The POWER of COMPUTE SHADERS!!!

[@tilengasparic6765]

My thought process: - eh it's a kid - atleast he's funny - prob has around 1k-5k subs - *checks subs* - subs deserved, even tho I didn't learn how tf to make compute shaders lmao

[@WillHessGameDev]

Thanks, even though I taught myself compute shaders I don’t feel like I’m knowledgeable enough to explain them. Some of the links in the description proved helpful to me if it helps.

[@ReedHarston]

Great video! I’m looking forward to following your channel’s growth!

[@WillHessGameDev]

Thank you so much!!! Very appreciated!!!

[@ehnlyten844]

I wish I had access to those tools at your age. You have a gift, keep at it and I have absolutely no doubt it will pay off ten fold brother.

[@WillHessGameDev]

Thank you!

[@percycreeper2733]

Good old Subnautica Music ;)

[@WillHessGameDev]

Haha ofc!!

[@antonaparin]

When I watched this video, I thought this music sounds familiar, and then I remembered it's from Subnautica

[@Jupilogy]

Thank you! I might try learning HLSL over Christmas.

[@WillHessGameDev]

Yeah I’d recommend it. I had fun making the stuff in the video, but the one bad thing is that if you’re writing HLSL in visual studio, there’s no intellisense.

[@chaotickreg7024]

How did it go?

[@furkanmeric7228]

This is a well written video. I will be following your steps buddy.

[@WillHessGameDev]

Thank you so much!!

[@silvia-narity]

You're way too underrated, this was really fun

[@WillHessGameDev]

Thank you!!!

[@arvidniklasson3739]

Yeah, I wasn't even looking for compute shaders but watched the whole thing for the vibes and fun. Keep it up Will.

[@sapbucry]

Awesome vid buddy, keep em coming !

[@WillHessGameDev]

Thanks!

[@2000legobrick]

Just found this channel, wonderful stuff! Can't wait to see where your programming adventures go.

[@WillHessGameDev]

Thank you so much!!!

[@forginbits5457]

Nice work ! If you like abstract art and compute shaders, I'd recommand looking into chaotic attractors :)

[@WillHessGameDev]

Thank you! I’ll look into those!

[@prestonwillis9824]

Wicked smart and entertaining video. Looking for more of this content! Good job!

[@WillHessGameDev]

Thank you so much! If you have any topics you want to see me explore, let me know!

[@chatsnoirblamo]

Yay so glad I found a new cool channel! You're great!

[@WillHessGameDev]

Thank you so much!!!!

[@simonkallay9149]

Damn! Such a cool video! Your funny just got you another subscriber!

[@WillHessGameDev]

Thank you so much!!!

[@dylanparkour]

I think it's pretty darn ok too Will

[@WillHessGameDev]

Thanks! I think it’s pretty darn ok too Dylan

[@thecolgatemann]

sick content, love it 🔥

[@bharath2633]

Just discovered this and you just made me crazy interested in computer graphics. Will explore and learn more; hoping to see more from this channel. Keep up the good work! :)

[@WillHessGameDev]

Thank you so much!

[@ChaoticNeutralMatt]

Fun style on the video.

[@danieldousek1368]

Not to brag but I’m your 50th subscriber!!! :)

[@WillHessGameDev]

Haha, thanks!

[@pauloviniciuscoral1128]

Can't stop laughing of "the things you can do with compute shader" list!😂 Great Video!

[@WillHessGameDev]

Thank you so much!

[@mortaldev4999]

Did u use unity with c# and hlsl ?

[@WillHessGameDev]

Yes I did

[@mortaldev4999]

@@WillHessGameDev oh ok thank you

[@harrazmasri2805]

mad stuff, i love it

[@WillHessGameDev]

Thanks!!!

[@brianhorn5639]

Awsome job, very impressive video.

[@WillHessGameDev]

Thank you so much!

[@squirrelcarla]

Awesome content!!!!

[@WillHessGameDev]

Thanks!!!

