Deferred Lights - Pixel Renderer Devlog #1

=== Wishlist Astortion on Steam ===
store.steampowered.com/app/19...
=== Support the Channel ===
/ aarthificial
=== Livestreams on the Second Channel ===
kzbin.info...
=== Video Source Code ===
github.com/motion-canvas/exam...
=== Unity 2D Renderer Source Code ===
- Shadow Mesh Generation:
github.com/Unity-Technologies...
- Point Light Shader:
github.com/Unity-Technologies...
=== Timestamps ===
0:00 Intro
0:34 G-Buffer
2:01 Lights
5:20 Shadows
7:50 Transparency
8:12 Outro
=== Tools I'm using ===
JetBrains Rider
Unity
Motion Canvas
Adobe Premiere Pro, Audition, Photoshop
=== Music from Epidemic Sound ===
www.epidemicsound.com/referra...
#MadeWithMotionCanvas

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[@early2000skid]

I've not seen any other devlogger that goes into as much depth as you do when it comes to how we as developers can customise aspects of Unity for our benefit. Changing parts of your engine to give you better tools for your project is not something most Unity devs would think about I imagine, because we don't build our own game engine, but it's so cool seeing it here because it's super useful. You're making awesome stuff aarth, keep it up :)

[@Ozzianman]

That is something a lot of Unity developers eventually have to do if the project requires it because the tools are either lacking in features, the tools just ain't there or something is in this infinite beta phase where something is just too buggy to use and you either fix it yourself, work around the issue or create your own solution from scratch. To be fair though, he is going for a very specific art style that the general purpose renderer can't cover by itself. Unity would not exist anymore if it was not so customizable. Godot and Unreal is looking sexier by the day.

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[@arseniix]

But CS is a more general thing, you probably didn't have CG courses or they were also general enough to not diving deep into these techniques

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it hurts how much I want to understand what is going on but I don't this is insanely good

[@monsoonsheep]

Fascinating process. After some reading on deferred shading in OpenGL I can see it being used for a layered pixelart scene. Also these videos are super well-made! Excellent content as usual

[@cheesymcnuggets]

This is a level of problem-solving skills that I don’t think I will ever live up to. I never realised how much work goes into light renderers, it’s very impressive but I think I might just stick to things that won’t drain the life out of me.

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This was ridiculous good, from concept and execution to presentation and delivery. You made shader/rendering passes not only understandable but interesting at the same time! Please keep up the killer work!

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No beating around the bush, just good editing, a nice voice and magic coding words

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[@Temac000]

Once again incredible devlog. I started doing my first huge solo project last week and I’m astonished by how understandably you explain all these hard topics

[@Teflora]

Great work and great presentation! I coded a deferred shader our game as well, it's pixelart but 3D and implemented lights as well! Something cool I added was a slight hue shift coupled to the intensity with also a value shift towards white. That makes that a red bright lights turn white in the middle, orange at the middle point and red at the outer edge, which makes it much more interesting to look at

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I hope you make an isometric game in the future I would love to see you devblog about a pseudo 3d world

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Thanks! You should definitely check out t3ssel8r's stuff if you haven't already

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What a great video! Love the clarity + the illustrations. Can't wait for the rest of the series.

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I'm always impressed by your work, very beautiful illustrations too !

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All of this is so cool and so nicely explained! Glad this showed up on my recommended.

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I love your videos so much, you present a relatively complex topics in an easy-to-understand way and pair it with pretty graphics. Thank you so much for the ammount of effort

[@HappyJackington]

You continue to make amazing and informative videos. I really appreciate you taking the time to explain everything in such detail and making the examples relatively easy to follow. I am just floored every time and I look forward to when Astortion comes out. Thank you for your hard work!

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Your presentations are the cleanest I've ever seen, the animations, colors and composition make them so nice to watch

[@t3ssel8r]

that increment decrement trick for 2d shadows is pretty nifty

[@aarthificial]

Thanks! I actually got this idea last minute when making the video. It's much more limited compared to what they do in the 2D Renderer but much simpler and just about good enough for my needs

[@haphazard1342]

@@aarthificial Someone else suggested that you could combo this with shadow falloff (store a grayscale value in the stencil corresponding to the distance from the source), but here's another one: compute the shadow count multiplier based on the parallax layer offset. Now you can solve the problem of shadows crossing multiple layers, and add another visual cue for depth. Or you could store a multiplier for depth within a parallax layer, if crossing parallax layer boundaries isn't helpful in your rendering context.

