Pixel art background layers and parallax scrolling in code
How to paint a pixel art background with depth: value and saturation by layer, tileable strips, a parallax factor table and parallax scrolling code.
by Jun Takemura
System
Graphics & Shaders
wgpu, shaders, lighting, cameras, post-processing and the maths of a 2D frame.
Pixel art camera: integer scaling, snapping and smooth follow
A pixel art camera that stays crisp: render to a low resolution target, scale by integers, snap to the pixel grid and follow the player without shimmer.
by Odalys Brisco
Getting started with wgpu: from a window to a textured quad
A friendly map of wgpu for game developers: instance, adapter, device, queue, surface, pipelines and bind groups, then the path to a textured quad and first errors.
by Odalys Brisco
2D lighting with HDR, tonemapping and bloom, step by step
How to light a 2D game with HDR render targets, additive lights, tonemapping and bloom, with small WGSL snippets and a worked example for each pass in the chain.
by Odalys Brisco
Comfy 0.4 sprite culling and 4x faster rendering, explained
Comfy 0.4 brings roughly 4x faster sprite drawing, built-in culling, a SpatialHash helper and screenshot capture. How culling works and why your game does it best.
by Kasimir Lund
Comfy 0.3: user shaders, glyph atlas text and a 2.5D camera
Comfy 0.3 drops lifetimes from game state and adds user fragment shaders, its own TTF text, a perspective camera and LDtk. Why each matters in a 2D engine.
by Odalys Brisco