Shader Programming
/shader-programming
Write game shaders from cross-engine fundamentals — the vertex→fragment pipeline, coordinate spaces, UV math, and common 2D/3D effects (tint, UV scroll, dissolve, outline, fresnel rim, vignette) in GLSL with HLSL equivalents.
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- Apache-2.0
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- 2026/10/09
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Awesome Gamedev Agent Skills
74 portable SKILL.md skills for Godot, Unity, Unreal, Phaser, PixiJS, three.js, Bevy, pygame, LÖVE and Roblox, with a router.
Listed from the author's README. GameSkill has not run this end to end yet. Agent support and install steps are as documented by the author.
Install
npx skills add gamedev-skills/awesome-gamedev-agent-skills --skill shader-programmingInstalls only this skill. Add -a claude-code (puts it in .claude/skills/), -a codex or -a cursor (.agents/skills/) to choose the agent, and -g to install it for your user instead of the project.
Commands are copied from the project's README. Check the repository before running anything on your machine.
Install for a specific agent
| Agents | -a | Folder |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code | claude-code | .claude/skills/ |
| Codex | codex | .agents/skills/ |
| Cursor | cursor | .agents/skills/ |
| Gemini CLI | gemini-cli | .agents/skills/ |
| GitHub Copilot | github-copilot | .agents/skills/ |
| OpenCode | opencode | .agents/skills/ |
| Windsurf | windsurf | .windsurf/skills/ |
Add -a <flag> to the command. These are project folders; add -g to install for your user account instead.
What you get
- Worked steps: Fragment basics: sample, tint, and combine; Scrolling UVs (animated texture) — frame-rate independent; Dissolve; Fresnel rim light (3D) — brighten glancing angles
- A pitfalls section with the mistakes to avoid
- Bundled 1 reference doc the agent reads when needed
Good fit
- Requests about shaders, fragment/pixel shader, vertex shader, UV or GLSL
Try this prompt
Write a dissolve shader with a glowing edge in GLSL, and give me the HLSL version.About this skill
Write game shaders from cross-engine fundamentals — the vertex→fragment pipeline, coordinate spaces, UV math, and common 2D/3D effects (tint, UV scroll, dissolve, outline, fresnel rim, vignette) in GLSL with HLSL equivalents. Use when the user mentions shaders, fragment/pixel shader, vertex shader, UV, GLSL, HLSL, or effects like dissolve, outline, or rim light.
From the shader-programming SKILL.md in gamedev-skills/awesome-gamedev-agent-skills.
What's inside
- Fragment basics: sample, tint, and combine
- Scrolling UVs (animated texture) — frame-rate independent
- Dissolve (threshold a noise map, glow the edge)
- Fresnel rim light (3D) — brighten glancing angles
FAQ
Works well with
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