Comic-like crystals grow in Unity!

Indie game developer Sørb amazes his Twitter followers: How were these stylish comic crystals created?

In nuce: Indie game developer Sørb reveals how he created his stylish, comic-like crystals from the image above. We have linked the corresponding Twitter posts at the end of this news item.

What’s behind it all? Sørb recently shared a GIF with his Twitter community that shows beautiful-looking crystals with a stylised comic look. The game developer created the crystals in Unity, but soon many users wanted to know more. That’s why Sørb has now delivered, revealing the approach of his comic crystal project. Sørb created them with the help of High Level Shading Language, a programming language developed for DirectX. In a detailed “Crystal Shader Breakdown”, the indie developer goes through step by step how he managed to create the crystals – from the reflection to the glow and light effects, the alpha channel and the various passes, and everything else involved in the creation process.

Click further: If you want to keep up to date with Sørb’s high-quality graphics in the future, you should definitely follow him on Twitter – or click directly to his homepage .