REVIEWED: example: `shaders_ascii_rendering`

examples/shaders/resources/shaders/glsl330/ascii.fs

@@ -10,42 +10,42 @@ uniform sampler2D texture0;
 uniform vec2 resolution;
 uniform float fontSize;
 
-float greyScale(in vec3 col) {
+float GreyScale(in vec3 col)
+{
     return dot(col, vec3(0.2126, 0.7152, 0.0722));
 }
 
-float character(float n, vec2 p)
+float GetCharacter(float n, vec2 p)
 {
-	p = floor(p * vec2(4.0, -4.0) + 2.5);
+	p = floor(p*vec2(4.0, -4.0) + 2.5);
 	
-	// Check if the coordinate is inside the 5x5 grid (0 to 4).
-	if (clamp(p.x, 0.0, 4.0) == p.x && clamp(p.y, 0.0, 4.0) == p.y) {
-        
-		if (int(mod(n / exp2(p.x + 5.0 * p.y), 2.0)) == 1) {
-            return 1.0; // The bit is on, so draw this part of the character.
+	// Check if the coordinate is inside the 5x5 grid (0 to 4)
+	if (clamp(p.x, 0.0, 4.0) == p.x && clamp(p.y, 0.0, 4.0) == p.y)
+    {
+		if (int(mod(n/exp2(p.x + 5.0 * p.y), 2.0)) == 1)
+        {
+            return 1.0; // The bit is on, so draw this part of the character
         }
     }
 
-	return 0.0; // The bit is off, or we are outside the grid.
+	return 0.0; // The bit is off, or we are outside the grid
 }
 
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Main shader logic
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
 void main() 
 {
-    vec2 charPixelSize = vec2(fontSize, fontSize * 1.8);
-    vec2 uvCellSize = charPixelSize / resolution;
-
-    vec2 cellUV = floor(fragTexCoord / uvCellSize) * uvCellSize;
+    vec2 charPixelSize = vec2(fontSize, fontSize*1.8);
+    vec2 uvCellSize = charPixelSize/resolution;
+    vec2 cellUV = floor(fragTexCoord/uvCellSize)*uvCellSize;
 
     vec3 cellColor = texture(texture0, cellUV).rgb;
-    float gray = greyScale(cellColor);
+    float gray = GreyScale(cellColor);
 
 	float n =  4096;
     
-    // limited character set
+    // Limited character set
     if (gray > 0.2) n = 65600.0;    // :
 	if (gray > 0.3) n = 163153.0;   // *
 	if (gray > 0.4) n = 15255086.0; // o 
@@ -54,13 +54,10 @@ void main()
 	if (gray > 0.7) n = 13195790.0; // @
 	if (gray > 0.8) n = 11512810.0; // #
 
-    vec2 localUV = (fragTexCoord - cellUV) / uvCellSize; // Range [0.0, 1.0]
-
-    vec2 p = localUV * 2.0 - 1.0;
-
-    float charShape = character(n, p);
+    vec2 localUV = (fragTexCoord - cellUV)/uvCellSize; // Range [0.0, 1.0]
+    vec2 p = localUV*2.0 - 1.0;
 
-    vec3 final_col = cellColor * charShape;
+    float charShape = GetCharacter(n, p);
 
-    finalColor = vec4(final_col, 1.0);
+    finalColor = vec4(cellColor*charShape, 1.0);
 }

examples/shaders/shaders_ascii_effect.c → examples/shaders/shaders_ascii_rendering.c

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 /*******************************************************************************************
 *
-*   raylib [shaders] example - ascii effect
+*   raylib [shaders] example - ascii rendering
 *
-*   Example complexity rating: [★☆☆☆] 1/4
+*   Example complexity rating: [★★☆☆] 2/4
 *
 *   Example originally created with raylib 5.5, last time updated with raylib 5.6
 *
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ int main(void)
     const int screenWidth = 800;
     const int screenHeight = 450;
 
-    InitWindow(screenWidth, screenHeight, "raylib [shaders] example - ascii effect");
+    InitWindow(screenWidth, screenHeight, "raylib [shaders] example - ascii rendering");
 
     // Texture to test static drawing
     Texture2D fudesumi = LoadTexture("resources/fudesumi.png");
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ int main(void)
     // Load shader to be used on postprocessing
     Shader shader = LoadShader(0, TextFormat("resources/shaders/glsl%i/ascii.fs", GLSL_VERSION));
 
-    // These locations are used to send data to the GPU.
+    // These locations are used to send data to the GPU
     int resolutionLoc = GetShaderLocation(shader, "resolution");
     int fontSizeLoc = GetShaderLocation(shader, "fontSize");
 
@@ -69,33 +69,31 @@ int main(void)
     {
         // Update
         //----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-        if (circlePos.x > 200.0f || circlePos.x < 40.0f) {
-            circleSpeed *= -1;
-        }
         circlePos.x += circleSpeed;
+        
+        if ((circlePos.x > 200.0f) || (circlePos.x < 40.0f)) circleSpeed *= -1;
+        //----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
         // Draw
         //----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
+        // Draw our scene to a render texture first
         BeginTextureMode(target);
-            ClearBackground(WHITE); // The background of the scene itself
+            ClearBackground(WHITE);
             
-            DrawTexture(fudesumi, 500, -30, WHITE);    // Using custom shader
+            DrawTexture(fudesumi, 500, -30, WHITE);
             DrawTextureV(raysan, circlePos, WHITE);
-
+        
         EndTextureMode();
+        
         BeginDrawing();
-
             ClearBackground(RAYWHITE);
 
             BeginShaderMode(shader);
-
-                // Draw the scene texture (that we rendered earlier) to the screen.
-                // The shader will process every pixel of this texture.
-                DrawTextureRec(target.texture, 
-                               (Rectangle){ 0, 0, (float)target.texture.width, (float)-target.texture.height }, 
-                               (Vector2){ 0, 0 }, 
-                               WHITE);
+                // Draw the render texture containing scene
+                // The shader will process every pixel on the screen
+                DrawTextureRec(target.texture,
+                    (Rectangle){ 0, 0, (float)target.texture.width, (float)-target.texture.height }, 
+                    (Vector2){ 0, 0 }, WHITE);
             EndShaderMode();
 
             DrawRectangle(0, 0, screenWidth, 40, BLACK);