feat: cel-shaded look — toon shader, ink outlines, stylized environment

- toon.gdshader: banded diffuse with cool-tinted shadows (3 tones), stepped
  specular, rim light, and an optional world-triplanar albedo path so level
  geometry keeps the 0.5 m grid with no UVs
- toon_outline.gdshader: inverted-hull ink outline, applied via
  material_overlay so it works on skinned (deforming) meshes
- LevelMaterials: tinted() now returns toon grid materials; toonify()/
  apply_toon_recursive() convert imported character/prop materials in place
- SkinnedPlayerModel: characters get toon shading + outline on load
- LevelEnvironment: shared stylized environment for all maps — saturated
  anime sky, linear tonemap (filmic/ACES crush cel bands), bloom for
  emissives, saturation+contrast grade, light depth haze; test level and
  dust2 now use it and the procedural arena (which had NO environment)
  gets it plus runtime toonification of its baked geometry

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <[email protected]>
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Nicholas Butzke
2026-07-17 13:37:27 -04:00
co-authored by Claude Fable 5
parent 2c7b5a1aca
commit 37c15bed1a
11 changed files with 274 additions and 60 deletions
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extends Object
class_name LevelEnvironment
## Shared stylized environment for every level: saturated anime-sky gradient,
## bloom for emissives (tracers, plasma), and a color grade that pushes the
## cel-shaded look (high saturation, slight contrast lift). Builders call
## add_to(level) instead of hand-rolling WorldEnvironment + sun.
## Creates and adds a WorldEnvironment + key sun + cool fill light.
## Returns the WorldEnvironment node.
static func add_to(level: Node, sky_variant: String = "day") -> WorldEnvironment:
var env := WorldEnvironment.new()
env.name = "WorldEnvironment"
env.environment = make_environment(sky_variant)
level.add_child(env)
if not level.has_node("Sun"):
var sun := DirectionalLight3D.new()
sun.name = "Sun"
sun.rotation_degrees = Vector3(-52, 38, 0)
sun.light_color = Color(1.0, 0.97, 0.88)
sun.light_energy = 1.4
sun.shadow_enabled = true
sun.directional_shadow_mode = DirectionalLight3D.SHADOW_PARALLEL_4_SPLITS
sun.directional_shadow_max_distance = 120.0
level.add_child(sun)
var fill := DirectionalLight3D.new()
fill.name = "FillLight"
fill.rotation_degrees = Vector3(-30, -142, 0)
fill.light_color = Color(0.6, 0.7, 1.0)
fill.light_energy = 0.25
fill.shadow_enabled = false
level.add_child(fill)
return env
static func make_environment(sky_variant: String = "day") -> Environment:
var environment := Environment.new()
environment.background_mode = Environment.BG_SKY
var sky := Sky.new()
var sky_mat := ProceduralSkyMaterial.new()
match sky_variant:
"sunset":
sky_mat.sky_top_color = Color(0.25, 0.2, 0.5)
sky_mat.sky_horizon_color = Color(0.95, 0.6, 0.45)
sky_mat.ground_bottom_color = Color(0.18, 0.12, 0.2)
sky_mat.ground_horizon_color = Color(0.85, 0.55, 0.45)
sky_mat.sun_curve = 0.12
_:
# Bold anime day sky: deep saturated blue up top, bright cyan horizon.
sky_mat.sky_top_color = Color(0.18, 0.4, 0.85)
sky_mat.sky_horizon_color = Color(0.72, 0.88, 0.98)
sky_mat.ground_bottom_color = Color(0.22, 0.2, 0.24)
sky_mat.ground_horizon_color = Color(0.62, 0.7, 0.75)
sky_mat.sun_curve = 0.1
sky_mat.sun_angle_max = 20.0
sky.sky_material = sky_mat
environment.sky = sky
# Flat-ish ambient keeps toon shadow bands readable (sun does the shaping).
environment.ambient_light_source = Environment.AMBIENT_SOURCE_SKY
environment.ambient_light_energy = 0.55
# Filmic crushes the cel bands; linear-ish keeps them crisp.
environment.tonemap_mode = Environment.TONE_MAPPER_LINEAR
# Bloom sells emissives (tracers, plasma, rim highlights).
environment.glow_enabled = true
environment.glow_intensity = 0.5
environment.glow_bloom = 0.05
environment.glow_hdr_threshold = 1.1
# Cel color grade: punchy saturation, hint of contrast.
environment.adjustment_enabled = true
environment.adjustment_saturation = 1.22
environment.adjustment_contrast = 1.05
# A touch of depth haze for scale; far enough to not gray the arena.
environment.fog_enabled = true
environment.fog_light_color = Color(0.65, 0.75, 0.9)
