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Shader Stories: Mandelbrot Set

Render the Mandelbrot fractal on the GPU in Unity, then navigate it interactively and colour it with smooth gradients.

3 chapters · 39m Advanced Updated 15 Mar 2025 Phil · @FirnoxGames
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What you'll learn

1 Part 1: Displaying the fractal ▶ 16 min

Learn to visualise stunning fractals with Unity using compute shaders.

In this chapter
  1. Introduction
  2. Basic shader display
  3. The Mandelbrot Set
  4. Shader code
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2 Part 2: Navigating the fractal ▶ 14 min

Learn to visualise stunning fractals with Unity using compute shaders.

In this chapter
  1. Introduction
  2. Inspector navigation
  3. Keyboard navigation
  4. Mouse navigation
  5. Adding more detail
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3 Part 3: Colour gradients ▶ 8 min

Learn to visualise stunning fractals with Unity using compute shaders.

In this chapter
  1. Introduction
  2. Adding the gradient to Unity
  3. Updating shader code
  4. Gradient tool
  5. Demo
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▶Video walkthrough · 39m
</>Annotated source code ↗ · public domain