Ultimate Shader Playground v0.55 (Early Access)

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• Now FREE!
  August 04, 2024 by programmer_jeff

  I'm looking for feedback of any kind, so it's 100% free... Continue reading

  
• v0.55 Shader Compilation or Link Error Popup
  December 02, 2023 by programmer_jeff

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  I thought it would be helpful to show the shader errors in a popup that can hang out as long as you need it, so viola! there we go, added one to the tool... Continue reading
• v0.5 Popup Copy Paste-able Built-In Variable List
  November 24, 2023 by programmer_jeff

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  I included a popup textbox (copy paste-able) to show all those pesky built-in variables, their data types, etc. for each stage of the shader pipeline... glitches in the OpenGL Graphics Driver not exce... Continue reading
• v0.46 (GUI Polishing)
  November 23, 2023 by programmer_jeff

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  Functionally, this is the same program as 0.45, but there are checkboxes to display each of the shaders, plus two new GUI Window features, Max Window and Min Window, which will snap the window to max... Continue reading
• v0.45 added noise Texture Sampler2D (theNoise)
  November 19, 2023 by programmer_jeff

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  I added noise as a texture sampler2D, so now uniforms that are currently sent in are as follows: uniform float theTime; // TIME (using glfwGetTime() function, sent in as a float) uniform sampler2D the... Continue reading
• v0.4 parse Vertex Shader layout info gives code
  November 17, 2023 by programmer_jeff

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  Ok, so there's a new button at the bottom of the editor, "Parse Vertex Shader Layout", and it does just that, it parses the Vertex Shader Layout code as you have it in the shader, and outputs OpenGL V... Continue reading
• Ultimate Shader Playground v0.3 (Early Access)
  November 16, 2023 by programmer_jeff

  Ok, I added shader groups (known as configs) which are now save-able within the interface at the bottom. This early access update was just for extra functionality, and no polishing other than some bri... Continue reading
• Ultimate Shader Playground v0.2 (Early Access)
  November 14, 2023 by programmer_jeff

  I'm super excited to announce the three modes of operation for the Ultimate Shader Playground (currently v0.2), still in Early Access: Mode 1 - Geometry Shader Only Mode 2 - Tesselation Active Mode 3... Continue reading
• Geometry Shader Editor
  November 13, 2023 by programmer_jeff

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  Well, the other day I was working on my pixel art generator, and decided to make a jump to full, real-time editor with as much of the shader graphics pipeline as possible. The first iteration is the V... Continue reading