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mh -, programming
i taught myself programming (starting with LOGO, QuickBasic and mIRC Script) from reading the documentation. i understand data structures and know all the terminology needed to pick up a language.
so why is it that i cannot drill shaders into my head? it feels like the same mental block i have to music theory, i just look at the steps to set up anything shader-related and immediately give up on it and feel inferior to anyone who shows off their shader toys
mh -, programming
this is just random noise to me on the right https://www.shadertoy.com/view/MdlSRM
mh -, programming
@squirrel Stick with it! Look up other people's code and learn from their example!
mh -, programming
@dnld i did look up other people's code and i didn't learn anything
mh -, programming
@squirrel How did you try to learn from it? Did you pretend you were a compiler and go through the code?
@squirrel I've only dabbled in shaders but they seem weird and hard as hell
mh -, programming
like i get the part where you treat it as an x,y map to plot things onto the screen
but then there are people who just like. put shapes and text on the screen. and a fucking full 3d model. on a shader. i don't think shaders were meant to do that?
is.. is that collision checking routines? on a shader? oh go to heck