Thread by @KelvinvanHoorn

It is done, I can now happily sail the blue oceans on my new water shader 🌊

It has a bunch of features, which are shown off one by one in the breakdown video🎞️

Long thread ahead of (better quality) videos and tutorials

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#madewithunity #shaders #VFX #gamedev #indiedev

Close-up of the caustics and flow particles, as they might be hard to see (even if the compression gods are favourable, which I doubt) 🔍

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Links to better quality videos:
My website: kelvinvanhoorn.wordpress.com/2021/08/26/a-w…
Youtube:
Reddit: reddit.com/r/Unity3D/comm…

Also enjoy this still image🖼️
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This shader of course wouldn't be possible without the great videos and blog posts made by others. So here is a list of tutorials/references that were used in the making of this shader, sorted by content creator.

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@AlanZucconi
🔹A great introductory tutorial on making believable caustics alanzucconi.com/2019/09/13/bel…

@halfpastyellow
🔹Two great blogs on their water shader
1⃣halfpastyellow.com/blog/2020/10/0…
2⃣halfpastyellow.com/blog/2020/10/1…

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@catlikecoding
🔹The series on flow has been the backbone for my water shaders catlikecoding.com/unity/tutorial…
🔹His tutorial on tessellation is a great introduction catlikecoding.com/unity/tutorial…
🔹Similarly his tutorial on tri-planar mapping is great as well catlikecoding.com/unity/tutorial…

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@minionsart
🔹She has a quick and concise tutorial on adding tessellation to URP shaders patreon.com/posts/45320078
🔹Another great tutorial is on adding water ripples using the particle system and an orthographic camera patreon.com/posts/24192529

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@NedMakesGames
🔹The tri-planar mapping of caustics requires scene normals, which Ned has a tutorial on using SRP's render features

@simonschreibt
🔹His talk about the water of Rime was the main inspiration for this shader

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I probably should've used url shorteners or something, because twitter isn't made for so many links 🤷

But that is the end of the thread, I hoped you enjoyed the ride, the exit is on the left 🚪⬅️

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Of course I forgot 1 link. The planar reflections are sampled using a script from @unity3d's boat attack demo 🚤
github.com/Unity-Technolo…