How Unreal Renders a Frame

Interplay of Light is a graphics blog by Kostas Anagnostou. These three great articles detail how Unreal renders a frame from start to finish.

Published on Jan 1, 0001

Inigo Quilez

iquilezles.org

Co-creator of shadertoy and an incredible resource for learning to write shaders and think about graphics programming.

Shading Models and GBuffer

dev.epicgames.com/community/learning/tutorials/2R5x/unreal-engine-new-shading-models-and-changing-the-gbuffer

Great tutorial consolidating a lot of experience in adding new shading models and lighting features. I used very similar techniques to accomplish Creature in the Well and Stonefly’s look.

Alekon Morphing Reticles

alekongame.com/morph

A neat tutorial about creating and blending between SDFs.

Allar Style Guide

github.com/Allar/ue5-style-guide/#readme

The gold standard for style guides in Unreal. Many studios refer to this guide for structuring their project, naming assets, and more.