THE SALE HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL THE 17TH!
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🌿 Code 'UMBRA' at checkout for -33% until the 17th!

On top of that, giveaways will also be extended to the 17th, including the rating giveaway and the booth picture giveaway. There'll be one more giveaway on twitter as well!

Thank you all 💚

It's the last day of the sale!
🌿 -33% off everything with code UMBRA
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Nardo canine teeth have been updated to work with the 3.0 update!

https://teeth.shader.gay

Hypno 3.0 alpha test is now available on our Discord

See the "⁠hypno-3-alpha-info" channel for more information: https://discord.shader.gay

Hypno 3.0 out Wednesday!
It's a free update if you own the hypno shader already :D

A preset pack of 180+ unique presets will launch alongside it!

Hypno 3.0 IS OUT!
🌿 It's a free update so you can download and use it right now!
All DLC have been updated as well

Exotic Preset Pack DLC is now AVAILABLE
https://more.hypno.shader.gay

186 new exclusive materials that you can use with the shader. All the materials have been designed to have a unique and exotic look to them.

### Major changes in 3.0:
* New UI
* More customizations for spirals: distortion, shapes, decals with flipbooks, color shifting etc etc etc
* More shader features: PBR lighting, dissolve, matcap, dithered transparency etc etc etc
* More presets!
* UV Center picker utility
* Combined individual shaders into one shader
* Modulation (you can even use a spiral as a modulator!)
* Blend modes for individual components
* New and improved tutorials
* A whole manual!
* Gradient editor utility
* Global custom presets
* Up to 4 eye centers
and more that i forgor

so yeah go update and have fun! :D

🌿 Hey!
👉 I've been working on a new licensing system for the shaders that should make things a bit easier for ya'll.

To keep it short, here's the rundown:
* Old system requires constant internet connectivity to Gumroad's servers. This can get annoying.
* New system requires connectivity every 48 hours, so you could lose internet access within that period.
* New: allows for more storefronts, such as ones that accept PayPal.
* New: lets me find license key leaks.

The new system would use our own servers, which opens up a can of worms with data privacy. I'd like to be transparent and have disclosed the data that would be collected and stored here: https://shader.gay/privacy.html

This isn't final or being launched yet! I want to gather opinions and feedback in order to make this as painless as possible.

If you have thoughts or questions, please let me know in our discord: https://discord.shader.gay or comment under this post

Thank you! 💚

Store & PayPal Update!
🌿 I'm in the process of rolling out Lemon Squeezy which has, among others, PayPal support!

As a start, the 💦 Goo shader is now available on Lemon Squeezy! You can find the links here: https://goo.shader.gay/
License verification and Discord bot verification are all supported, so you can get it and start using the goo shader now!

I'll be slowly putting up all the other assets up as they're ready!

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In other news, the recent goo and hypno updates have fixed an issue with the verification asking you to activate your license when going into play mode. So if you're having that issue, try out the update!

Thank you! 💚

ValueFactory Holiday Sale! 🎄

🌿 Everything is 33% OFF with code PINE until Jan 2nd!

👉 Buy assets here: https://lemon.shader.gay
(PayPal supported & more!)

The Future of Gumroad 😩
Starting Jan 1st, Gumroad will increase it's fees to 10%+50c and 30% for any purchases made through Discover. This affects ALL creators. You'll undoubtedly see a lot of change in prices and platforms from creators in the upcoming year.

Knowing this, I'll be experimenting with 30% price increases and changes to how my products appear on 'Gumroad Discover'. If you insist on using Gumroad, this is the last chance to get my assets at a cheaper price!
My Lemon Squeezy store will retain original prices come Jan 1st!

Giveaways 🎁
A holiday sale means we're hosting some giveaways too!
Hosting a Bluesky and Twitter one, check them out!

Meetup 🤗
We're also hosting a VRChat social meetup today! Starts at 20:00 GMT! More info on our Discord.

