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Here's the shader code (for Godot), with comments explaining each step. Feel free to play around with the sliders to find what works best for you!

$The following shader code: shader_type canvas_item; uniform float desaturation : hint_range(0.0, 1.0) = 0.8; uniform float darken : hint_range(0.0, 1.0) = 0.5; uniform float contrast_reduction : hint_range(0.0, 1.0) = 0.25; uniform float overlay : hint_range(0.0, 1.0) = 0.15; uniform vec3 overlay_color : source_color = vec3(0.3); const vec3 luminance_magic_number = vec3(0.2125, 0.7154, 0.0721); void fragment() { // base color vec4 color = texture(TEXTURE, UV); // compute perceptual luminance float luminance = dot(color.rgb, luminance_magic_number); vec3 luminance_color = vec3(luminance); // desaturation color.rgb = mix(color.rgb, luminance_color, desaturation); // darken color.rgb *= (1.0 - darken); // reduce contrast color.rgb = (color.rgb - 0.5) * (1.0 - contrast_reduction) + 0.5; // gray overlay color.rgb = mix(color.rgb, overlay_color, overlay); // apply COLOR = color; }$

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- Darken the image by 50% - Reduce contrast by 25% - Add a subtle gray overlay (a grey 4d4d4d at 15% opacity)

A comparison showing two objects (a hand-drawn red ticket and disk) in its original color, in grayscale, and in the “disabled” state (the effect is explained in this thread)

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Here's a more user-friendly approach, combining a few simple effects: - Desaturate by 80%. I like to keep just a little of the original color.

A comparison showing an object (a hand-drawn sticky hand) in its original color, in grayscale, and in the “disabled” state (the effect is explained in this thread)

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The middle example shows what happens when you simply turn the image to grayscale. It still stands out too much and doesn't really look disabled. If the original item is already gray, it can even be hard to tell that it's disabled at all.

A comparison showing two objects (a hand-drawn birtday hat and a rock) in its original color, in grayscale, and in the “disabled” state (the effect is explained in this thread)

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17 @dyseath.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Today, I'd like to share a method for making your UI elements look properly disabled, whether they're items, buttons, or anything else. #godot #gamedev

A comparison showing an object (a hand-drawn watch) in its original color, in grayscale, and in the “disabled” state (the effect is explained in this thread)

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17 @dyseath.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

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- Some scale randomness, combined with a "Scale Curve" to control particle size over time.

Showing a scale randomness from x0.8 to x1.2, and a scale curve over time going rapidly from 0 to 1 at the start, then rapidly from 1 to 0 at the end.

Here are a few other settings I used to complete the effect: - A nice gradient in the "Color Ramp" to change particle colors over time.

Showing a gradient transitioning from yellow to orange, to dark red, to black, in the "Oklab" color space.

Godot will set the "Emission Shape" of your "ParticleProcessMaterial" to "Points" and generate an optimized "Emission Point Texture".

Showing the generated texture which has a size of 2048x2.

Choose "Border Pixels" to spawn particles along the edges (as in this example), or "Solid Pixels" to spawn them across the entire shape.

Showing the settings described in the post.

Select your "GPUParticles2D" (or "CPUParticles2D"), then click "Load Emission Mask" at the top of the 2D viewport.

Showing where to find the "Load Emission Mask" button.

First, you need a mask texture to define where particles should spawn. For this example, I created one from the card's background. The color doesn't matter. Unused areas MUST be transparent.

An image illustrating an arbitrary pink shape.

How to spawn particles at specific locations on a texture? #godot #gamedev

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For the noise, I used a simple gradient generated with a NoiseTexture2D, with the settings shown here. It's pretty wild how many effects you can get from Godot's default noise options. You can also use your own texture. Try different textures and see what you get.

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The final trick is to use a noise texture to add an offset to the UVs. This makes the rainbow look more irregular instead of moving as one block.

The image shows the same rainbow gradient with noise in the transitions, still running diagonally, using the described settings.

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Then, move the UVs over time. Make sure the gradient texture has "repeat_enable" enabled.

The image shows the same rainbow gradient, still diagonal, with the settings described

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First, rotate the UVs with this method. For convenience, expose the angle in degrees and convert it to radians in the shader.

The image shows that the rainbow gradient is now diagonal, with the settings described.

