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Published in Jul 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781837636747

Pages 492 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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Game Optimization

Author (1):

Mina Pêcheux

Table of Contents (23) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Creating Shaders in Unity

2. Chapter 1: Re-Coding a Basic Blinn-Phong Shader with Unity/CG

3. Part 2: Stepping Up to URP and the Shader Graph

4. Chapter 2: The Three Unity Render Pipelines

5. Chapter 3: Writing Your First URP Shader

6. Chapter 4: Transforming Your Shader into a Lit PBS Shader

7. Chapter 5: Discovering the Shader Graph with a Toon Shader

8. Part 3: Advanced Game Shaders

9. Chapter 6: Simulating Geometry Efficiently

10. Chapter 7: Exploring the Unity Compute Shaders and Procedural Drawing

11. Chapter 8: The Power of Ray Marching

12. Part 4: Optimizing Your Unity Shaders

13. Chapter 9: Shader Compilation, Branching, and Variants

14. Chapter 10: Optimizing Your Code, or Making Your Own Pipeline?

15. Part 5: The Toolbox

16. Chapter 11: A Little Suite of 2D Shaders

17. Chapter 12: Vertex Displacement Shaders

18. Chapter 13: Wireframes and Geometry Shaders

19. Chapter 14: Screen Effect Shaders

20. Index

Why subscribe?

21. Other Books You May Enjoy

Appendix: Some Quick Refreshers on Shaders in Unity

Going further

If you’re curious about Shader Graph or implementing custom lighting in URP (especially toon shading), here are a few interesting resources to check out or continue your journey from:

Shader Graph:
- Intro to Shader Graph, Cyanilux (2021): https://www.cyanilux.com/tutorials/intro-to-shader-graph/
- How To Use All 200+ Nodes in Unity Shader Graph, D. Ilett (2021): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84A1FcQt9v4
- Unity Shader Graph Introduction - Basic Shader Graph Tutorial, Game Dev Bill (2020): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLVNfBQgeQc
- Shader Graph fundamentals in Unity, PabloMakes (2021): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDsTBk6eano
Custom (toon) shading:
- Custom Lighting in Unity URP Shader Graph! Ready for Toony Lights! 2021.1 | Game Dev Tutorial, Ned Makes Games (2021): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQyCPaThQnA
- Making a Zelda-style Cel Shading Effect in Unity Shader Graph, D. Ilett (2021): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUmRJRrZfGc
- Unlocking The Power Of Unity...

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Authors (1)

Mina Pêcheux

Mina Pêcheux is a freelance content creator who has been passionate about game development since an early age. She is a graduate of the French Polytech School of Engineering in applied mathematics and computer science. After a couple of years of working as a data scientist and web developer in startups, she turned to freelancing and online instructional content creation to reconnect with what brightens her days: learning new things everyday, sharing with others and creating multi-field projects mixing science, technology, and art.

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