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

Gradient masking for smooth swipes! This material setup creates... a full-range gradient sweep, perfect for effects like wipes, transitions, or directional reveals. Driven by a sine wave for continuous motion. #gamedev #VFX #realtimeVFX #UnrealEngine5 #UnrealEngineshow 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

This improved depth fade uses a dedicated depth texture... map to offset values with RemapValueRange, PixelDepth, and SceneDepth, for a more volumetric result #UnrealEngine5 #VFX #realtimeVFX #gamedevshow 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

Terrain Scan Shader can adapt to any sphere mesh... using object position + radius, making it a seamless scan overlay across scene objects #gamedev #VFX #realtimeVFX #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

Using this Quantize shader will help limit the number... of discrete values from a full 0-1 range. Extremely useful when it comes to achieving a toon effect #realtimeVFX #UnrealEngine #gamedev #VFX #UE5show 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

Fake volumetric smoke using a camera-facing mesh deformed in... world space, with an Unlit shader and no particles or SubUVs. Directional lighting faked with a dot product between a normalized direction and a normal map #gamedev #VFX #realtimeVFX #UnrealEngineshow more

Distorting UVs is a simple way to introduce variation... and add more depth to panning textures. By pushing and pulling the UVs, this shader creates a bulging or pinching effect #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

Animated Organic Material is now on sale on FAB:... #realtimeVFX #UnrealEngine #gamedev #VFX #shadershow more