[@Pockeywn]

8:15 bro just implemented racism and classism in conways game of life?? 😭😭

[@WillHessGameDev]

Hahaha not the intent lol

[@Someone_43]

> makes compute shaders > Becomes the Money Man > Elaborates > Gets a subscriber > 🤑🤑🤑

[@jeffg4686]

Ever thought of working for Blender Foundation? I bet they'd be happy to get you on board. They're redoing particles as "nodes" and maybe they are already into compute - idk. But, bet they'd hire you. Any tutorial?

[@WillHessGameDev]

Lol I’m definitely not smart/experienced enough to work for the blender foundation yet, and I also feel like I wouldn’t be able to find time to do it anyways but that that would be sick

[@jeffg4686]

@@WillHessGameDev - You may be surprised. Everyone has their specialties. I bet they'd love to have someone into compute shaders. They wouldn't need you to know everything. Couldn't hurt to try.

[@WillHessGameDev]

true, I'll defiantly keep that idea in my back pocket, Thanks!

[@goaway4991]

I've learned one thing: I need to learn compute shaders

[@WillHessGameDev]

Some advice then, they can be confusing at the start and just watching videos on how they work won’t help nearly as much as just messing around with them and struggling with them. Good luck!

[@jeebs101]

Definitely option A

[@WillHessGameDev]

Wow... Did you really just doubt my programming skills Jeevan????

[@jeebs101]

@@WillHessGameDev Neverrrrr

[@tanchienhao]

cool stuff! can you make the code available please? I just started trying out shaders too :)

[@WillHessGameDev]

Thank you! I’d be more than happy to make the code available, however I’ve never done it and have no idea what the easiest way for you to access it. I’ve seen code on places like git hub so is that the go to place? And also good luck on your compute shaders endeavors!

[@tanchienhao]

@@WillHessGameDev yep github is the goto place for code sharing for projects! For single files u can use pastebin

[@WillHessGameDev]

Alright, cool! I will definitely do this. It might not be up until tomorrow night and just a warning the code will most likely be a complete disaster. I never thought people would be interested in seeing it lol but I hope it will be helpful.

[@WillHessGameDev]

Hey! I just uploaded the files to github, I hope I did everything right. Heres the link: github.com/WillHess3/Compute-Shaders-Video-Code its also in the description. I hope its helpful!

[@realdragon]

Hmmm yes the shaders are indeed computed

[@mickyr171]

I keep trying to learn this stuff with no success, been programming since 1997 all different languages but cant seem to wrap my head around compute shaders, maybe im too old now lol

[@WillHessGameDev]

I feel that. Now, about one year later, I can confidently say I have no clue how to make / effectively use compute shaders. Obviously when I made the video I had some idea but after a year of not doing something, you tend to forget all about it lol.

[@mickyr171]

@@WillHessGameDev Its a shame, i use processing which is a java based platform for vector flow fields and cellular automata but just doesnt have the power im looking for like compute shaders do, ill keep tackling them until they make sense lol, took me a few years to fully wrap my head around vector math now they make perfect sense, hoping compute shaders click the same way

[@WillHessGameDev]

Well, good luck with your compute shader journey! If you have any questions feel free to ask, but again IDK how much help I'll be lol

[@Slackermanz]

Good video, and clear explanations! Got a sub from me! Also, if you're interested in Multiple Neighborhood Cellular Automata, I'd be happy to chat with you or offer any insights/code I might have in that regard :)

[@WillHessGameDev]

Thanks for subscribing!!! I actually came across your channel when I was doing research for MNCAs and I was absolutely blown away with how crazy the results can look! Very impressive. And anyone else who happens to read this, check slakermanz out if u wanna see MNCAs done right

[@swalscha]

Hey 👋 I just discover your channel, I love it ! Sub +1 Do you have some references to share for someone also interested in learning compute shaders? Btw, if you want $10^21 arts, you should try to simulate reaction-diffusion systems, that's cool stuff 😉

[@WillHessGameDev]

Off the top of my head I remember starting by following along with a tutorial from game dev guide (KZbin channel) and then I just searched around KZbin to find other random compute shader tutorials. I would practice by making them and would make the result more complex each time. So biggest thing is practice. I recall finding some good tutorials by some less popular channels but I totally forget who they are, so make sure you don’t overlook videos based solely on view counts. I found Sebastian Lague’s videos helpful to but only for getting ideas for things to do next rather than figuring out how to do something if that makes sense. His videos felt more edutainment than educational but there definitely worth a watch if you haven’t already. Hope this helped! I also left a few helpful links in the description so those might help.

