Make Your Own Shaders
ModrinthThis is a Tutorial Series to learn how to make Shaders! There are videos for each file on YouTube that will walk you through and help you learn in a way that is interactive.
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releaseepisode 20 - RT (part 3) - Reflections, PBR, & Defered
26.226.1.226.1.126.1+24iris2026-08-16 · 1.1K downloads
RT Tutorial (part 3).zip · 46 KB
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releaseepisode 19 - RT (part 2) RT Shadows & Basic Lighting
26.226.1.226.1.126.1+24iris2026-08-15 · 59 downloads
RT Tutorial (part 2).zip · 43 KB
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release18( RT part 1 )
26.226.1.226.1.126.1+24iris2026-08-14 · 70 downloads
RT Tutorial (part 1) .zip · 42 KB
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releaseepisode 17: Compute shaders
1.21.111.21.101.21.91.21.8+20iris2026-01-13 · 5.1K downloads
Compute Tutorial (Episode 17).zip · 29 KB
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releaseepisode 16 (shadows)
1.21.111.21.101.21.91.21.8+20iris2026-01-13 · 101 downloads
A Tutorial 16 (shadows).zip · 58 KB
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releaseepisode 15 (water surface)
1.21.111.21.101.21.91.21.8+18iris2025-05-05 · 5.6K downloads
A Tutorial 15 (water surface) -start.zip · 56 KB
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releaseepisode 14 (reflections)
1.21.51.21.41.21.31.21.2+12iris2025-05-05 · 233 downloads
A Tutorial 14 (Reflections).zip · 29 KB
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releaseepisode 13 (voxelizing)
1.21.51.21.41.21.31.21.2+12iris2025-05-05 · 206 downloads
Voxelizing Tutorial (Episode 13) v1.1(2).zip · 20 KB
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releaseepisode 12 (PBR Textures & Effects)
1.21.51.21.41.21.31.21.2+12iris2025-05-05 · 214 downloads
A Tutorial 11 (for episode 12).zip · 25 KB
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releaseepisode 11 (volumetric cloud lighting)
1.21.51.21.41.21.31.21.2+12iris2025-05-05 · 209 downloads
A Tutorial 10 (for episode 11).zip · 24 KB
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releaseepisode 10 (clouds part 3)
1.21.51.21.41.21.31.21.2+12iris2025-05-05 · 201 downloads
A Tutorial 9 (for episode 10).zip · 21 KB
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releaseepisode 9 (clouds part 2)
1.21.51.21.41.21.31.21.2+12iris2025-05-05 · 204 downloads
A Tutorial 8 (for episode 9).zip · 23 KB
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releaseepisode 8 (clouds part 1)
1.21.51.21.41.21.31.21.2+12iris2025-05-05 · 191 downloads
A Tutorial 7 (for episode 8).zip · 22 KB
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releaseepisode 7 (normal maps)
1.21.51.21.41.21.31.21.2+12iris2025-05-05 · 171 downloads
A Tutorial 6 (for episode 7).zip · 22 KB
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releaseepisode 6 (menus & redundancy)
1.21.5iris2025-05-05 · 199 downloads
A Tutorial 5 (for episode 6).zip · 23 KB
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releaseepisode 5 (waving plants)
1.21.5iris2025-05-05 · 252 downloads
A Tutorial 3 (for episode 5).zip · 23 KB
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releaseepisode 3 & 4 (Lighting & Vertex shaders, then fog & border fog)
1.21.51.21.41.21.31.21.2+12iris2025-01-16 · 1.6K downloads
A Tutorial 2 (for episode 3) (1).zip · 22 KB
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releaseepisode 2 (what's where & why)
1.21.51.21.41.21.31.21.2+12iris2025-01-16 · 252 downloads
A Tutorial 1 (for episode 2).zip · 21 KB
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releaseepisode 1 (basics)
1.21.51.21.41.21.31.21.2+12iris2025-01-16 · 450 downloads
Shadow-Tutorial (for episode 1).zip · 21 KB
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This is a Tutorial Series that will teach you how to make your own Shaders! Each version here has a YouTube video that walks you through everything. It Teaches you in an interactive way, so that you can play around and have fun being creative, instead of just copy-pasting code and not knowing how it works.
Videos: Episode 1: https://youtu.be/KuAiWzlu2oo
Episode 2: https://youtu.be/_DwzgVd1PnU
Episode 3: https://youtu.be/9dtdvjQ0dLo?si=bxN94EmjWcuY0MnE
... More ...you can watch the whole playlist on YouTube, and the files for each episode are also free on Patreon. They are here for anyone who has a problem accessing Patreon. Each video should also be linked in the change log for each version.
YouTube Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLn6IKc7V_f-EeKXbz5BI44esnKqtMoXfG&si=sVAdnqv_FwZvtdaC