Magical Waterball Shader

A magical waterball shader.

Shader code
/*
	動的魔法水球シェーダー by あるる(きのもと 結衣)
	Procedural Magical Waterball Shader by KINOMOTO Yui @arlez80

	MIT License
*/
shader_type spatial;
render_mode depth_draw_opaque, unshaded, shadows_disabled, cull_disabled;

uniform sampler2D noise_tex : hint_white;
uniform vec4 root_color : hint_color = vec4( 1.0, 0.75, 0.3, 1.0 );
uniform vec4 tip_color : hint_color = vec4( 1.0, 0.03, 0.001, 1.0 );
uniform vec4 specular_color : hint_color = vec4( 0.3, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0 );

uniform float fire_alpha : hint_range( 0.0, 1.0 ) = 1.0;
uniform vec2 fire_speed = vec2( 0.0, 1.0 );
uniform float fire_aperture : hint_range( 0.0, 3.0 ) = 0.22;

uniform vec2 wave_noise_speed = vec2( 0.42, 0.23 );
uniform float wave_noise_scale = 0.1;

void fragment( )
{
	vec2 rev_uv = vec2( UV.x, 1.0 - UV.y );
	vec2 shifted_uv = rev_uv + TIME * fire_speed;
	float fire_noise = texture( noise_tex, shifted_uv ).r;
	float noise = rev_uv.y * ( ( ( rev_uv.y + fire_aperture ) * fire_noise - fire_aperture ) * 75.0 );
	vec4 fire_color = mix( tip_color, root_color, noise * 0.05 );

	vec2 wave_shift = ( ( texture( noise_tex, shifted_uv ).xy + texture( noise_tex, shifted_uv * 2.0 ).xy ) * 0.5 - vec2( 0.5, 0.5 ) ) * wave_noise_scale;
	vec2 screen_uv = SCREEN_UV + wave_shift;

	ALPHA = clamp( noise, 0.0, 1.0 ) * fire_alpha;
	ALBEDO = mix(
		texture( SCREEN_TEXTURE, screen_uv ).rgb * fire_color.rgb
	,	specular_color.rgb
	,	clamp( 1.0 - abs( dot( VERTEX, NORMAL + vec3( wave_shift * 300.0, 0.0 ) ) ), 0.0, 1.0 )
	);
}
Tags
Magical, waterball
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