Scatter 2 vec2 p=(2.*FC.xy-r)/r.y+.02/fract(dot(FC,sin(FC.yxyx))); o=tanh((p.xyyx+p.xxyx+1.)*.01/abs(max(abs(p.x),abs(p.y))-.5));

Scatter vec2 u=(r-2.*FC.xy)/r.y,c=ceil((u*1e2+sin(u*3e2-t))/(.1+length(u))),p=u+.01*tan(dot(c,sin(c.yx)));o=tanh(tanh(vec4(p-.3,p))*.1/(abs(length(p)-.6)));

shaders are so gdam cool

raymarching through a 3D texture in Godot #godot #shaders

Finally, someone got shaders running on the Vegas sphere! Next step: let’s make this happen in mixed reality so everyone can write shaders on a virtual version of the sphere 😃 (credits to @xordev.com for the video)

Combustion vec2 p=FC.xy*6./r.y; for(float i;i++<1e1;i) p+=sin(p.yx*i+i*i+t*i+r)/i; o=tanh(.2/tan(p.y+vec4(0,.1,.3,0))); o*=o;

I have no idea how this shader works, but reducing the iteration count in the second loop kinda looks nice too.

ayyy it's @xordev.com on the sphere!

Lily for(float i,z,d;i++<6e1;o+=vec4(z,9,1,1)/d/d){vec3 p=round(z*normalize(FC.rgb*2.-r.xyy)/.1)*.1;p.z-=9.; for(d=0.;d++<9.;p+=.2*sin(p*d-t+z).yzx);z+=d=length(cos(p)-1.)/20.;} o=tanh(o/3e5);

Trying a new voxel scene to test memory vs compute GPU performance in my raytracer, using @xordev.com's dot noise: mini.gmshaders.com/p/dot-noise

Nether for(float i,z,d;i++<6e1;o+=vec4(19,z,1,1)/d/d){vec3 p=z*normalize(FC.rgb*2.-r.xyy);p.z-=t;p=round(p/.1)*.1; for(d=0.;d++<9.;p+=.2*cos(p*d+z).zzx);z+=d=abs(abs(p.y)-3.)/20.;} o=tanh(o/7e5);

Porting shaders to C/C++: by @tsoding.bsky.social youtu.be/xNX9H_ZkfNE

Hey, I know these shaders! Cool to see them at the Better Software Conference youtu.be/UULQyRKc6sM?...

A new video of a wobbly cube that's rendered via ray-marching a discretized SDF. Hypnotic! Distances are reconstructed via trilinear interpolation of cached values on a grid. This is the equivalent of what was shown in my earlier 2D animations (see below!)

CYBERSPACE 2 for(float i,z,d;z+i++<7e1;o+=vec4(z,1,9,1)/d) {vec3 p=abs(z*normalize(FC.rgb*2.-r.xyy));p.z+=t*5.;p+=sin(p+p);for(d=0.;d++<9.;p+=.4*cos(round(.2*d*p)+.2*t).zxy);z+=d=.1*sqrt(length(p.xyy*p.yxy));} o=tanh(o/7e3);

CYBERSPACE for(float i,z,d;z+i++<8e1;o+=vec4(z,4,1,1)/d) {vec3 p=z*normalize(FC.rgb*2.-r.xyy);p.z+=t/.1;p-=sin(p+p);for(d=0.;d++<9.;p+=.7*cos(round(.2*d*p)+t*.5).zxy);z+=d=.1*sqrt(length(p.xyy*p.yxy));} o=tanh(o/5e3);

Whirl for(float i,z,d,h;i++<8e1;o+=vec4(9,5,h+t,1)/d) {vec3 p=z*normalize(FC.rgb*2.-r.xyy),a;p.z+=9.;a=mix(dot(a+=.5,p)*a,p,sin(h=dot(p,p/p)-t))+cos(h)*cross(a,p); for(d=0.;d++<9.;a+=.3*sin(a*d).zxy);z+=d=length(a.xz)/15.;} o=tanh(o/1e4);

