I have been learning raymarching on and off for almost a full year now, this raymarched planet shader was a happy accident after many failed attempts and this dev log covers that full journey!
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0:24 - Chapter One Start
2:23 - Fixed Step Demo
3:06 - Fixed Step Code
3:39 - SDF Demo
4:30 - Clouds in Gamemaker
5:10 - First Planet Attempt
5:57 - Voxel Raymarching
6:28 - Second Planet Attempt
6:58 - Clouds in Godot
8:00 - Actual Project Start
9:45 - Ko-Fi Start
10:14 - Ko-Fi End, Chapter 3 Start
12:39 - Raymarch Benefits
13:09 - Raytrace Algo Info
13:56 - Planet Raymarching
15:25 - Planet Atmosphere
16:02 - Video Conclusion
Video links:
Raymarched Clouds by Sebastian Lague:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QOcCGI6xOUSDF
SDF raymarching examples:
https://iquilezles.org/articles/raymarchingdf/
https://iquilezles.org/articles/distfunctions/
Clouds raymarching learning resources:
https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1223894/FULLTEXT01.pdf
https://www.guerrilla-games.com/media/News/Files/The-Real-time-Volumetric-Cloudscapes-of-Horizon-Zero-Dawn.pdf
https://media.contentapi.ea.com/content/dam/eacom/frostbite/files/s2016-pbs-frostbite-sky-clouds-new.pdf
Music Used:
♪ Lukrembo - Wooden Table
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkKnciUDWe8
♪ Lukrembo - Spaceship
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AiYmoj1eL4
♪ Lena Raine - Resurrections
Link: https://radicaldreamland.bandcamp.com/album/celeste-original-soundtrack
♪ Lena Raine - Scattered and Lost
Link: https://radicaldreamland.bandcamp.com/album/celeste-original-soundtrack
♪ Lukrembo - Home
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qgKYtRG77Q
♪ Lukrembo - Green Symphony
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtbl_7cSLMI
♪ Lukrembo - Flower Cup
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wziDKbd-xFM