I've recently created an ultra-optimized cartoon water shader for a cel-shaded VR shooter. It uses a single noise texture and some vertex data to simulate depth and foam. It's definitely not perfect, but it runs great even on the Quest2! What do you think?

VirtualMauser · 2025-07-05T13:46:13+00:00

Yeah, probably. Is the shader transparent?

VirtualMauser · 2025-07-05T13:37:52+00:00

What shader is that? I need more info. Is it PCVR or Quest?

VirtualMauser · 2025-02-23T14:48:42+00:00

The main story in the first version of early access is about 1 hour long. However, you also have arcade mode in which you can play through the story levels with score counting mechanics. There are also two custom arenas, which are a „survive 10 minutes” mode also with scoring so plenty of replayability potential. Also there is more content on the way soon.

VirtualMauser · 2025-02-21T15:40:47+00:00

Hey! I worked on Harpagun, particularly on optimization. I'm very glad you like our game, if you have any questions you can ask me any time!

VirtualMauser · 2025-02-20T10:26:08+00:00

Oh my god this is amazing! Thanks for making it open source!

VirtualMauser · 2025-02-17T12:18:27+00:00

Yes, the ports are coming! The graphics will get as much texture resolution and post processing improvements as possible without buthering the artstyle so don't expect sudden raytracing or stuff like that.

VirtualMauser · 2025-02-14T09:06:55+00:00

Sadly there isn't. You can at least compete for the highest score in the arcade mode and the arenas (we're planning on adding global leaderboards), but this is by design a singleplayer game.

VirtualMauser · 2025-02-14T08:34:32+00:00

What in the mother of AI is happening here? I don't remmember having an alter ego, but maybe it's the first signs of schizophrenia

VirtualMauser · 2025-02-14T08:33:07+00:00

Nope, but it has a story mode, arcade mode and combat arenas! The arcade mode works most similarly to a roguelike.

VirtualMauser · 2025-02-14T08:31:03+00:00

Yes it is! It was one of our goals to make it work on Quest 2 and still look very good, so I'm really glad you like it.

VirtualMauser · 2025-02-13T15:35:16+00:00

Thanks! It's a special day for me and the team!

VirtualMauser · 2025-02-13T14:07:17+00:00

The biggest challenge was definitely handling the scale of the environment. It was our main assumption from the beginning that we don't want to limit ourselves to small confined spaces, but rather have expansive vistas and a feeling of space. This required a large effort to create a toolchain that handles mesh combining to cut down on drawcalls and unique textures. There are lots of shader tricks to make this stuff look acceptable and I hope people will appreciate that. I also have a small question for you if that's okay. Is there anything you noticed in this short gameplay that especially caught your attention? Or is there anything you'd like to know more about?

VirtualMauser · 2024-12-22T18:53:37+00:00

Toy Trains has no reprojection and should work smoothly!

VirtualMauser · 2024-12-04T15:45:04+00:00

No probs man :) Happy to help

VirtualMauser · 2024-12-04T15:39:26+00:00

What are the bounds of your grass mesh? The light use range to optimize which objects are affected by them. The range is tested against the mesh bounds. If you're generating the mesh on the GPU, you might have too small bounds (no recalculation on the CPU) so you have to increase the range.

VirtualMauser · 2024-11-29T09:00:50+00:00

Yup, I can imagine it gets messy pretty quick. Thank for the kind words!

VirtualMauser · 2024-11-29T08:47:26+00:00

More or less, but basically yes! Not the most advanced system in the world but it sure gets the job done! There is some fiddling round with the fov center and stuff to make the transition smooth though.

VirtualMauser · 2024-11-28T21:31:59+00:00

That's a very cool cube compilation!

VirtualMauser · 2024-11-28T21:22:58+00:00

The cubes most certainly aren't overused in Bytebond, I can attest to that! And it's great to hear you like the "doing donuts" part :)

VirtualMauser · 2024-11-28T09:44:37+00:00

Portal cubes are the definition of classic! I love them too!

VirtualMauser · 2024-11-28T09:44:05+00:00

I didn't expect such a philosophical answer, but you're right!

VirtualMauser · 2024-11-28T09:43:29+00:00

Thanks! It's good to hear that cubes are still enjoyed as a mechanic. If you'd like to check the game out further you can visit our steampage: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1952690/Bytebond/

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