matrix/shaders/wgsl/rainPass.wgsl

[[block]] struct Config {
	// common
	animationSpeed : f32;
	glyphSequenceLength : i32;
	glyphTextureColumns : i32;
	glyphHeightToWidth : f32;
	resurrectingCodeRatio : f32;
	gridSize : vec2<f32>;
	showComputationTexture : i32;

	// compute
	brightnessThreshold : f32;
	brightnessOverride : f32;
	brightnessDecay : f32;
	cursorEffectThreshold : f32;
	cycleSpeed : f32;
	cycleFrameSkip : i32;
	fallSpeed : f32;
	hasSun : i32;
	hasThunder : i32;
	raindropLength : f32;
	rippleScale : f32;
	rippleSpeed : f32;
	rippleThickness : f32;
	cycleStyle : i32;
	rippleType : i32;

	// render
	forwardSpeed : f32;
	glyphVerticalSpacing : f32;
	glyphEdgeCrop : f32;
	isPolar : i32;
	density : f32;
	slantScale : f32;
	slantVec : vec2<f32>;
	volumetric : i32;
};

[[block]] struct Time {
	seconds : f32;
	frames : i32;
};

[[block]] struct Scene {
	screenSize : vec2<f32>;
	camera : mat4x4<f32>;
	transform : mat4x4<f32>;
};

[[block]] struct CellData {
	cells: array<vec4<f32>>;
};

// Shared bindings
[[group(0), binding(0)]] var<uniform> config : Config;
[[group(0), binding(1)]] var<uniform> time : Time;

// Compute bindings
[[group(0), binding(2)]] var<storage, read_write> cells_RW : CellData;

// Render bindings
[[group(0), binding(2)]] var<uniform> scene : Scene;
[[group(0), binding(3)]] var msdfSampler : sampler;
[[group(0), binding(4)]] var msdfTexture : texture_2d<f32>;
[[group(0), binding(5)]] var<storage, read> cells_RO : CellData;

// Shader params

struct ComputeInput {
	[[builtin(global_invocation_id)]] id : vec3<u32>;
};

struct VertInput {
	[[builtin(vertex_index)]] index : u32;
};

struct VertOutput {
	[[builtin(position)]] Position : vec4<f32>;
	[[location(0)]] uv : vec2<f32>;
	[[location(1)]] channel : vec3<f32>;
	[[location(2)]] glyph : vec4<f32>;
};

struct FragOutput {
	[[location(0)]] color : vec4<f32>;
};

// Constants

let NUM_VERTICES_PER_QUAD : i32 = 6; // 2 * 3
let PI : f32 = 3.14159265359;
let TWO_PI : f32 = 6.28318530718;
let SQRT_2 : f32 = 1.4142135623730951;
let SQRT_5 : f32 = 2.23606797749979;

// Helper functions for generating randomness, borrowed from elsewhere

fn randomFloat( uv : vec2<f32> ) -> f32 {
	let a = 12.9898;
	let b = 78.233;
	let c = 43758.5453;
	let dt = dot( uv, vec2<f32>( a, b ) );
	let sn = dt % PI;
	return fract(sin(sn) * c);
}

fn randomVec2( uv : vec2<f32> ) -> vec2<f32> {
	return fract(vec2<f32>(sin(uv.x * 591.32 + uv.y * 154.077), cos(uv.x * 391.32 + uv.y * 49.077)));
}

fn wobble(x : f32) -> f32 {
	return x + 0.3 * sin(SQRT_2 * x) + 0.2 * sin(SQRT_5 * x);
}

