Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 10, 2023

This beta includes a few big changes which may interest a lot of users: Animated sprites, both 2D and 3D, now support options for more precise timing of individual frames ( GH-65609 ). Animation: Add animation_started/finished signals to AnimationTree and fix time accuracy in StateMachine ( GH-70278 ).

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Beta Dev Render Animation 106

Cocos

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Hi, I am writing a simple shader for spine, and use ts code to animate that shader by setProperty function. The same logic work with sprite, but not Spine. How can I make setProperty work inside a tween? Here is my demo TestShaderSpine.zip (5.3

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Shaders Sprite Demo Writing 40

Cocos

AUGUST 2, 2023

Hi, I am writing a simple shader for spine, and use ts code to animate that shader by setProperty function. The same logic work with sprite, but not Spine. How can I make setProperty work inside a tween? Here is my demo TestShaderSpine.zip (5.3

Shaders 40

Shaders Sprite Demo Writing 40

Cocos

JULY 26, 2023

Hi, I am writing a simple shader for spine, and use ts code to animate that shader by setProperty function. The same logic work with sprite, but not Spine. How can I make setProperty work inside a tween? Here is my demo TestShaderSpine.zip (5.3

Shaders 40

Shaders Sprite Demo Writing 40

iXie gaming

JUNE 28, 2024

With the right tools, you can turn simple sprites into stunning displays of art and movement. Spine Spine is the best tool for 2D skeletal animation. It has a flexible system that uses bones to create smooth and expressive animations, which can be easily reused and customized.

Software 52

Software Simulation Sprite Animation 52

Cocos

AUGUST 23, 2023

Sorry to litter up the forums with a question like this but I couldn’t find anything about it anywhere online… So… I have made some shaders that use time to essentially animate themselves. Whenever I attach them to a material, and then a sprite in the engine, I can see them moving in the editor as expected.

Bug 40

Bug Feature Shaders Sprite 40

iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Additionally, employing sprite sheets can help manage particles efficiently by combining multiple images into a single texture, minimizing draw calls and improving performance. Utilizing Shaders Wisely Shaders are powerful tools that can enhance the visual quality of a game, but they can also be demanding on mobile devices.

Mobile Gaming 52

Mobile Gaming Mobile Mobile Texture 52

iXie gaming

AUGUST 17, 2023

Custom shaders Gain control over your game’s visual style and performance by creating custom shaders. Shader programming allows you to manipulate lighting, textures, and visual effects, resulting in unique and optimized visuals. Optimize performance Keep performance in mind throughout development.

Game Developer 52

Game Developer Game Development Development Shaders 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 16, 2018

basics for skeletal animations. finish up skeletal animations (- blend shapes). Yes, some more invalid OpenGL state was fixed and a first attempt to get spatial shaders working and then this could be seen. UBOs are chunks of memory that contain data that is available "globally" and immutably in every shader stage.

Shaders 52

Shaders Render Mesh Code 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 10, 2023

This beta includes a few big changes which may interest a lot of users: Animated sprites, both 2D and 3D, now support options for more precise timing of individual frames ( GH-65609 ). Animation: Add animation_started/finished signals to AnimationTree and fix time accuracy in StateMachine ( GH-70278 ).

Beta 81

Beta Dev Render Animation 81

Cocos

AUGUST 10, 2023

Sorry to litter up the forums with a question like this but I couldn’t find anything about it anywhere online… So… I have made some shaders that use time to essentially animate themselves. Whenever I attach them to a material, and then a sprite in the engine, I can see them moving in the editor as expected.

Bug 40

Bug Feature Shaders Texture 40

Logic Simplified

APRIL 4, 2025

The optimization of shaders combines calculation simplification methods which lowers both shader passes and processing redundancy. Billboard Sprites reduces GPU processing through the use of simple models for distant objects. Proper memory management ensures smooth, stutter-free multiplayer gameplay.

Games 52

Games Texture Render Balance 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

x is that, several times, sprites are separated in many nodes in order to be animated or assembled. If a shader is applied to them, or if transparency is changed, the effect is applied to every node individually, given they each do it in their own draw call. This has been added for 4.0 thanks to the new DirectionalLight2D node.

Engineering 55

Engineering Engine Alpha Texture 55

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 7, 2018

Talk: My Godot toolbox: patterns, animation and encapsulation | Jakub Grzesik ( kubecz3k ). Talk/demo: How I grow with grass shader | Krzysztof Jankowski ( w84death ). My story of learning shaders the hard way - by doing an awesome grass shader! Workshop: Normals can be fun | Mariusz Chwalba ( koder ).

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Demo Simulation Shaders Engineering 52

The Liquid Fire

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

We’re not really doing anything with shaders or post processing in the tutorial, so depending on where you want to take the tutorial later, its really up to you which you choose. The first thing to download will be the sprites and textures from the original tutorial. Download Icon.svg and replace the original file with it.

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Point and Click Texture Mesh Tile 104

Cocos

DECEMBER 25, 2023

The most commonly used method involves rendering the camera to a RenderTexture (RT) and then displaying it on a Sprite. Add a Post-Processing Shader precision highp float; #include <pp-shared-ubos> in vec2 v_uv; uniform sampler2D mainTexture; #pragma define intensity matParams.x

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Render Texture Shaders Pixel 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 13, 2019

Revamped animation editor. Visual shader editor. Some shader features will not work and throw an error when used (which is to be expected when using an older OpenGL version). As this back-end is intended to run on the lowest end hardware possible, shaders need to be kept very small. Revamped animation editor.

Feature 52

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Radiator Blog

APRIL 9, 2021

The engine should be able to render and simulate 200+ lightweight game objects -- frame-animated sprites with simple collision, no fancy physics or shaders. I have to pay to use more than 1 font, or make an animation more than 5 seconds long? (Reminder: for iOS, that means WebGL 1.0 and no WASM.) I didn't try to find out.

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