Happy holidays :D 💚

https://shader.gay

My Gumroad has been suspended (they didn't like something about the hypno shader lmfao)
Buy stuff off my Lemonsqueezy store in the meanwhile instead! It's cheaper and has PayPal support 😉
https://lemon.shader.gay/

It's back up now 😉

Recent Shader Updates

Hypno Eyes 3.0.2 - 3.0.2.1
* Added avatar preset for Faelyn.
* Added avatar preset for Astrawolf.
* Added Ashbeast preset
* Added Vulper preset (by Aroxxis)
* Added Kudalyn Jex preset (by Ookitsu)
* Support focus changes (see focus changelog)
* Fixed incorrect interpolator optimization when using the distance and rim modulators.

Hypno Focus DLC 3.0.2
* Added a 'Distance Fade (Entire Focus)' option that will fade the whole focus out based off of distance from the focus center (as opposed to the distance of the individual pixels)
* Fixed some issues with alpha blending when using transparency with edge fade.

Goo Shader Version 2.1.2.5
* Fixed a bug that caused lights to cause artifacts when 'Light probe shadow tint' is not black.

In other news, working on some very cool shader avatar tech that I cannot wait to put out there for ya'll to use! Not much to share yet but keep an eye on the workshop channel in the discord for previews https://discord.shader.gay

Orbits Shader Pack for Furality Somna coming out very soon 💫

🌿 Orbits Shader is available NOW!

* 🌌 25 Orbit & star presets for Furality Somna.
*(Create your own orbits with included tutorials.
* Made with performance in mind.
* Harold 🐑

https://orbits.shader.gay

🌿 Somna Presets for Hypno and Goo shaders!
I've put out free addons for hypno and goo that have somna themed presets!

* 30 new hypno presets!
* 6 new goo presets!

👉 Available to download off the Hypno and Goo download pages!

🆕 Hypno Eyes, Focus and Screenspace DLC Version 3.1
* Added a third decal slot.
* Decals can now write into aux modulators.

Parallax shader soon 👀 🌌

🌿 Parallax Shader + Glasses is out!
🌌 33 Somna themed presets.
👓 2 Somna themed glasses.
Available now!

👉 https://parallax.shader.gay

Have fun! 💚

💦 Goo Shader Version 2.2: Light Volumes
* Added VRC Light Volume 2.0 support (on by default)
* Added specular from SH (on by default)

* Added a specular workflow that lets you specify a specular map instead of metallic.
* Added min/max brightness for base and add passes.
* Added LTCGI diffuse & specular amount sliders.

* Added UV Tile Discard.
* Added a outline avatar scale aware option.
* Added a toggle to make goo deformation/drip avatar scale aware.
* Added an option to flip normals on back faces.

* Fix self shadowing not working.
* Self shadows are now properly effected by the shadow ramp.
* Shadow ramps now apply to metallics properly.

* Reworked the manual UI.

* Various backend changes to fix bugs and improve compile time.

Update available now!

🌿 Fast Voxel Shader is now available!
The fast voxel shader is a voxel/cube shader designed with performance in mind while maintaining a grid-snapped voxel aesthetic you might see in something like Cube World or giant Minecraft builds.

Available here 👉 https://voxel.shader.gay

All features can be found here -> https://docs.shader.gay/voxel/
Public avatars -> https://docs.shader.gay/voxel/public-avatars/

Have fun 💚

Goo, Hypno and Fast Voxel shaders have received an update that should fix locking issues when one of those shaders is used as an SPS material.

After updating you will need to relock your SPS material for the fix to take effect.

🌿 ValueFactory Holiday Sale!

Everything is 33% OFF with code PINE25 until January 2nd!

👉 Get assets here: https://shader.gay

Happy holidays :D 💚

Happy holidays!

-33% sale is still on with code PINE25. We also now have 2 giveaways on both Twitter and Bluesky for you to participate in woah!

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