// Compute shader

// Core functions

// Rain time is the shader's key underlying concept.
// It's why glyphs that share a column are lit simultaneously, and are brighter toward the bottom.
fn getRainTime(simTime : f32, glyphPos : vec2<f32>) -> f32 {
	var columnTimeOffset = randomFloat(vec2<f32>(glyphPos.x, 0.0)) * 1000.0;
	var columnSpeedOffset = randomFloat(vec2<f32>(glyphPos.x + 0.1, 0.0)) * 0.5 + 0.5;
	// columnSpeedOffset = 0.0; // TODO: loop
	var columnTime = columnTimeOffset + simTime * config.fallSpeed * columnSpeedOffset;
	return (glyphPos.y * 0.01 + columnTime) / config.raindropLength;
}

fn getBrightness(rainTime : f32) -> f32 {
	var value = 1.0 - fract(wobble(rainTime));
	// value = 1.0 - fract(rainTime); // TODO: loop
	return log(value * 1.25) * 3.0;
}

fn getCycleSpeed(rainTime : f32, brightness : f32) -> f32 {
	var localCycleSpeed = 0.0;
	if (config.cycleStyle == 0 && brightness > 0.0) {
		localCycleSpeed = pow(1.0 - brightness, 4.0);
	} elseif (config.cycleStyle == 1) {
		localCycleSpeed = fract(rainTime);
	}
	return config.animationSpeed * config.cycleSpeed * localCycleSpeed;
}

// Additional effects

fn applySunShowerBrightness(brightness : f32, screenPos : vec2<f32>) -> f32 {
	if (brightness >= -4.0) {
		return pow(fract(brightness * 0.5), 3.0) * screenPos.y * 1.5;
	}
	return brightness;
}

fn applyThunderBrightness(brightness : f32, simTime : f32, screenPos : vec2<f32>) -> f32 {
	var thunderTime = simTime * 0.5;
	var thunder = 1.0 - fract(wobble(thunderTime));
	// thunder = 1.0 - fract(thunderTime + 0.3); // TODO: loop

	thunder = log(thunder * 1.5) * 4.0;
	thunder = clamp(thunder, 0.0, 1.0);
	thunder = thunder * pow(screenPos.y, 2.0) * 3.0;
	return brightness + thunder;
}

fn applyRippleEffect(effect : f32, simTime : f32, screenPos : vec2<f32>) -> f32 {
	if (config.rippleType == -1) {
		return effect;
	}

	var rippleTime = (simTime * 0.5 + sin(simTime) * 0.2) * config.rippleSpeed + 1.0; // TODO: clarify
	// rippleTime = (simTime * 0.5) * config.rippleSpeed + 1.0; // TODO: loop

	var offset = randomVec2(vec2<f32>(floor(rippleTime), 0.0)) - 0.5;
	// offset = vec2<f32>(0.0); // TODO: loop
	var ripplePos = screenPos * 2.0 - 1.0 + offset;
	var rippleDistance : f32;
	if (config.rippleType == 0) {
		var boxDistance = abs(ripplePos) * vec2<f32>(1.0, config.glyphHeightToWidth);
		rippleDistance = max(boxDistance.x, boxDistance.y);
	} elseif (config.rippleType == 1) {
		rippleDistance = length(ripplePos);
	}

	var rippleValue = fract(rippleTime) * config.rippleScale - rippleDistance;

	if (rippleValue > 0.0 && rippleValue < config.rippleThickness) {
		return effect + 0.75;
	}

	return effect;
}

fn applyCursorEffect(effect : f32, brightness : f32) -> f32 {
	if (brightness >= config.cursorEffectThreshold) {
		return 1.0;
	}
	return effect;
}

// Main function

fn computeResult (isFirstFrame : bool, previousResult : vec4<f32>, glyphPos : vec2<f32>, screenPos : vec2<f32>) -> vec4<f32> {

	// Determine the glyph's local time.
	var simTime = time.seconds * config.animationSpeed;
	var rainTime = getRainTime(simTime, glyphPos);

	// Rain time is the backbone of this effect.

	// Determine the glyph's brightness.
	var previousBrightness = previousResult.r;
	var brightness = getBrightness(rainTime);
	if (bool(config.hasSun)) {
		brightness = applySunShowerBrightness(brightness, screenPos);
	}
	if (bool(config.hasThunder)) {
		brightness = applyThunderBrightness(brightness, simTime, screenPos);
	}