[@swalscha]

@@WillHessGameDev thank you for taking the time to answer me and sharing your refs, it's really appreciated! I totally agree with you about Sebastian Lague's videos. It's nice to discover his projects but it isn't meant to follow along as a tutorial. If you have the knowledge for and are looking for some video ideas, I would love to see someone compare (stressed tests) unity DOTS system and compute shaders, or even try to use both in a game.

[@WillHessGameDev]

@@swalscha No, thank you for watching, subscribing, and leaving an insightful comment :) Regarding the video idea you had, I know literally nothing about unity dots and would have to obviously learn how it works before making that kind of video, but if one day I learn it well enough I’ll consider this. It sounds interesting at least.

[@DaminGamerMC]

Pareciera que tienes 15 años menos que yo pero tienes 30 años mas de experiencia.

[@WillHessGameDev]

Hahaha! Gracias!

[@MrDaanjanssen]

I'm still hungry! Get back to programming

[@WillHessGameDev]

hahaha

[@Jkauppa]

sus

[@WillHessGameDev]

Ngl thinking back on this event, the teacher was definitely the sus imposter and sabotaged the game…

[@stephenkamenar]

you've learned everything about compute shaders, except how to pronounce it

[@WillHessGameDev]

Lmaooo how do u pronounce it then?

[@matthewexline6589]

Kinda neat, but you really just showed off your experiments and never bothered to give any explanation as to how to write compute shaders . Kudos for experimenting with such advanced stuff at such a young age; that's promising for you, but if you want to grow your fanbase on youtube, you might want to consider how to make videos that an interested audience might be able to actually learn from. I'm not trying to sound overtly critical; this is meant to be constructive criticism. More info on *how* a person can go about writing interesting compute shaders would go a lot further than "this is all the random compute shaders I decided to make while playing with computer shaders so that I could learn how to write them.". You know more about compute shaders than I do, which is why I'm surfing youtube looking for vids to explain the concepts better. The video was interesting but imo not useful as far as giving info about shaders. Guess it just depends on what you were going for. I was expecting to see the code behind the shaders at some point, at which I was hoping to hear details on what variables did what, etc.

[@WillHessGameDev]

Thanks for watching and taking the time to write this. At that time my channel was in a weird spot, where most of the people watching me were family / friends and not other game developers, so I thought if I made a video about compute shaders and showed all of the code part they wouldn't watch, resulting in youtube not showing the video to other people. I didn't really expect for the video to get as many views as it did (mainly coming from people like you searching for it (I assume at least)). I definitely agree that the video isn't the most helpful if you were looking for a step by step tutorial for how they're made. I hope you eventually found what you were looking for, and thanks again for being so respectful and civil with your criticism, I appreciate it!

[@ddrr6401]

npc talking bro

[@saturn7_dev]

i think you may be dreaming too much....your work is basic - nothing great, try making something new that's actually useable like say in a computer game then you might get some interest.

[@WillHessGameDev]

Thanks for the support buddy! Challenge accepted! 🙃

[@borzonstudios8638]

Hey, great video! I'm a fellow dev, it would be great to share contact details (discord perhaps?) and collaborate on something. Or even just share some knowledge

[@WillHessGameDev]

First of all, thank you so much for watching and commenting! It means a lot, and if you wanted to get in touch, you can dm me over Instagram. Unfortunately I don’t use discord but probably should but as of now Instagram is the best way to contact me. Between work and school I doubt I’ll have a lot of time to do any collaborations but I’d definitely be interested in talking. It’s @will_hess_yt

[@borzonstudios8638]

@@WillHessGameDev Great, will add you!

[@WillHessGameDev]

So I actually just made a discord account, been meaning to do that for a while now, and it’s “Will Hess#9883”. So if you’d rather use discord I’d be fine.

[@borzonstudios8638]

@@WillHessGameDev perfect, i'll add u on there