4 July 2020 (W5) - Shaders Are a Nightmare
So strong are my newfound feelings for shaders, and HLSL in general that it's the topic I'm heading this post with. In an attempt to further educate myself and improve my skillset, as well as potentially create useful material for implementing the UI designs into Unity, I began learning HLSL and exactly how to write an actual shader. I specifically didn't want a simple 'hello world' shader, ala how as a twelve year old any programmers among us made python (or your flavour of accessible programming) spit out a singular line of text. I wanted to be able to stand next to my achievement and know that I made that . But like most things you want to stand next to and be proud of, it turned out to be rather different to my expectations. I suppose in a cruel sense of irony, I've essentially parented and raised something - albeit for a condensed duration. And much like raising a child, it was illogical, frustrating, and overall an experience I'll say "I don't