[@Skeffles]

Fascinating to see your approach to lighting like this! Great video.

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Amazing visuals and a great explanation, keep up the great work !

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This is shaping up to be an awesome devlog series. Keep up the good work!

[@williamist]

yay new devlog :D always love the cool technical stuff you make.

[@WeslomPo]

Super interesting! Very simple and very clear explanation of light concepts. Waiting for next video eagerly!

[@iceberg_os]

This was so interesting to watch! Also your voice is so satisfying!

[@KingTaltia]

Man, you just have THE most interesting ideas I've seen in my almost 30 years of playing games, And being someone who's just starting to learn how to make them too, I can't wait to find out what I'll learn from you!

[@frankN326]

Fantastic presentation! The visuals helped tremendously in making it easy to understand the whole process

[@riisezz0]

Concise and amazingly informative and clever as always. Keep up the superb work.

[@lebasson]

EXECELLENTLY explained. This taught me so much. I've been encountering different lighting methods and shallowly reading what they represent for years but this explanation really made it click in my mind. Well structured and fantastically explained, thank you!

[@romangreene5615]

this is beautiful!! keep up the amazing work aarth! (I can call you that right)

[@AlexPBenton]

Maybe you should have a couple scrolling noise textures multiplied by the light volume, so that the lights look more like they’re actually passing through smoke or steam.

[@AstonishedByTheLackOfCake]

once again I'm blessed with seeing another aarthificial video, really cool stuff, can't wait for the follow up

[@radezzientertainment501]

lovely work, excited to follow and add motion to my projects!

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Insane!! Very, very well done devlog!

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You're a fantastic teacher. And furthermore, your video animations are great. I asked "wow, wonder what tools he used for that." Looked at the video description and found Motion Canvas. Went to the Motion Canvas page and saw this very video used as an example 🙂

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And after watching your video on Motion Canvas, I know why... hahahah

[@DjCtavia]

Impressive work for making a video on it, very well made!

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I swear this series feels like a step-by-step guide on how to make your own homemade and DIY Celeste 2

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This is such an amazing devlog! It's great on all counts - everything is clearly explained and all the ideas are fascinating and very inspiring. Thank you! If I might suggest a small improvement: the intro music is a bit too loud IMO and makes it harder to focus on what you're saying. Other than that it was perfect! :)

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Cara, que canal legal o seu. Não conhecia antes, e vi que tem ensinamento incrível sobre pixelart. Mais um inscrito! Parabéns pelo trabalho.

[@el2746]

Wow, a really clear explanation of the Unity 2D Renderer, i didn't know shadows were made that way

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[@CrossCoderDev]

I had almost no clue what was happening but I loved every single bit of it. Amazing video dude!

[@doctorbronze1595]

Holy shit the way that you calculated the like directions of the shadows blew my mind. Like seriously I've dealt with calculating custom shadows before and never thought of doing it the way you did. Seriously blew me away.

[@carlosmspk]

That was insanely easy to follow, props to you, my man!

[@afutik]

Thank you so much, you explained so well I couldn't figure out how this works until I saw this video

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I have no idea how you did the animation, but it's beautiful. Also a really good devlog, you explained everything clearly.

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Kudos to presenting this in a very digestible format. Visuals are excellent, too. I've been working on making some dynamic lighting support in a project and have run into some issues with how to get the right data to the right buffer within the limitations of the framework (haxe flixel). I may try to use some of what you said to make that happen. I'll definitely be watching more of your videos.

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Kompletnie niezwiązane z tematem filmu, ale dowiedziałem się o twoim kanale jakieś 15 minut temu i jestem pod tak wielkim wrażeniem, jako WIELKI fan serii Portal Astortion jest zdecydowanie grą, którą muszę spróbować, gdy zostanie wydana!

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