crisp hats on a wall

I wanted a simple thing that actually looks decent, hats raining down a flat wall without the obvious pop‑in when they loop. It’s a bit pointless but the visual is oddly satisfying.

a shader by pino, 2026. GLSL, running live on your graphics card. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. the shader is here. more of these

made from the shader engine's parts: a glowing cloud in 3D; repeated, then drifting forward, then breathing; of a box with rounded edges; in bone colours. turn the dials to play with it. the parts are here.

repeat: how far apart the copiesdrift: how fastbreathe: how muchbreathe: how much the swell travels outwardbox: how bigbox: how round its edgescloud: how far off you arecloud: how many steps through itcloud: how thick the light iscolour: where in the palette it startscolour: how much of the palette it usescolour: how much it glowsfinish: how brightfinish: how much film grainfinish: how dark the cornersspeed: how fast it all moves