Just added a new colour cycle effect transparent Unity shader to the free shaders collection. This shader can be used to overlay a y-axis colour cycle effect over a texture The code for the shader is shown below: [sourcecode language=”js”] Shader "Unlit/ColourCycleTexture" { Properties { _MainTex("Color (RGB) Alpha (A)", 2D)… Read more“Colour Cycle Effect Unity Shader”
Author: drmop
Game, app and web developer for more than half my life. Interests include web (Silverlight, ASP.NET, PHP and Java), game and application development as well as iPad, iPhone, Windows Phone 7 (WP7), Android, Bada, Blackberry, Symbian smart phones and tablets.
Wavy Text Unity Shader
Just added a new wavy transparent shader to the free shaders collection. This shade can be used to apply x and y axis waves to textures which looks nice on bitmapped based text, e.g.: The code for the shader is shown below: [sourcecode language=”js”] Shader "Unlit/WaveTransTexture" { Properties { _MainTex("Color… Read more“Wavy Text Unity Shader”
Creating a Unity leaderboard using node.js and redis
I’ve recently added a new node.js based leaderboard system for Unity to Github. I’m going to use something like this in my next game which will feature global leaderboards as a major focus of the game.You can grab the code from Github. Let start by taking a look at what… Read more“Creating a Unity leaderboard using node.js and redis”
Installing Redis to Windows / Linux
I recently began adding support for a global leaderboard system to my latest Unity game and decided that instead of the huge overhead related to going the RDBMS SQL route that i would have a crack at implementing back-end storage using a NoSQL database instead, which whilst much faster than… Read more“Installing Redis to Windows / Linux”
Getting Unity 3D and node.js talking
I’m working on a Unity 3D game at the moment that needs a global leaderboard system that works across platform and not tied into the likes of Google Play or Game Centre. After taking a look at various technologies including my old favourite .NET (specifically thew newish .NET Core) I… Read more“Getting Unity 3D and node.js talking”
2D water shader in Unity 3D
I recently found the need to spruce up the water in a new 2D game that I am working on, so I decided to have a play around with Unity shaders again. Here’s the code to the shader: [sourcecode language=”js”] Shader "Unlit/WaterTexture" { Properties { _MainTex ("Texture", 2D) = "white"… Read more“2D water shader in Unity 3D”
Cartoon Artwork
I got to the point developing hobby games where I was fed up of using programmer art work so I decided to learn how to create a little art work, so I got a hold of a copy of DrawPlus (vector art work software) and started to learn how to… Read more“Cartoon Artwork”
Installing and running Node.js on a VPS
Introduction I recently had the requirement to implement a global none app store specific leaderboard system that can track scores and players for a mobile game that I am developing in Unity3D. After much investigation node.js seems to be the technology to use to create a server to handle it…. Read more“Installing and running Node.js on a VPS”
Tiny Bombs Boom! is a Go for Android, iPhone and iPad on Google Play
Tiny Bombs Boom! – Save the holiday inn hotel Available FREE for Android on Google Play Available FREE for iPhone and iPad on the App Store Bad guys have hidden bombs on every floor of the holiday inn hotel, your job is to find and defuse them and save the… Read more“Tiny Bombs Boom! is a Go for Android, iPhone and iPad on Google Play”