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+# Voxel Game
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+except right now it's just a raytraced sparse voxel octree renderer
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+paper used: https://research.nvidia.com/publication/2010-02_efficient-sparse-voxel-octrees
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+can render a lot of voxels right now, but a lot of work needs to be done for effects & multiple trees
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+![screenshot image here](screenshot.png)
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+might take a bit to generate the terrain
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