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The first thing you need is two Sprites: one for the front of the sticker and one for the back.
Then, you need to use reflection on both the shader side and the GDScript side. As you can see on the right side of the video, I already modeled the function you need to implement to generate the effect.
Now, if you don't understand how to do it, no worries! I'm currently planning to write a book called The Godot VFX Handbook, which covers 2D, 3D, UI, and Particle VFX.
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Because of the non-arithmetic operations involved, some devs say they are expensive for the GPU. Others say they are cheap if you have fewer than 100 particles. What do you think?
Animated sparkles are usually created using sprite sheets. I've been experimenting with generating them procedurally using shaders, and it's cool how a few simple mathematical equations can produce such a nice result.
I like this approach because it gives me more flexibility, and I can edit the VFX in real time. What do you think of the result?
I just wanted to share my happiness with you. It took me a while to update the Unity Shaders Bible for Unity 6 using Shader Graph, but it's finally complete.
Over the years, this book has helped over 10k technical artists and game developers around the world, and I'm incredibly grateful for all the support.
The reason I started this project goes back to 2019. At the time, most shader courses were quite expensive, often costing over $170. I wanted to make shader education more accessible, so I created the first edition of the Unity Shaders Bible as an affordable alternative.
Honestly, I never expected it to become so popular, but somehow it did. Seeing so many people learn from it has made all the effort worth it.
Thanks to everyone who has supported the book over the years. It truly means a lot to me.
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I'm almost finished writing the Unity Shaders Bible, Second Edition (351 pages so far), and I wanted to add something that could be useful in production, so I created this alpha-cutoff-based transparency system.
The technique is actually pretty simple. I'm using an SDF cylinder that extends from the camera to the character's position, so everything in between gets cut off. I also added a stencil buffer to achieve the flat art style. The same technique can be applied to multiple players to create see-through objects.
I'm currently writing the last chapter of the Unity Shaders Bible, Second Edition, and I created this piece of art to showcase stencils and character-position-based transparency with ShaderLab and Shader Graph.
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I'm finishing Chapter 4 of the Unity Shaders Bible SE, and I'll be covering these two effects. One is fully procedural, while the second one (the splash effect) uses a particle system.
I'm still missing two more effects for Chapter 4. What other effects do you think would be worth covering?
By the way, this shader is also included in the Godot Shaders Bible package.
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If you own the Godot Shaders Bible, you can now download this procedural VFX from the book's package in the Open Source folder. It's free to use in both personal and commercial projects.
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