environment.fog_density = 0.0012
return environment
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extends Object
class_name LevelMaterials
## Shared prototype-grid materials for code-built levels.
## Shared cel-shaded materials for code-built levels and characters.
##
## Every level builder makes its geometry from flat-colored boxes; this gives
## them all the same world-space grid surface (0.5 m cells via triplanar
## mapping) so speed and distance stay readable at movement-shooter velocity,
## while keeping each builder's color coding as a tint.
## Level geometry gets the toon shader with world-space triplanar grid
## (0.5 m cells) tinted per surface; characters get the same toon shading
## over their own textures via convert_to_toon(), plus an inverted-hull
## outline overlay for the inked silhouette.
const GRID_GRAY := "res://assets/textures/prototype/grid_gray.png"
const GRID_DARK := "res://assets/textures/prototype/grid_dark.png"
const TOON_SHADER := "res://assets/shaders/toon.gdshader"
const OUTLINE_SHADER := "res://assets/shaders/toon_outline.gdshader"
## One texture tile = 2 m of world, so one grid cell = 0.5 m.
const WORLD_UNITS_PER_TILE := 2.0
static var _cache: Dictionary = {}
static var _outline_cache: Dictionary = {}
## A tinted grid material. Cached per (tint, dark) so identical surfaces share
## one material (fewer draw-state changes, and edits apply everywhere).
static func tinted(tint: Color, dark: bool = false) -> StandardMaterial3D:
## A tinted toon grid material for level geometry. Cached per (tint, dark) so
## identical surfaces share one material.
static func tinted(tint: Color, dark: bool = false) -> Material:
var key := "%s|%s" % [tint.to_html(), dark]
if _cache.has(key):
return _cache[key]
var mat := StandardMaterial3D.new()
var shader: Shader = load(TOON_SHADER)
var mat := ShaderMaterial.new()
mat.shader = shader
var tex_path := GRID_DARK if dark else GRID_GRAY
var tex: Texture2D = load(tex_path) if ResourceLoader.exists(tex_path) else null
if tex:
mat.albedo_texture = tex
# World triplanar: boxes need no UVs and the grid stays world-scaled.
mat.uv1_triplanar = true
mat.uv1_world_triplanar = true
mat.uv1_scale = Vector3.ONE / WORLD_UNITS_PER_TILE
mat.set_shader_parameter("albedo_texture", tex)
mat.set_shader_parameter("has_texture", true)
mat.set_shader_parameter("use_triplanar", true)
mat.set_shader_parameter("triplanar_tile", WORLD_UNITS_PER_TILE)
else:
mat.set_shader_parameter("has_texture", false)
# The texture is grayscale ~mid value; multiply by ~2x-brightened tint to
# land near the original flat color while keeping the grid contrast.
mat.albedo_color = Color(
minf(tint.r * 1.9, 1.0), minf(tint.g * 1.9, 1.0), minf(tint.b * 1.9, 1.0))
mat.roughness = 0.85
mat.set_shader_parameter("albedo_color", Color(
minf(tint.r * 1.9, 1.0), minf(tint.g * 1.9, 1.0), minf(tint.b * 1.9, 1.0)))
_cache[key] = mat
return mat
## Toon version of an arbitrary material (usually a character's imported
## StandardMaterial3D): keeps its albedo texture/color, swaps the shading.
static func toonify(src: Material) -> Material:
var mat := ShaderMaterial.new()
mat.shader = load(TOON_SHADER)
var tex: Texture2D = null
var col := Color.WHITE
if src is BaseMaterial3D:
tex = src.albedo_texture
col = src.albedo_color
mat.set_shader_parameter("albedo_texture", tex)
mat.set_shader_parameter("has_texture", tex != null)
mat.set_shader_parameter("use_triplanar", false)
mat.set_shader_parameter("albedo_color", col)
# Characters read best with a slightly wider lit band and stronger rim.
mat.set_shader_parameter("rim_strength", 0.45)
return mat
## Swap every mesh surface under `node` to toon shading and add an
## inverted-hull outline overlay. Safe on skinned meshes (material_overlay
## re-renders the same deformed mesh).
static func apply_toon_recursive(node: Node, outline_width: float = 0.015) -> void:
if node is MeshInstance3D:
var mi := node as MeshInstance3D
var surface_count: int = mi.mesh.get_surface_count() if mi.mesh else 0
for s in range(surface_count):
var src := mi.get_active_material(s)
if src and not (src is ShaderMaterial):
mi.set_surface_override_material(s, toonify(src))
if outline_width > 0.0:
mi.material_overlay = outline(outline_width)
for child in node.get_children():
apply_toon_recursive(child, outline_width)
static func outline(width: float = 0.015) -> ShaderMaterial:
var key := "%.4f" % width
if _outline_cache.has(key):
return _outline_cache[key]
var mat := ShaderMaterial.new()
mat.shader = load(OUTLINE_SHADER)
mat.set_shader_parameter("outline_width", width)
_outline_cache[key] = mat
return mat
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func _ready() -> void:
# Hide mouse
Input.mouse_mode = Input.MOUSE_MODE_CAPTURED
# Cel-shaded presentation: stylized sky/grade + toon materials over the
# arena's baked geometry. The scene ships its own DirectionalLight3D;
# rename it to Sun so the helper doesn't stack extra suns.
var existing_light := get_node_or_null("DirectionalLight3D")
if existing_light:
existing_light.name = "Sun"
if not has_node("WorldEnvironment"):
LevelEnvironment.add_to(self)
LevelMaterials.apply_toon_recursive(self, 0.0)
_build_hud()
# Multiplayer Spawning