Usually, terrain is described by a heightmap, usually a squared, grayscale image where each pixel encodes the height of the terrain at (x, z) coordinates In this post, we will build a simple terrain visualization, while also exploring some of Bevy’s capabilities Generating a mesh from a heightmap Pushed by some recently published, impressive games such as TLOU2 and Cyberpunk 2077 I decided to invest again part of my free time in gamedev experiments and to try out the new Bevy game engine.īevy is an ECS-based, 2D and 3D game engine currently under development, but it provides already many features for a simple game. The open-world RPG Veloren is a notable example. New libraries are published almost weekly and, with enough patieance, it’s already possible to build a high-quality game. “We are now giving them a playbook and they want to run with it.The use of rust language in major companies is increasing and with it also the game dev community is growing. “Companies never really had a playbook on how to do this,” Lowry said of becoming more diverse. He and the rest of the company also are looking forward to continuing their drive for social change in the tech industry. Andersen said the company will continue to build on its platform and is looking forward to the post-pandemic world where in-person events will join virtual. “Bevy really stood out as something quite unique in marketing tech - a software solution to help create a brand,” said Kobie Fuller, general partner at Upfront and founder/chairman of Valence.īevy has raised more than $60 million in funding to date. “This is a case where you have a founder who is going to put his money where his mouth is.” Looking aheadīevy’s platform allows companies to hold and scale their communities and host virtual conferences for between $20,000 and $1 million a year - enabling companies to quickly build their brand globally. ![]() “This could be a model for Silicon Valley,” Lowry said. in 1968 current Facebook board member and EVP at PayPal Peggy Alford and former Beats by Dre CMO Omar Johnson, Some of those individuals include James Lowry, the first African American consultant for global consulting firm McKinsey & Co. In fact, 70 percent of the individuals participating in the round are Black investors - representing 25 percent of the money raised, he said. While the round was led by Accel Partners and included participation from LinkedIn, Qualtrics co-founder Ryan Smith and Upfront Ventures, it also included money from 25 Black leaders and investors, Andersen said. The new funding also represents that same commitment to diversity. The 100-person company also expects to hire an additional 150 employees in the next year, Andersen said. That number is expected to be 20 percent by September. The company committed itself to lessening racial inequalities in the sector and now 14 percent of its employees are Black. “A year ago, I’m incredibly embarrassed to say, we did not have a Black or brown employee,” Andersen said. While Andersen is pleased with how the company adapted and grew, he also is excited about another initiative the company undertook last year after the killing of George Floyd social change in the tech industry. ![]() ![]() “We realized this just unlocked what we wanted to do in the sense we want to bring people together. “Our customers just pivoted to taking everything virtual,” Andersen said. ![]() After redesigning the platform to help with virtual events, Bevy is on pace to reach $30 million in ARR by the end of this year - a 15x increase from 2019 - and just closed a $40 million Series C round. “I cleaned out my garage like three times.”įast-forward to today. “I was just sitting here in March and we had no business,” he remembered. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit last year, Bevy co-founder and CEO Derek Andersen knew it was going to be problematic for the in-person event conference startup. Freelance Writers: How To Pitch Crunchbase News.
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