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First, add a ShaderMaterial to a CanvasItem (ColorRect, TextureRect, Sprite2D, etc.). Expose a sampler2D for your gradient and assign a gradient texture to it. Here, I'm using Godot's built-in GradientTexture1D, but you can use your own texture, or even a 2D gradient.

An image illustrating a horizontal rainbow gradient and the settings described.

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17 @dyseath.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

How to create a nice-looking rainbow effect in Godot?

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If you vote for the Godot Showreel, you might get a glimpse of the game I’m currently working on, called Catch A Pack! As a little offering, here’s a card from the game. #godot

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MrEliptik 💀 O.B.O.L is out 🔥 @mreliptik.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Wanderburg is a really cool game but its UI... is not great 😅 I made a UI review and a small redesign, watch it on Youtube 👇️

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17 @dyseath.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Here is a simple Common card for comparison

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17 @dyseath.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

If you vote for the Godot Showreel, you might get a glimpse of the game I’m currently working on, called Catch A Pack! As a little offering, here’s a card from the game. #godot

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Mickaël Newton @mickaelnewton.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Mon appel aux créateurs JV français : je dois sauver la Bourse Jeux Vidéo d’ici la fin de l’année. Pour cela, je veux monter en 1 mois, un bundle de jeux vidéo dont les fonds iront à la BJV. Le plus de jeux possibles et trouver comment mettre en place cela de façon optimale. Pouvez-vous RT svp ?

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Woum - DreadHaven @woum.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

WHAT Yesterday Dreadhaven made more wishlists in ONE DAY than all my work for my previous game in 1 year I guess the demo launch is going pretty damn well 👀

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Xavier - Binogure Studio @binogure-studio.com · 18/09/2026

🎉🎉🎉 #FortuneAvenue is leaving Early Access! 🎉🎉🎉 v1.0.0 hits Steam Sept 18, 2026: new rules, reworked cards, a calmer helicopter, 10+ boards, team play, ELO & rock-solid controller support. buff.ly/9v9ktDs #godotengine #gamedev #indiegame #tabletop

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17 @dyseath.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I've just played the demo of Void Nebula and I think it's a very promising game. It's a deckbuilder roguelike with a card fusion system at heart of the gameplay and it's brillantly executed. I encourage you to check it out! store.steampowered.com/app/5211460/... #godot

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Void Nebula Demo on Steam

Create, customize and fuse every card in this sci-fi roguelite deckbuilder where you battle foes, stack absurd items, and drag your handmade deck to the heart of the Nebula.

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MrEliptik 💀 O.B.O.L is out 🔥 @mreliptik.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

O.B.O.L is out on Steam and Itch 🔥 Our horror game where you bet your life on a coin flip is available now! It's the first horror game we fully release with @habibsaher.bsky.social and we hope you'll enjoy 💖

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Adriaan @adriaan.games · 16/09/2026

We optimized draw calls by 99% (lol) in Hidden Folks 2 by writing some tools to find all textures used in a level, generate a level-specific atlas, and replace individual texture references with atlas textures. Thread below 🧵👇🏼 #godotengine

Two side-by-side screenshots showing before and after we applied a texture atlas optimization to our game Hidden Folks two, the before showing 13318 draw calls and the after showing 113 draw calls

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˗ˏˋ Jeanne ˊˎ˗🥵☀️ @janeprigent.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

est-ce qu'il y a des gens qui voudraient faire une petite game jam pour les élections 🥺 (mood barrage à l'extrême droite) je sais pas quand/comment, mais ça me plairait beaucoup ✨

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Mina Pêcheux 🔶 GET Locktale on Steam! @minapecheux.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Well, here we are! Today, after 9 months of prod, my puzzle game about ciphers Locktale is finally out on Steam ⭐️ Go grab your copy (15% OFF the first week!) 😉 store.steampowered.com/app/4304820/... #indiegame #indiedev #indiegaming #madewithgodot #steamgames #puzzlegame #cipher #fantasy #storytale

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Millennium Slumber @desmodusgames.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Millennium Slumber Demo is out now for the Steam PvE Survival Crafting Fest! Loot, craft, set traps and build defenses to survive 400,000 years on a hostile alien planet! Play here : store.steampowered.com/app/4174420/... #gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #godot #godotengine #survival #NoAI

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Millennium Slumber @desmodusgames.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Millennium Slumber demo will be available on monday during the Steam PvE Survival Crafting Fest! Get ready to survive for 400,000 years on a hostile alien planet! Steam page : store.steampowered.com/app/4174420/... #gamedev #indiegame #indiedev #godot #godotengine #madewithgodot #NoAI

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17 @dyseath.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Thank you for sharing! Very appreciated.

