Max van der Merwe | Mostly on 🟦sky

While clearing out an old computer I found some tech art work that I did a few years ago for @WildlifeAlba, and I'm still quite fond of this little ocean shader with lapping waves (that will still run on your grandads old iPad) Technical deets in🧵! 1/5

@DMeville My flood fill generator had a bunch of extra constraints and noises though, would grab the depth of the ocean floor at each point, and 'slow down' (increment the gradient value less) as the shore got shallower, so waves would bunch up as they hit the beaches.

@DMeville I think its hard to convey through text, but the approach was almost 100% inspired by seeing this Freya tweet while working on it, and realising it was almost exactly the data I needed. x.com/FreyaHolmer/st…

BEEEEACH. Testing on a longer, more organic shaped shoreline looks pretty cool

@DMeville This looks great! If you find the extended waves on concave shorelines collapsing in on themselves, I found a (modified) inward flood fill a really effective solution for this when I made a similar effect. It also naturally varies the timing!

@sff_09 Thanks! Yep, I totally agree. This _should_ be doable with just adjusting some of my timing/curves/masks, will play around with it tomorrow probably :)

The reviews are coming in for Botany Manor and we're overwhelmed by the positive scores! 🥹 Botany Manor is coming out TODAY, at 15:00 BST / 10AM EST! 🌱

Rumors sound like Unity's whole URP team left? Cool cool cool

It’s time for photorealistic 3D to be everywhere on the web! Announcing our @threejs & React-Three-Fiber library for #GaussianSplatting! Capture from your phone, integrate anywhere, customize to match your brand, and build shaders/effects. Available now 👉 lumalabs.ai/luma-web-libra… #3DGS #3D #threejs #LumaAI

i've wanted to build something like this for ages! but never got off my arse to actually do it. love it -> github.com/Jcparkyn/dpoint

The Best Darn Grid Shader (Yet) @bgolus/the-best-darn-grid-shader-yet-727f9278b9d8" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@bgolus/the-be…

@RYStorm Eyyy! I worked on this game, pretty sure this effect was a @mnshm special! (But could be mistaken, it was many years ago now!)

You've probably heard the news about the epic layoffs. Sadly I was affected too. It's been an incredibly turbulent time, my heart goes out too everyone ❤️ If anyone is looking for a Technical Artist/ shader wizard please get in touch, it would be greatly appreciated ❤️

the execs are the ones making terrible decisions & “losing” money but it’s the workers who get laid off - I don’t see tim goddamn sweeney taking a pay cut

Unfortunately, I am one of the people affected by the layoffs today at Epic. I'm absolutely devastated to leave behind so many amazing Mediatonic colleagues who I loved. So: the job search begins! If you need an experienced writer or narrative designer, please get in touch :)

Hello! I'm one of those lucky individuals effected by layoffs :) Looking for positions in design/level design (i have experience in both). If anyone has connections/links/referrals id appreciate it 🩷

So yeah, it's looking like I might be getting laid off. If anyone has any Level Design roles going I'd greatly appreciate any pointers or connections ♥️

unfortunately, i'm one of the unlucky people affected by the Epic lay-offs today. if anyone is looking for an experienced art lead or generalist, ideally in stylized games, please give me a shout ❤️🙏