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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

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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

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21. Other Books You May Enjoy

Appendix: Some Quick Refreshers on Shaders in Unity

Going further

If you’re curious about geometry shaders and their limitations, here are a few interesting resources to check out to continue your journey:

Geometry Shader, J. de Vries (2014–present): https://learnopengl.com/Advanced-OpenGL/Geometry-Shader
Geometry Shaders Made Easy In Unity URP! For Those New to Shaders! 2020.3 | Game Dev Tutorial, Ned Makes Games (2020): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C-mA08mp8o
Intro to Compute Shaders in Unity URP! Replace Geometry Shaders 2020.3 | Game Dev Tutorial, Ned Makes Games (2020): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EB5HiqDl7VE
Unity Vertex Shader and Geometry Shader Tutorial, GameDevBill (2020): https://gamedevbill.com/unity-vertex-shader-and-geometry-shader-tutorial/
Stylised Grass with Shaders in URP, D. Ilett (2021): https://danielilett.com/2021-08-24-tut5-17-stylised-grass/
[Unity3D] Intro to Geometry Shader, J. Liu (2018): https://jayjingyuliu.wordpress.com/2018/01/24/unity3d-intro-to-geometry...

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