Uploaded March 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
✔️ Works in 2020.2 ➕ 2020.3
Grass is one of those things that's deceptively difficult to implement. I've taken a stab at it in this series of videos, showing how to generate grass blades using a compute shader, and animate it using the vertex function of a graphics shader. In this video, I modify previous scripts to add shadow casting to the grass blades, as well as show a trick to lighten shadows without global illumination.
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🎬 Previous videos
► Generating meshes with compute shaders: youtu.be/AiWCPiGr10o
► Blade grass: youtu.be/6SFTcDNqwaA
► Layered grass: youtu.be/UehGAVMCa7w
💬 Video transcript
► docs.google.com/document/d/1ENXtJmMdlFFeKvfLYxk6NFKMWho2jE9YVwDeHaCa0M4/edit?usp=sharing
📜 Required scripts
► gist.github.com/NedMakesGames/83fba48a06d8b22bda79121d8401a00a
📚 Reference scripts
► Shadow caster pass: gist.github.com/NedMakesGames/8db536be81e757fffb3ad745a2a14630
► Double sided blades: gist.github.com/NedMakesGames/436718af90b3d3483b672ee80ae7b280
► Final: gist.github.com/NedMakesGames/3b7ca2b7d69e0ea6e44e859066997802
⏲️ Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:56 Project setup
1:08 Shadow caster pass
2:50 Double sided blades
7:58 Lightening shadows
9:01 Wrap up and credits
🎖️ Credits and references:
• freepik: Wrinkled paper texture - freepik.com/premium-vector/wrinkled-paper-texture_711440.htm
• James "Nihilore" Opie: music "Glimmer" - youtube.com/watch?v=yAozyPbCT18
#GameDev #IndieDev #Unity
✔️ Works in 2020.2 ➕ 2020.3
Grass is one of those things that's deceptively difficult to implement. I've taken a stab at it in this series of videos, showing how to generate grass blades using a compute shader, and animate it using the vertex function of a graphics shader. In this video, I modify previous scripts to add shadow casting to the grass blades, as well as show a trick to lighten shadows without global illumination.
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🎬 Previous videos
► Generating meshes with compute shaders: youtu.be/AiWCPiGr10o
► Blade grass: youtu.be/6SFTcDNqwaA
► Layered grass: youtu.be/UehGAVMCa7w
💬 Video transcript
► docs.google.com/document/d/1ENXtJmMdlFFeKvfLYxk6NFKMWho2jE9YVwDeHaCa0M4/edit?usp=sharing
📜 Required scripts
► gist.github.com/NedMakesGames/83fba48a06d8b22bda79121d8401a00a
📚 Reference scripts
► Shadow caster pass: gist.github.com/NedMakesGames/8db536be81e757fffb3ad745a2a14630
► Double sided blades: gist.github.com/NedMakesGames/436718af90b3d3483b672ee80ae7b280
► Final: gist.github.com/NedMakesGames/3b7ca2b7d69e0ea6e44e859066997802
⏲️ Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:56 Project setup
1:08 Shadow caster pass
2:50 Double sided blades
7:58 Lightening shadows
9:01 Wrap up and credits
🎖️ Credits and references:
• freepik: Wrinkled paper texture - freepik.com/premium-vector/wrinkled-paper-texture_711440.htm
• James "Nihilore" Opie: music "Glimmer" - youtube.com/watch?v=yAozyPbCT18
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This Tutorial Tuesday, I walk you through making a screen capture transition effect in Unity. I explore making a custom Post Processing effect, rendering the screen to a texture, making a simple shader, and managing multiple scenes.
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Twitch ► https://www.twitch.tv/nedmakesgames
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Twitch ► https://www.twitch.tv/nedmakesgames
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Im making a game in Unity! It will be a mixture of Pokemon teambuilding on a Fire Emblem / Final Fantasy Tactics style map. Players will be able to mod in their own monsters and battle online!
