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Square with a fade to dark at the bottom

A picture built in steps: draw square, then color it, then finish with a fade to dark at the bottom. Every step is listed below with its exact numbers.

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The target picture for the shader challenge "Square with a fade to dark at the bottom" — Recreate this picture. You pass at a 99% match, then try to write it in fewer characters than the par.

How this challenge works

You write a fragment shader that draws the picture above, live in your browser. A match bar shows how close you are, and the score combines accuracy, code size (the par is 282 characters in Unity (Built-in)) and GPU speed. Work in HLSL, GLSL, WGSL, Metal or Godot and export the result when you are done.

The numbers you need

Space: p = (uv - 0.5) * float2(aspect, 1.0)
Step 1: Pattern: d = max(abs(p.x), abs(p.y)) - 0.24; m = 1.0 - smoothstep(0.0, 0.006, d)
Step 2: Colors: lerp(float3(0.04, 0.07, 0.11), float3(0.37, 0.49, 0.87), m)
Step 3: Finish: col *= 0.55 + 0.45 * uv.y

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Unity (Built-in), Unity (URP), Unreal, Shadertoy / WebGL, OpenGL (LWJGL, raylib), three.js, GameMaker, LÖVE (Lua), Godot, Apple (iOS, macOS), WebGPU / Bevy.

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