	// Determine the glyph's cycle— the percent this glyph has progressed through the glyph sequence
	var previousCycle = previousResult.g;
	var resetGlyph = isFirstFrame; // || previousBrightness <= 0.0; // TODO: loop
	if (resetGlyph) {
		if (bool(config.showComputationTexture)) {
			previousCycle = 0.0;
		} else {
			previousCycle = randomFloat(screenPos);
		}
	}
	var localCycleSpeed = getCycleSpeed(rainTime, brightness);
	var cycle = previousCycle;
	if (time.frames % config.cycleFrameSkip == 0) {
		cycle = fract(previousCycle + 0.005 * localCycleSpeed * f32(config.cycleFrameSkip));
	}

	// Determine the glyph's effect— the amount the glyph lights up for other reasons
	var effect = 0.0;
	effect = applyRippleEffect(effect, simTime, screenPos); // Round or square ripples across the grid
	effect = applyCursorEffect(effect, brightness); // The bright glyphs at the "bottom" of raindrops

	// Modes that don't fade glyphs set their actual brightness here
	if (config.brightnessOverride > 0.0 && brightness > config.brightnessThreshold) {
		brightness = config.brightnessOverride;
	}

	// Blend the glyph's brightness with its previous brightness, so it winks on and off organically
	if (!isFirstFrame) {
		brightness = mix(previousBrightness, brightness, config.brightnessDecay);
	}

	// Determine the glyph depth. This is a static value for each column.
	var depth = randomFloat(vec2<f32>(screenPos.x, 0.0));

	var result = vec4<f32>(brightness, cycle, depth, effect);

	// Better use of the blue channel, for demonstrating how the glyph cycle works
	if (bool(config.showComputationTexture)) {
		result.b = min(1.0, localCycleSpeed);
	}

	return result;
}

[[stage(compute), workgroup_size(32, 1, 1)]] fn computeMain(input : ComputeInput) {

	var row = i32(input.id.y);
	var column = i32(input.id.x);

	if (column > i32(config.gridSize.x)) {
		return;
	}

	var i = row * i32(config.gridSize.x) + column;

	var isFirstFrame = time.frames == 0;
	var glyphPos = vec2<f32>(f32(column), f32(row));
	var screenPos = glyphPos / config.gridSize;
	var previousResult = cells_RW.cells[i];
	cells_RW.cells[i] = computeResult(isFirstFrame, previousResult, glyphPos, screenPos);
}

// Vertex shader

[[stage(vertex)]] fn vertMain(input : VertInput) -> VertOutput {

	var volumetric = bool(config.volumetric);

	var quadGridSize = vec2<f32>(1.0);
	if (volumetric) {
		quadGridSize = config.gridSize;
	}

	// Convert the vertex index into its quad's position and its corner in its quad
	var i = i32(input.index);
	var quadIndex = i / NUM_VERTICES_PER_QUAD;

	var quadCorner = vec2<f32>(
		f32(i % 2),
		f32((i + 1) % NUM_VERTICES_PER_QUAD / 3)
	);

	var quadPosition = vec2<f32>(
		f32(quadIndex % i32(quadGridSize.x)),
		f32(quadIndex / i32(quadGridSize.x))
	);

	// Calculate the vertex's uv
	var uv = (quadPosition + quadCorner) / quadGridSize;

	// Retrieve the quad's glyph data
	var vGlyph = cells_RO.cells[quadIndex];

	// Calculate the quad's depth
	var quadDepth = 0.0;
	if (volumetric && !bool(config.showComputationTexture)) {
		quadDepth = fract(vGlyph.b + time.seconds * config.animationSpeed * config.forwardSpeed);
		vGlyph.b = quadDepth;
	}

	// Calculate the vertex's world space position
	var worldPosition = quadPosition * vec2<f32>(1.0, config.glyphVerticalSpacing);
	worldPosition = worldPosition + quadCorner * vec2<f32>(config.density, 1.0);
	worldPosition = worldPosition / quadGridSize;
	worldPosition = (worldPosition - 0.5) * 2.0;

