Uploaded June 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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⭐ Watch the full tutorial here: youtu.be/KVWsAL37NGw
📚 Or read it here: nedmakesgames.medium.com/writing-unity-urp-shaders-with-code-part-1-the-graphics-pipeline-and-you-798cbc941cea

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. Don't know HLSL or ShaderLab? No problem.

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🎖️ Credits, references and further reading:
• Unity Technologies: Shader Calibration Scene - assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/tutorials/shader-calibration-scene-25422
• shedmon: Wooden Slingshot - sketchfab.com/3d-models/wooden-slingshot-a909ff4b85a64acebe23795967aa9fe3
• Martijn Vaes: DAE — Bilora Bella 46 Camera — Game Ready Asset - sketchfab.com/3d-models/dae-bilora-bella-46-camera-game-ready-asset-eeb9d9f0627f4783b5d16a8732f0d1a4
• tonyflanagan: Thailand Girl — Animated - sketchfab.com/3d-models/thailand-girl-animated-a41f779fe45b4a04bdbf212e49b7f6b5
• Kelvin Valerio: Brown Cat with Green Eyes - pexels.com/photo/brown-cat-with-green-eyes-617278
• owowowsam: Mini Earth - cgtrader.com/free-3d-models/space/planet/mini-earth
• Tom Patterson: Natural Earth III - shadedrelief.com/natural3/pages/textures.html
• W3schools: CSS RGB Colors - w3schools.com/css/css_colors_rgb.asp

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