Cheap Light Alternative💡 Using a modulate blend material you... can multiply screen colors and use depth masking to fake a light radius, make sure you clamp the result in a range above 1, Cheap and can work surprisingly well #gamedev #VFX #realtimeVFX #UnrealEngine5 #UnrealEngineshow more

A great way to cheaply fake lighting on particles... is using a sphere mask in world space. If you add a Vector3 to the Object Position node, it can be offset to any desired position #gamedev #VFX #realtimeVFX #UnrealEngine5 #UnrealEngineshow more

A handy way to cheaply fake lighting on particles... in UE5: Use a sphere mask in world space. Add a Vector3 to the Object Position node to offset it wherever you need #gamedev #VFX #realtimeVFX #UnrealEngine #UnrealEngine5show more

Terrain Scan Shader 🔎 This material adapts to a... sphere mesh using Object Position and Radius making the scan effect seamlessly appear over other objects in your scene #gamedev #VFX #realtimeVFX #UnrealEngineshow more

🐟 From Simple Sprites to Swarms 🐟 Using an... animated diffuse+normal texture with some vertex offset to break up the motion can be a great way to fake 3D! Each particle has a randomized speed, period, and frequency #gamedev #VFX #realtimeVFX #UnrealEngine5 #UnrealEngineshow more

A great way to cheaply fake lighting on particles... is with a sphere mask in world space. Using a Vector3 instead of an Actor Position node lets you offset the lighting to any desired position in the world #gamedev #VFX #realtimeVFX #UnrealEngine5 #UnrealEngineshow more

Custom parallax UVs 🔧 We can calculate the view... direction in tangent space and offset UVs accordingly. This Layered parallax method gives you precise control over blending and depth #gamedev #VFX #realtimeVFX #UnrealEngine5show more

🔥Burning Shell🔥 Enhance effects with depth and complexity! By... using Pre-skinned local pos instead of LocalPosition, you can attach to your mesh before any animation is applied. Full breakdown: #GameDev #VFX #RealTimeVFX #UnrealEngineshow more

You can smoothly mix gradients using Distance, Noise, and... Power nodes to create a dynamically controllable falloff with texture variation. Replace the Noise node with any texture sample for more customization #VFX #realtimeVFX #UnrealEngine #gamedev #UE5show more

One way to remap data and influence visuals is... through value erosion. Here is how you can erode a texture controlled with a softness parameter #realtimeVFX #UnrealEngine #gamedev #VFX #UE5show more

You can easily improve how your light looks 💡... in your Unity game using a Light Cookie 🍪✨ Here's how! 🙂 #UnityTips #unity3d #gamedevshow more

Distorting UVs can be a great way to add... variation and achieve certain effects. For example, this shader pushes and pulls the UVs for a bulging or pinching effect. A quick way to add depth to panning textures #gamedev #realtimeVFX #UnrealEngine #indiegames #VFXshow more

Stylized Electricity Breakdown ⚡ By using vertex colors, you... can animate meshes like a "3D flipbook," giving you precise control over trail behavior. This technique is both flexible and saves performance, perfect for stylized effects. #realtimevfx #UE5 #VFX #gamedevshow more

Rain Drops Shader Series, Part 1: Streaks 🌧 Lerping... 2 Noise texture along with Texture Coordinates allows you to control tiling, distortion, and rain streak distortion. This texture can further be packed into one texture for optimal use #gamedev #VFX #realtimeVFX #UnrealEngine5show more

By baking data directly into a texture, through different... channels, you can drive position, scale, and rotation of other elements, unlocking flexible, procedural control for unique effects with optimized performance #UnrealEngine #GameDev #VFX #RealtimeVFXshow more

Using a Joystick with the Feather Offset, you can... make the light change as you move the cursor. You only need to create two animations, one for the horizontal movement of the light and shadows, another for the vertical movement, and connect both to a joystick. Have fun!!show more