0.14 overhaul

[ChristopherBiscardi]

I want to be a little more intentional about what's in the repo. Some of the examples don't add much in terms of educational value, and larger examples like the hades-style start menu should likely live in their own repo. Here's the rough rundown of what I'm going to remove and update.

• [ ] candy-cane
  • Potentially interesting example for storing variable data, like StorageBuffers
• [ ] ~compute-3d~
• [ ] compute-with-time
  • compute shader that uses time. Probably worth keeping.
• [ ] cube-wave
  • fun enough and simple enough to keep around. more of a creative coding example.
• [ ] dissolve-sphere-standard-material-extensions
  • keep. extending the standard material is worth showing.
• [ ] eight-way-sprites
  • keep. maybe simplify.
• [x] fresnel-effect
  • keep. "intro wgsl concepts"
• [ ] ~infinite-tunnel~
  • review.
• [ ] ~pointcloud~
  • probably not, unless there's value in showing of point list usage.
• [ ] pressure-wave-sphere
  • Is there a better example for attaching materials to gltf scenes?
• [ ] rotating-column
  • same as cube-wave
• [x] sdf-2d-sphere
  • SDFs are fun. keep. maybe do more sdf stuff
• [ ] shader-rgb-worldspace-cube
  • basic. straightforward. keep as intro material. rename to something better.
• [x] ~shader-test-001~
• [ ] ~shield-spheres~
  • mostly just shield-with-depth
• [ ] shield-with-depth
  • keep. Depth-based shields are popular topics.
• [ ] spacecraft-noiseland
  • ~removal most likely. Might be worth doing something else with a vertex shader or landscape generation~
  • update: keeping because vertex shader examples are sparse on the internet. Might be worth making a better example, but keeping this one for now.
• [x] ~standard-material-quixel-megascan~
  • remove. Basic usage of standard material.
• [ ] start-menu-hades
  • move to dedicated repo
• [ ] ui-button-shader
  • keep. ui materials are useful

[EdEinn]

spacecraft-noiseland is pretty awesome.It should be preserved👍. There are very few good examples of vertex shaders online.

[ChristopherBiscardi]

thanks for letting me know! I'll reconsider removing it for now and potentially make a better example to replace it in the future

[ChristopherBiscardi]

0.14 overhaul happened awhile ago, I just didn't close this issue. 0.15 updates already happened and 0.16 is in a PR as the release candidate was recently released