Shader wizard Xor - Learn from the best [Interview]

This video is an interview with Xor who is an expert in his niche field of graphical shaders.

Shaders are not just a gizomo that is being used to manipulate a given image. My interview partner Xor is giving us a view into how he became proficient with shaders, an overview on GameMaker and why this is his ide of choise, followed up by some really wide speculation where the future might take us and lastly a technical showcase of what you can do with shaders.

So if you find this field shader writing and computation as fascinating as he does, well you can follow him on social media or learn on this bog post the fundamentals on shaders. The world of shaders is hard road but a rewarding one (even as a future career). All those background videos you see in the interview are his own shader creations which you can see for yourself on Shadertoy.

🐦 https://twitter.com/XorDev 💻 https://gmshaders.com

🚀 https://www.youtube.com/c/XorDev 💬 https://discord.com/invite/RAC79Ud 👑 https://xordev.itch.io/ 📸 https://www.shadertoy.com/user/Xor

// The audio is a bit wonky, sorry for that. Hopefully that doesn't

CHAPTERS

0:00 Who is Xor 1:30 Tools Xor uses 2:50 What is good about GameMaker 4:50 GameMaker in comparison to other engines 8:40 GameMaker's updated roadmap 11:10 Partilces vs shaders 12:30 Gamemaker particle editor 14:10 Risk of cookie cutters systems 15:35 GameMaker baught by Opera - pros and cons 18:45 Future of GameMaker 21:29 GameMaker 2D and 3D 23:45 GameMaker popularity 25:05 GameMaker fx layer 29:25 Graphical trends - raytracing 31:02 Shaders now and in the past 32:12 New technical fields in graphical computation 33:30 Unreal Engine 5 35:22 Mobiles, augmentent reality 38:05 A thing of the past, developers with screens 39:27 Will the robots replace us 45:05 Xor's plans in the future 34:00 Xor's voxel engine exclusive content 44:41 Xor's voxel engine 2 45:21 Numbos vaporwave shader 45:44 Xor's fireworks shaders 47.30 Xor's 3D water shader 48:20 Cpu vs Gup 51:30 gmShders.com and a series on learing about shaders 53:13 If you have questions or want another specific talk with Xor, write it in the comments ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ppg8wfNW0AA