Circular Waves 2D

Started with a simple shader that emitted rings and muddled it up with a wave modifier and noise.

How to use:

1. Attatch to a material

2. Set noise to a new Noise image in the shader parameters.

Shader will be used in this game.

Shader code
shader_type canvas_item;

// for circles
uniform float amplitude: hint_range(0, 2, 0.01) = 2.0;
uniform float frequency: hint_range(0, 15, 0.01) = 12.69;
uniform float rippleRate : hint_range(0.5, 150.0, 0.1) = 9.2;


// for wave
uniform float waveAmplitude = 0.1;
uniform float waveFrequency = 4.0;
uniform float blendingAmount = 0.6;


// other
uniform sampler2D noise;



vec2 wave(vec2 uv, float time) {
    return vec2(
        uv.x + sin(uv.y * waveFrequency * 5.0 + time) * waveAmplitude,
        uv.y + sin(uv.x * waveFrequency + time) * waveAmplitude
    );
}

void fragment() {
	vec2 wave_uv = wave(UV, TIME);
	vec4 ns = texture(noise, wave_uv);
	
	vec2 motion = vec2(0.0, 1.0);
	float pi = 3.14159265358979323846;
	vec2 uv = UV * 2.0 - 1.0;

	float dist = length(uv);
	ns *= 1.4142135;
	dist += -0.1 * ns.x;
	float ripple = sin(dist * -frequency * pi + rippleRate * TIME) * amplitude / (dist + 1.0);


	vec4 color = vec4(1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 2.0 * ripple);
	
	float alphaScalar = (1.0 - min(dist, 1.0)) * ns.x * 2.5; 


	color.a *= 1.0 * alphaScalar * (ripple + ns.x * ns.y);
	color.a = max(color.a - (ns.y * 0.45), 0.0);

    COLOR = color;
}
Tags
2d, water, waves
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GreenCloversGames
11 months ago

This is such a great and versatile shader! I’ve been using it to create a flame like effect for a demon summoning!