Fun little pattern: vec2 p=(FC.xy*2.-r)/r.y*2e1; o=tanh(vec4(1,1,2,1)/length(p*.2+tan(sin(p+=t).yx+p)));

Repulser for(float i,z,d,h;i++<4e1;o+=vec4(h,1,4,1)/d){vec3 p=z*normalize(FC.rgb*2.-r.xyy),a;a.y++;p.z+=6.;a=mix(dot(a,p)*a,p,sin(h=t-length(p*p.yzx)))+cos(h)*cross(a,p);for(d=0.;d++<9.;a-=cos(round(a*d)+t).zxy/d);z+=d=.1*length(a.xz);h=p.y+4.;}o=tanh(o/2e3);

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@xordev.com develops insane shaders specialised in procedural generation. They have a page dedicated to tutorials. If this is your kind of thing or it can match with your game’s aesthetic, don’t miss out. mini.gmshaders.com

Depth vec3 p,v=vec3(1,2,1);for(float d,i,z;i++<4e1;o+=(cos(i/4.+vec4(2,1,6,0))+1.)/d/d)p=z*normalize(FC.rgb*2.-r.xyy),d=abs(z-3.+cos(t)/.7)/2e1,z+=d=.6*max(d,length(abs(fract(p/v)-.5)*v-.1)-d);o=tanh(o/3e4);

Merge vec3 p;for(float d,i,z;i++<5e1;o+=(cos(z+vec4(2,1,0,0))+1.)/d/z) p=z*normalize(FC.rgb*2.-r.xyy),p.z+=t,d=abs(.04*z-.4),z+=d=.4*max(d,length(min(p=cos(p+z),p.yzx))-d);o=tanh(o*o/6e3);

Chords vec3 p;for(float d,i,z;i++<5e1;o+=(cos(i/9.+vec4(2,1,0,0))+1.)/d/z) p=z*normalize(FC.rgb*2.-r.xyy),p.z-=t,d=abs(.01*z-.1),z+=d=max(d,.5*length(vec2(3.-abs(p.y)+dot(cos(p+.3*t),sin(.3*t-.6*p.yzx)),cos(p/.3-p.z)*.3))-d); o=tanh(o/8e1);

Square bokeh

Bitdumb 4 vec2 p=.5*(FC.xy-.5*r)/r.y,v;for(float i;i++<6.;o+=fract(length(round(p))/exp2(i/4.)-t*.5)*vec4(.1/abs(fract(p)-.5).yxx/i,1)*(1.-o.a))p*=mat2(2,2,-2,2);o=tanh(o*o+dot(o,o)/1e2);

Bitdumb 3 vec2 p=(FC.xy-.5*r)/r.y,v;for(float i;i++<6.;o+=fract(length(round(p))/exp2(i)-t*.5)*vec4(.04/abs(fract(p)-.5).xxy,1)*(1.-o.a))p+=p;o=tanh(o*o+dot(o,o)/1e2);

Bitdumb 2 vec2 p=(FC.xy-.5*r)/r.y,v;for(float i;i++<20.;o+=vec4(.03/abs(fract(p)-.5).xyx,fract(t*.2+length(round(p)+i)/i))*(1.-o.a))p+=vec2(p.y,-p);o=tanh(o*o+dot(o,o)/1e2);

Bitdumb vec2 p=(round(FC.xy)-.5*r)/r.y,v;for(float i;i++<20.;o+=vec4(fwidth(v=ceil(p)).xyy,fract(length(v)/i-t*.2))*(1.-o.a))p+=p;

Aperture 2 vec3 p; for(float d,i,z;i++<1e2;o+=(cos(z+vec4(0,1,2,0))+1.5)/d/z) p=z*normalize(FC.rgb*2.-r.xyy),p.z-=t,d=abs(.01*z-.1),z+=d=max(d,.6*length(max(p=sin(p)*sin(p.yzx),p.yzx)-.7)-d); o=tanh(o/1e2);

Aperture vec3 p; for(float d,i,z;i++<1e2;o+=(cos(z*.3+vec4(0,1,2,0))+2.)/d/z) p=z*normalize(FC.rgb*2.-r.xyy),p.z-=t-z*.6,d=abs(.03*z-.3),z+=d=max(d,length(max(p=cos(p),p.yzx))-d); o=tanh(o*o/9e2);

What is the best designed game?