Twitch ► https://www.twitch.tv/nedmakesgames
Twitter ► https://twitter.com/nedmakesgames
Blog ► https://nedmakesgames.tumblr.com
Discord ► https://discordapp.com/invite/ubxSVBK")
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Play Kitty Cat Squash ► https://store.steampowered.com/app/1814110/Kitty_Cat_Squash/
✔️ Tutorial tested in 2020.3 and 2021.3
🚨 Edits: If you create your project from a template, ensure Depth Priming Mode is set to Disabled in your URP settings asset. To find this asset, open Project Settings, navigate to Graphics, and select the renderer asset at the top of the window.
Would you like to start writing shaders but don’t know where to start? Or, have you encountered a limitation of URP’s Shader Graph you need to overcome? In this tutorial series, I’ll walk you through writing a fully featured, general purpose shader for Unity’s Universal Render Pipeline — exclusively in code. Dont know HLSL or ShaderLab? No problem.
Tutorial series:
📰 Article version ►https://nedmakesgames.medium.com/writing-unity-urp-shaders-with-code-part-1-the-graphics-pipeline-and-you-798cbc941cea
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1️⃣ The Graphics Pipeline ► Youre watching it!
2️⃣ Lighting and Shadows ► https://youtu.be/1bm0McKAh9E
3️⃣ Transparency ► https://youtu.be/4zw6Vq5CzLY
4️⃣ PBR Materials ► https://youtu.be/5GGISvt4KEA
5️⃣ Advanced Lighting ► Coming soon
6️⃣ Advanced URP Features ► Coming soon
7️⃣ Custom Lighting Models ► Coming soon
8️⃣ Vertex Animation ► Coming soon
9️⃣ Interacting with C# ► Coming soon
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📚 Reference scripts
► Flat white: https://gist.github.com/NedMakesGames/e102eaf3b0918a75d538053ab1853914
► Flat color: https://gist.github.com/NedMakesGames/863ecfbe1c77dc9aefb4d5ebc72d19c9
► Textures: https://gist.github.com/NedMakesGames/a10b965c8b453e07e9cedb29f155ee3b
⏲️ Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:53 Ad
1:26 Tutorial scope
2:58 Project set up
4:50 ShaderLab
7:02 Intro to HLSL
8:52 The Graphics Pipeline
9:34 The Input Assembler
11:09 The Vertex Stage
12:40 Spaces
15:45 The Rasterizer
16:04 The Fragment Stage
15:52 Hello World
18:54 Properties in ShaderLab
21:34 Properties in HLSL
22:31 Texture Properties
23:46 Macros
25:16 Sampling a Texture
26:35 What Are UVs
27:12 UVs in the Vertex Function
29:06 Interpolation
30:22 Hello Textures
31:26 Wrap up and credits
🎖️ Credits, references and further reading:
• Unity Technologies: Shader Calibration Scene - https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/tutorials/shader-calibration-scene-25422
• shedmon: Wooden Slingshot - https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/wooden-slingshot-a909ff4b85a64acebe23795967aa9fe3
• Martijn Vaes: DAE — Bilora Bella 46 Camera — Game Ready Asset - https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/dae-bilora-bella-46-camera-game-ready-asset-eeb9d9f0627f4783b5d16a8732f0d1a4
• tonyflanagan: Thailand Girl — Animated - https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/thailand-girl-animated-a41f779fe45b4a04bdbf212e49b7f6b5
• Kelvin Valerio: Brown Cat with Green Eyes - https://www.pexels.com/photo/brown-cat-with-green-eyes-617278/
• owowowsam: Mini Earth - https://www.cgtrader.com/free-3d-models/space/planet/mini-earth
• Tom Patterson: Natural Earth III - http://www.shadedrelief.com/natural3/pages/textures.html
• W3schools: CSS RGB Colors - https://www.w3schools.com/css/css_colors_rgb.asp
Music: https://www.purple-planet.com
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