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+more ideas on what to try out
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+- [ ] post processing
+- [ ] UI rendering
+- [ ] DirectX
+- [ ] compute shaders
+- [ ] mini game
+- [ ] ImGui?
+- [ ] extending SDL_gpu?
+  - [ ] access to the underlying Vulkan types