Pulse vec3 p,v;for(float i,z,d;i++<5e1;o+=vec4(3,z,6,1)/d/z) p=z*normalize(2.*FC.rgb-r.xyy),p.z+=9.,p=dot(v=normalize(cos((t+i)/2.+vec3(6,1,4))),p)*v+cross(v,p),z+=d=.2*length(p.xy/vec2(1,9)); o=tanh(o/2e2);

Frosted glass globe! Here the frosting strength increases with the elevation of the terrain.

374 shaders xordev.com/arsenal

Graphics Programming weekly - Issue 413 - October 19th, 2025 www.jendrikillner.com/post/graphic...

NEW Mini: 3D Rotation! How to rotate in 3D with arbitrary axes. I tried to make this as accessible as I could mini.gmshaders.com/p/3d-rotation

My new favorite implementation of 2D value noise: float value1(vec2 x) { vec2 i = floor(x); vec2 s = smoothstep(i, i+1.0, x); return mix(mix(rand(i), rand(i + vec2(1,0)), s.x), mix(rand(i+vec2(0,1)), rand(i + 1.0), s.x), s.y); }

Collaborated with Milkdrop to make a pack of 800 audio-reactive shaders. Designed for VJs and visual artists. Anybody can use them with the open-source XorPlayer and Spout. They work without audio too, great as moving backgrounds! Download: milkdrop3.com/XorDev Have fun!

Ascend

Cyclone vec2 p=(FC.xy*2.-r)/r.y/.1; for(float i;i++<1e1;o+=(cos(p.x+vec4(2,1,0,0))+1.)/length(sin(p+sin(p+t).yx))/.2)p*=.1*mat2(8,-6,6,8); o=tanh(o*o/2e4);

New article on my site: Better sRGB to greyscale conversion The commonly used greyscale formula is slightly off when computed in gamma space but can it be fixed? 📜 30fps.net/pages/better...

Dispersion for(float i,z,d,s;i++<2e1;o+=(cos(s-z+vec4(0,1,8,0))+1.)/d){vec3 p=z*normalize(FC.rgb*2.-r.xyy),a=p; for(d=2.;d++<7.;)a-=sin(a*d+t+i).yzx/d;z+=d=abs(2.-max(p=abs(p),p.y).x)+abs(cos(s=a.z+a.y-t))/7.;} o=tanh(o/2e2);

Boom! ieatpixels.com

"Thermal" for(float i,z,d,s;i++<3e1;o+=(cos(s-t+vec4(0,1,8,0))+1.)/d) {vec3 p=z*normalize(FC.rgb*2.-r.xyy),a=p;p.z+=5.; for(d=2.;d++<7.;)a-=sin(ceil(a*d+t)).yzx/d;z+=d=abs(max(p=abs(p),max(p.y,p.z)).x-2.)*.4+.2*abs(cos(s=a.y+t));} o=tanh(o/3e2);

"Spherical" vec2 u=FC.xy/r.y*PI; vec3 c=vec3(sin(u.x+vec2(0,11))*sin(u.y),cos(u.y)),a, v=mix(dot(a+=.57,c)*a,c,sin(t))+cos(t)*cross(a,c); o.rgb=tanh(.1/abs(tan(v/.1)));

GM slowing becoming a 3D engine 🥹

Neat article on code golfing. Many techniques that I use: blog.pkh.me/p/45-code-go...