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GLSL Shaders from Scratch | Complete Course

Last updated: Oct 22 2025

GLSL Shaders from Scratch

🚀 The Easiest Way to Learn GLSL​

Build stunning 3D shaders with this comprehensive 12-section course that teaches you to understand and master shader programming in GLSL with Three.js.

What You'll Learn
  • GLSL fundamentals
  • Geometry deformation via Vertex Shaders
  • Procedural techniques
  • SDF's (signed distance functions)
  • Color manipulation & post processing effects
  • Integrating complex lighting models
  • And much more!

This is a beginner-friendly course with no prior knowledge of shader programming assumed.

👥 Who Should Take This Course​

You could be:

  • An aspiring graphics programmer
  • A game developer looking to expand their skill set
  • An artist trying to create cool new effects
  • A web developer trying to build a cutting-edge website

🎓 Course Projects​

Check out some of the cool and interesting projects that you'll be building as part of the course.

Planet Shader

Planet Shader​

This planet, the stars around it, everything, is just a single shader.

Post Processing

Post Processing​

Learn techniques for simple post processing effects.

Signed Distance Functions

Signed Distance Functions​

What they are and why they're so cool.

Procedural Noise

Procedural Noise​

Learn about noise, and ways of combining it to create more advanced effects.

2D UI Displays

2D UI Displays​

Build dynamic 2D UI displays completely procedurally.

Lighting Models

Lighting Models​

Explore how lighting models work, and integrate standard lighting and toon shading into shaders.

👨‍🏫 Your Instructor​

Hi, I'm Simon. I'm an ex-Google Engineer, ex-graphics programmer.

Throughout my game development career, I specialized in 3D Graphics and optimization, and my time at Google was spent in optimization and leading the performance infrastructure for Chrome. I started my career in the early 2000's working on the original XBox and Playstation 2, so that's about 20 years of experience in total. I've been around.

Simon

📚 Course Curriculum​

  • Course Overview (1:44)
  • Source Code for All Project Files
  • Welcome and Introductions (5:53)
  • Sample Shader (2:52)
  • GLSL Overview (3:21)
  • Transformation Pipeline & Shader Inputs (7:26)
  • Key Takeaways (2:17)

📋 Prerequisites​

This course is pretty beginner-friendly, and moves at a slow pace. That being said, you should definitely have some sort of programming experience. Some basic familiarity with vector math, or a willingness to pick that up on the side, is also helpful.

If you need help with the math, there is a SimonDev Game Math Course available, which is beginner-friendly.

💰 Pricing & Guarantee​

  • Current price: $12.98
  • Original price: $19.98
  • 35% discount applied
  • 30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

📊 Course Statistics​

  • 5 hours on-demand video
  • 1 downloadable resource
  • Access on mobile and TV
  • Full lifetime access
  • Closed captions
  • Audio description in existing audio
  • Certificate of completion
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