Show HN: BareMetal – Game engine for photorealism on low-end GPUs (open-source)

1 baremetalengine 4 5/5/2025, 7:36:01 PM github.com ↗

Comments (4)

WorldPeas · 3h ago
>open source

>look inside

>no source

Well I support your idea at least. Post again when it's there.

baremetalengine · 1h ago
The source is there to begin with. In the Read Me, it's under the section: "Where's the Code?" https://github.com/baremetal-engine/baremetal-engine-core
slater · 50m ago
This all reads like "Things THEY don't want you to know!" conspiracy BS. What do you claim to know that hundreds/thousands of game engine devs don't?
baremetalengine · 30m ago
Open your mind. This isn’t about conspiracies — it’s about optimization.

BareMetal is about designing engines to run photorealistic graphics more efficiently on modest GPUs. AAA studios often brute-force performance with hardware instead of better code, pushing unnecessary upgrades and planned obsolescence.

This isn’t a new idea — it’s been done before. Games have historically looked incredible on limited hardware when developers prioritized efficiency. We’re just bringing that mindset back.

It’s not a conspiracy. It’s a paradigm shift.