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Shader Debugging Made Easy with NVIDIA Nsight Graphics

Nvidia

Shaders are specialized programs that run on the GPU that manipulate rays, pixels, vertices, and textures to achieve unique visual effects. With shaders, you. Shaders are specialized programs that run on the GPU that manipulate rays, pixels, vertices, and textures to achieve unique visual effects.

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Cocos Shader Tutorial 1.0 - about UV

Cocos

The vertical axes of textures and picture pixels is shown above, when sampling textures in shaders, that is from top to bottom, which is top-right corner. This is consistent with how most image file formats store pixel data, and with how most graphics APIs work (including DirectX, Vulkan, Metal, WebGPU, but not OpenGL).

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.5 dev 2

Mircosoft Game Dev

The cover illustration is from Fortune Avenue , a capitalism simulator where you shrewdly extort and outmaneuver your friends in a chaotic, board-game environment. Reorganized shader editor UI The editor experience for shaders and visual shaders got some TLC in GH-100287. It is developed by Binogure Studio.

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Top Tools and Software for Creating Visual FX in Games

iXie gaming

They include everything from 2D particle effects to realistic 3D simulations. Today’s VFX artists use advanced tools to create real-time particle systems, complex simulations, and stunning visuals that captivate players. Other Specialized 2D Tools Pyxel Edit For games that use retro pixel art, Pyxel Edit is a must-have tool.

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2024 Cherry-picks

Mircosoft Game Dev

Of Life and Land Build your own settlements in Of Life and Land and experience different maps, scenarios, and rich simulations. Until Then Nominated for a plethora of awards, the visual novel Until Then tells the emotional story of the highschooler Mark in polished pixel art. Strategize with animals and nature in mind!

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Vulkan progress report #7

Mircosoft Game Dev

using a special screen-space filter to correctly simulate roughness. Additionally to being able to simulate skin more correctly, it also supports transmittance, so light that comes from behind will spread towards the front by scattering below the surface. Additionally, GLSL shaders (not Godot shaders, real GLSL 4.50+Vulkan

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What is Cel Shading & How to Use It?

Game Designing

A cell shader gives the appearance of a traditional drawing with a flatter surface and hard, unfinished edges. Since cel shading works by applying a shader to 3D models, you must create the models first. Maya Animation: Toon Shader  Creators use different approaches to creating cel-shading materials. What Is Cel Shading?