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I wrote up tips for saving and loading games durably in Godot. It's stuff I wish I'd known before shipping games on PC: eviltrout.com/blog/2026-08...

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Tips for Saving Game Data in Godot

How we made save games in The Roottrees are Dead and The Incident at Galley House resilient to full disks and failing hard drives.

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17 @dyseath.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Hi, You can play multiple sounds in parallell with AudioStreamPlayer Stream set as Polyphonic. The documentation wasn't clear enough; I spent a long time looking for it when I needed it. I hope this example helps!

code description of an example extension method

// ====== 1) CREATE THE AUDIO STREAM AND KEEP A REFERENCE ======

// create and reference the AudioStreamPlayer if it doesn't exist yet
if (!GodotObject.IsInstanceValid(audioStreamPlayer))
{
audioStreamPlayer = new();
nodeParent.AddChild(audioStreamPlayer);
}

// setup the AudioStreamPlayer to Polyphonic if it's not correctly setup yet
if (!GodotObject.IsInstanceValid(audioStreamPlayer.Stream) || audioStreamPlayer.Stream
is not AudioStreamPolyphonic)
{
audioStreamPlayer.MaxPolyphony = 32;
AudioStreamPolyphonic streamPolyphonic = new();
streamPolyphonic.Polyphony = 32;
audioStreamPlayer.Stream = streamPolyphonic;
}

// start the audio stream player if it hasn't started yet
if (!audioStreamPlayer.Playing)
{
audioStreamPlayer.Play();
}

// ====== 2) USE IT TO PLAY AS MANY SOUNDS AS YOU WISH ======

// get the AudioStreamPlaybackPolyphonic started by the Play
AudioStreamPlaybackPolyphonic streamPlaybackPolyphonic = (AudioStreamPlaybackPolyphonic)audioStreamPlayer.GetStreamPlayback();

// setup as you wish and play the stream
float volumeDb = Mathf.LinearToDb(audioStreamConfig.GetVolumeLinear());
float pitchScale = audioStreamConfig.GetPitchScale(pitchIncrease);
long streamId = streamPlaybackPolyphonic.PlayStream(audioStreamConfig.AudioStream, audioStreamConfig.FromTime, volumeDb, pitchScale);

// keep the streamId in case you want doing stuff later on this stream
// in this example, a volume fade in
if (audioStreamConfig.FadeInDurationMs > 0u)
{
// progressively increase volume on the targetted stream of the AudioStreamPlayer
Tween fadeInTween = audioStreamPlayer.CreateTween();
fadeInTween.TweenMethod(Callable.From<float>(FadeIn), 0f, audioStreamConfig.GetVolumeLinear(), audioStreamConfig.FadeInDuration);

void FadeIn(float volumeLinear)
{
float volumeDb = Mathf.LinearToDb(volumeLinear);
streamPlaybackPolyphonic.SetStreamVolume(streamId, volumeDb);
}
}

$code usage example public partial class TestPlaySeveralSounds : Control { private AudioStreamPlayer _audioStreamPlayer; public override void _Input(InputEvent inputEvent) { base._Input(inputEvent); if (inputEvent is InputEventMouseButton mouseButton) { SoundConfig randomSound = MathExtensions.GetRandomInRange(1, 1) switch { 0 => Game.SoundOnCardDropMoney, 1 => Game.SoundOnCardEchoTick, 2 => Game.SoundOnCardLevelUp, 3 => Game.SoundOnCardStarUpFlippingEnd, 4 => Game.SoundOnCardStarUpFlippingStart, 5 => Game.AchievementSoundOnHover, 6 => Game.AchievementSoundOnPressed, 7 => Game.DonationButtonSoundOnForcedStop, 8 => Game.NopeSoundConfig, }; this.ExampleMethod(ref _audioStreamPlayer, randomSound.GetAudioStreamConfig()); } } }$