Project No. 1212909, titled "Project Anito: Support for the PH Gaming Industry Towards Embracing In-House Game Engine Development." 🇵🇭

Bringing blueprints to life? We’re doing exactly that with Project Anito! 🏛️✨

Check out this stunning interior render showcasing our latest exploration into Architectural Visualization. By leveraging real-time rendering tech, we aren't just building environments—we’re crafting immersive experiences where light, texture, and space come together seamlessly. 💡📐

Whether it's for game worlds or real-world simulations, we're constantly pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in digital spaces. 🎮💻

Stay tuned for more updates from the lab! 🏹🔥