James ÅkessonTechnical Artist

Item Rarity Shader

A shader that lights up to show nearby items and their rarity.

Year
2022
Kind
Shaders
Made with
Unreal Engine
Live
Re-created on the landing page
Top-down view of a pale hooded character on dark ground with a glowing blue battleaxe, a glowing red sword and a small green glowing item around them, each lit in its rarity colour.

Our items were quite hard to differentiate from the surrounding environment. Therefore I made this shader that shows items and their rarity when the player is close by. I reused the grass texture from the ground for the glow effect to save on texture data needed.

The shader can use any colour as input, which can be set for individual items or groups.