ruby rune
I wrote a unity modeller and shader generator using in-editor gizmos, modifiers and game objects. It allows to create scenes from primitives and advanced combinators (for example boolean operations) visually.
This tool is an alternative to some other "CSG" modellers found in the wild. Other, existing similar tools:
- Womp.com
- Unbound.io
- Adobe NEO
- uRaymarching (older, discontinued?)
- Raymarching Toolkit (discontinued unity project)
- MudBun
- Clayxels
It's still work in progress, but it is in a state where shaders can already be generated and objects can be freely modelled and the tool itself easily extended.
The tool generates (!) HUMAN READABLE (!) .shader files that represent a scene geometry with SDFs (learn more about SDFs here: https://iquilezles.org/articles/distfunctions/).
It could be used to accelerate the cration of artistic shaders, similar to the ones often seen on Shadertoy.com. Instead of writing shaders manually, you can combine various primitives and operators to create models.
This is a subject of my thesis and I am still working on it, but I wanted to share, because it's in a pretty good shape already.
