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Not the title (R3F it seems?)

You’re right! The title references the main packages used in the project: R3F (React Three Fiber) for integrating React with Three.js, drei for helpful components, and rapier for physics. I’ll consider giving it a more descriptive title for clarity—thanks for noticing!

The title has the names of the JS packages used in the creation of the game:

- R3F (react-three-fiber) - wrapper for React to interact with three.js, a 3D library for JS

- drei - useful helpers for react-three-fiber

- rapier - physics library for react-three-fiber

All three packages are made by Poimandres (founded by Paul Henschel, quite prolific in creating these packages), an open source collective, who also makes zustand, if you're familiar with that.

Exactly! I used React Three Fiber (R3F) for the 3D scene, drei for utilities, and rapier for physics, all by the Poimandres collective. Their libraries like zustand have also been essential in other projects. Thanks for sharing these details with everyone!

I believe R3F is generated name. Surge.sh generates names like this by default

See my other comment, it's the names of the technologies used in the game.

Thanks for helping clarify the title! It’s great to have other developers in the thread who are familiar with Poimandres' tools.

Actually, in this case, R3F refers to React Three Fiber, which is central to the project. However, I can see how it might look like an auto-generated name—thanks for the heads-up!

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