0.14 overhaul

[ChristopherBiscardi]

I want to be a little more intentional about what's in the repo. Some of the examples don't add much in terms of educational value, and larger examples like the hades-style start menu should likely live in their own repo. Here's the rough rundown of what I'm going to remove and update.

• candy-cane
  • Potentially interesting example for storing variable data, like StorageBuffers
• compute-3d
• compute-with-time
  • compute shader that uses time. Probably worth keeping.
• cube-wave
  • fun enough and simple enough to keep around. more of a creative coding example.
• dissolve-sphere-standard-material-extensions
  • keep. extending the standard material is worth showing.
• eight-way-sprites
  • keep. maybe simplify.
• fresnel-effect
  • keep. "intro wgsl concepts"
• infinite-tunnel
  • review.
• pointcloud
  • probably not, unless there's value in showing of point list usage.
• pressure-wave-sphere
  • Is there a better example for attaching materials to gltf scenes?
• rotating-column
  • same as cube-wave
• sdf-2d-sphere
  • SDFs are fun. keep. maybe do more sdf stuff
• shader-rgb-worldspace-cube
  • basic. straightforward. keep as intro material. rename to something better.
• shader-test-001
• shield-spheres
  • mostly just shield-with-depth
• shield-with-depth
  • keep. Depth-based shields are popular topics.
• spacecraft-noiseland
  • removal most likely. Might be worth doing something else with a vertex shader or landscape generation
  • update: keeping because vertex shader examples are sparse on the internet. Might be worth making a better example, but keeping this one for now.
• standard-material-quixel-megascan
  • remove. Basic usage of standard material.
• start-menu-hades
  • move to dedicated repo
• ui-button-shader
  • keep. ui materials are useful

[EdEinn]

spacecraft-noiseland is pretty awesome.It should be preserved👍. There are very few good examples of vertex shaders online.

[ChristopherBiscardi]

thanks for letting me know! I'll reconsider removing it for now and potentially make a better example to replace it in the future