	// "Resurrected" columns are in the green channel,
	// and are vertically flipped (along with their glyphs)
	var vChannel = vec3<f32>(1.0, 0.0, 0.0);
	if (volumetric && randomFloat(vec2<f32>(quadPosition.x, 0.0)) < config.resurrectingCodeRatio) {
		worldPosition.y = -worldPosition.y;
		vChannel = vec3<f32>(0.0, 1.0, 0.0);
	}

	vChannel = vec3<f32>(1.0); // TODO : remove

	// Convert the vertex's world space position to screen space
	var screenPosition = vec4<f32>(worldPosition, quadDepth, 1.0);
	if (volumetric) {
		screenPosition.x = screenPosition.x / config.glyphHeightToWidth;
		screenPosition = scene.camera * scene.transform * screenPosition;
	} else {
		screenPosition = vec4<f32>(screenPosition.xy * scene.screenSize, screenPosition.zw);
	}

	return VertOutput(
		screenPosition,
		uv,
		vChannel,
		vGlyph
	);
}

// Fragment shader

fn median3(i : vec3<f32>) -> f32 {
	return max(min(i.r, i.g), min(max(i.r, i.g), i.b));
}

fn getSymbolUV(glyphCycle : f32) -> vec2<f32> {
	var symbol = i32(f32(config.glyphSequenceLength) * glyphCycle);
	var symbolX = symbol % config.glyphTextureColumns;
	var symbolY = symbol / config.glyphTextureColumns;
	return vec2<f32>(f32(symbolX), f32(symbolY));
}

[[stage(fragment)]] fn fragMain(input : VertOutput) -> FragOutput {

	var volumetric = bool(config.volumetric);
	var uv = input.uv;

	// For normal mode, derive the fragment's glyph and msdf UV from its screen space position
	if (!volumetric) {
		if (bool(config.isPolar)) {
			// Curve space to make the letters appear to radiate from up above
			uv = uv - 0.5;
			uv = uv * 0.5;
			uv.y = uv.y - 0.5;
			var radius = length(uv);
			var angle = atan2(uv.y, uv.x) / (2.0 * PI) + 0.5;
			uv = vec2<f32>(fract(angle * 4.0 - 0.5), 1.5 * (1.0 - sqrt(radius)));

		} else {
			// Apply the slant and a scale to space so the viewport is still fully covered by the geometry
			uv = vec2<f32>(
				(uv.x - 0.5) * config.slantVec.x + (uv.y - 0.5) * config.slantVec.y,
				(uv.y - 0.5) * config.slantVec.x - (uv.x - 0.5) * config.slantVec.y
			) * config.slantScale + 0.5;
		}
		uv.y = uv.y / config.glyphHeightToWidth;
	}

	// Retrieve values from the data texture
	var glyph : vec4<f32>;
	if (volumetric) {
		glyph = input.glyph;
	} else {
		var gridCoord : vec2<i32> = vec2<i32>(uv * config.gridSize);
		var gridIndex = gridCoord.y * i32(config.gridSize.x) + gridCoord.x;
		glyph = cells_RO.cells[gridIndex];
	}
	var brightness = glyph.r;
	var symbolUV = getSymbolUV(glyph.g);
	var quadDepth = glyph.b;
	var effect = glyph.a;

	brightness = max(effect, brightness);
	// In volumetric mode, distant glyphs are dimmer
	if (volumetric) {
		brightness = brightness * min(1.0, quadDepth);
	}

	// resolve UV to cropped position of glyph in MSDF texture
	var glyphUV = fract(uv * config.gridSize);
	glyphUV.y = 1.0 - glyphUV.y; // WebGL -> WebGPU y-flip
	glyphUV = glyphUV - 0.5;
	glyphUV = glyphUV * clamp(1.0 - config.glyphEdgeCrop, 0.0, 1.0);
	glyphUV = glyphUV + 0.5;
	var msdfUV = (glyphUV + symbolUV) / f32(config.glyphTextureColumns);

	// MSDF : calculate brightness of fragment based on distance to shape
	var dist = textureSample(msdfTexture, msdfSampler, msdfUV).rgb;
	var sigDist = median3(dist) - 0.5;
	var alpha = clamp(sigDist / fwidth(sigDist) + 0.5, 0.0, 1.0);

	var output : FragOutput;

	if (bool(config.showComputationTexture)) {
		output.color = vec4<f32>(glyph.rgb * alpha, 1.0);
	} else {
		output.color = vec4<f32>(input.channel * brightness * alpha, 1.0);
	}

	return output;
}