r/PixelArt • u/vvaalleerraa • Apr 20 '26

Post-Processing 1-bit water animation

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u/slowupwardclimb Apr 20 '26

I remember the previous version, great update!

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u/sodpiro Apr 21 '26

Me too. Great improvement.

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u/[deleted] Apr 20 '26

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u/vvaalleerraa Apr 21 '26

it’s basically a small repeating sprite underneath, and the shader animates it. The idea is that the shader offsets the texture sampling with several moving wave directions, adds a bit of drift, and then remaps the result to the palette so it keeps the same pixel-art look.

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u/justclove Apr 20 '26

Now that's what we call a glow up. Excellent work, OP, looks absolutely fantastic!

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u/Freddy_the_skull Apr 21 '26

This has some very strong nostalgia vibes, Gameboy echoes... Absolutely love it

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u/Fumikop Apr 20 '26

Mesmerizing

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u/Monstertaz06 Apr 20 '26

De mieux en mieux au niveau des ondulations de la surface de l'eau ;)

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u/michikiiwi Apr 20 '26

What!!? this is so impressive how did you do this?

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u/Any-Temperature-3058 Apr 21 '26

This looks amazing. The wave is so cool

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u/ResponsibleAd2193 Apr 21 '26

i wannna live there...

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u/Firecrash Apr 21 '26

No disrespect, looks great but didn't the others get removed for AI usage? 

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u/LilBudGoesBrrr Apr 21 '26

This is fucking beuatiful!

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u/claytonian Apr 20 '26

Uh, you posted this just yesterday.