Custom Ocean Shader In Godot Featuring Dynamic Whirlpools

Levi Murray, whom we previously featured for his satisfying bridge tool and delightfully funny turret, set out on a new adventure involving an ocean-based cutscene. That turned into "falling down a bit of a rabbit hole," and nine days later, he had created this cool shader.

As the developer explained, the core ocean wave generation is powered by this repository. His main contributions focused on implementing GPU-based height detection, the boat controller, arbitrary height displacement, and ocean wakes. Absolutely amazing work.

Here's another nice demo from Levi: a milking simulator that uses particles:

If you're looking for more Godot water projects, check out this beautifully stylized example from Critsium:

This is how Tenkemo, a Minecraft-meets-Animal Crossing co-op game, handles water:

Black Hole Fishing's water vortex is probably closer to what Levi had in mind:

We love various water solutions here at 80 Level. You can check out some of the recent ones we've featured, including Ok_Art_2784's Gerstner water, Dan Greenheck's Three.js Water Pro, and William Faucher's new EasyWaterscape:

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