# Xibanya/ShaderTutorials

Shaders For People Who Don't Know How To Shader, a tutorial series for beginners!

Repository: https://github.com/Xibanya/ShaderTutorials
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/shadertutorials
Homepage: https://patreon.com/teamdogpit
Language: ShaderLab
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2024-03-01T18:06:13+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2573, "days_push": 915, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1296, forks 42 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:16.926026+00:00)

## What it is
A beginner-friendly Unity shader tutorial series called 'Shaders For People Who Don't Know How To Shader', with this repository containing the source shaders used in each lesson. It presupposes no prior knowledge of Unity, programming, or shaders.

## Use cases
- learn to write unity shaders from scratch
- beginner shader tutorials with no programming background
- example shader source code for toon lighting and outlines
- understand unity shaderlab materials and textures
- learn image effects and grabpass in unity
- study dissolve and cutout shader techniques

## When to choose
- you are a complete beginner to shaders or Unity
- you want step-by-step lessons paired with working shader source code
- you want to learn common effects like rim light, outlines, skyboxes, and parallaxing

## When to avoid
- you need advanced or engine-agnostic shader material
- you want documentation for a production-ready shader library rather than tutorial code
- you work outside Unity or with non-ShaderLab pipelines

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: graphics, developer-tools
- domain: graphics, tutorials
- platform: game-engine, cross-platform
- tags: unity, shaderlab, shaders, tutorial-series, beginner-friendly, graphics-programming, game-development

## Member repositories
- Xibanya/ShaderTutorials (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:16.926026+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:53:56.046685+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Xibanya/ShaderTutorials (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:16.926026+00:00, sha c35359698c33)
  - homepage: https://patreon.com/teamdogpit (fetched 2026-08-29T12:10:25.993113+00:00, sha d1be91338eaa)
  - site_page: https://www.patreon.com/teamdogpit/about (fetched 2026-08-29T12:10:26.002571+00:00, sha 0826c3c11564)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.