Xor

Graphics Programmer

Specializing in procedural generation, original works, creative problem solving, and squeezing the most out of minimal code. Developing for the web, software, and games. Check out the shader arsenal to browse and license shaders for your projects.

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Xor x Shopify on the Vegas Sphere

A collaboration with Shopify dynamic backgrounds on the Las Vegas Sphere.

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xAI Landing Page

The animated effects for xAI's Grok logo.

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Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita Rewind

A custom CRT shader developed for Atari's Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita Rewind, Tetris and more.

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GM Shaders

Comprehensive shader tutorials designed for professional game developers and software engineers.

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Shader Arsenal

A vast collection of minimalist shaders — less than 280 characters each!

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Mandelbots

A 3D split-screen multiplayer FPS built in just 11 days using GameMaker and custom shaders.

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Public Works

A decade of shader artistry, tools, and collaborations

Dec 2025
Order of the Sinking Star — Custom volumetric shader effects
Nov 2025
Xor x Shopify on the Sphere — Dynamic backgrounds on the Las Vegas Sphere
Sep 2025
Opera Orbit & Radiance Themes — Two spherical depth-of-field themes for Opera One
Jul 2025
Opera Sonic Theme — An abstract music visualizer for Opera One
Jun 2025
xAI Landing Page — Animated effects for xAI's Grok logo
Mar 2025
Turbulence — Efficient fluid-like turbulence in 2D/3D
Mar 2025
Event Horizon Watchfaces — 5 shaders for smartwatches
Dec 2024
Opera Viking Theme — Procedural pixelart theme with mountains, water, and auroras
Oct 2024
Venomize Mod — Official Venom Mod shaders for Opera GX
Sep 2024
Nebula Effects — Versatile 2.5D Nebula shader for games
Jul 2024
Opera Dynamic Themes — Polar Winds dynamic wallpaper for Opera One
Jun 2024
Voxel Demo — Voxel raytracing tutorial and demo in GameMaker
May 2024
Fizz — Won Opera GX Live Wallpaper Jam
Apr 2024
Cyberpunk 2077 Mod — Official Cyberpunk Mod shaders for Opera GX
Mar 2024
Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind — CRT shader for Atari and Digital Eclipse
Feb 2024
Heartblocker — Opera GX extension with shader effects
Dec 2023
27 Shader Tutorials — Released 27 shader tutorials in 2023
Jun 2023
MandelBots — 3D split-screen FPS built in 11 days
May 2023
Watchfaces on Facer — Tiny shaders for modern smartwatches
Apr 2023
FXAA for GameMaker — Fast-approximate anti-aliasing for GM
Mar 2023
Simple 2D Light Demo — Unlimited lighting without shaders
Feb 2023
Opera Shader Mods — Wrote shader mods for Opera
Jan 2023
Candy Ravine — 3D raymarched game built in 4 hours
Oct 2022
Fractal Texturing — Preserving texture detail at any scale
Aug 2022
Halftone Effect — Imitates CMYK paper printing
Aug 2022
Launched mini.gmshaders — Began writing regular mini tutorials
Jul 2022
Advanced Lighting System — Emissive bouncing, AO, volumetric fog
May 2022
GameMaker Filter FX — LUT, clouds, color balance, blurs and more
Apr 2022
Voxel Raytracing in GM — Volumetric textures with shadows and reflections
Dec 2021
Numbos — Vaporwave with reflections, shockwaves, skyboxes
Aug 2021
2D Bokeh Blur — Depth-of-field effect for GameMaker
Jun 2021
Flashflight — 3D procedural flight game with volumetric lighting
Jun 2021
1-Pass Disk Blur — Effective single-pass blur solution
Mar 2021
2D Fire Effect — Various fluid fire effects
Mar 2021
Three Mice In A Trenchcoat — 3D stealth game built in 5 days
Feb 2021
3D Water Shader — Realistic water with many variations
Oct 2020
Realtime Raytracing — SDF rendering with soft shadows, AO, and reflections
Mar 2020
Minecraft Shaderpacks — DOF, procedural texturing, global curvature
Dec 2014
Launched XorShaders — The original shader tutorial website