Pardofelis - A tiny deferred rendering pipeline based on WebGPU. (Bachelor dissertation project)
Live demo: (current version: v1.3.1)
- Forward pipeline: https://pardofelis.kskun.com/demo/forward
- Deferred pipeline: https://pardofelis.kskun.com/demo/deferred
The server is located in mainland China with limited bandwidth, so assets loading can take many seconds.
We develop and test this project on a Google Chrome browser. You can get the Canary version of Chrome at its website. A recommended version of Google Chrome Canary is any not lower than 114.0.5735.6.
Before open the live demo or a demo running locally, WebGPU should be enabled in your browser. For a Google Chrome Canary browser, you can find "Unsafe WebGPU" item in chrome://flags page. Then set this item to "Enabled" and restart the browser.
Google Chrome Canary on an Android mobile device is also supported. The same operation to enable WebGPU as above is required.
Pardofelis Pipeline is created by a Vue template. To configure the project, NodeJS and NPM are required.
Run npm install on project root. NPM will fetch all dependencies to node_modules folder.
Run npm run dev on project root. You will find a URL in the terminal like http://localhost:5173/. Then append demo/forward to it for a forward demo page or demo/deferred for a deferred one.
We also provide a live demo with details above.
Run npm run build on project root. Built files can be found in dist folder.
May cause by a wrong URL. Check if the URL is one of demo/forward or demo/deferred.
Your browser doesn't support WebGPU API currently. Try upgrade the browser or check if proper development flag is set.
- Network connection is slow or broken. Check network connectivity.
- Something is wrong with the pipeline. Collect error message in your browser's console and contact us.
- For a Firefox browser, it may mean WebGPU is not supported.
- WebGPU, W3C, https://www.w3.org/TR/webgpu/
- WebGPU Shading Language, W3C, https://www.w3.org/TR/WGSL/
- Learn OpenGL, Joey de Vries, https://learnopengl.com/
- WebGPU Samples, WebGPU (GitHub org), https://webgpu.github.io/webgpu-samples
- Dear ImGui JavaScript + WebGL example, flyover, https://flyover.github.io/imgui-js/example/
- Get started with GPU Compute on the web, François Beaufort, https://developer.chrome.com/articles/gpu-compute/
- Hierarchical-Z map based occlusion culling, (RasterGrid), https://www.rastergrid.com/blog/2010/10/hierarchical-z-map-based-occlusion-culling/
- Pardofelis (Honkai 3rd), Illustration (used as project logo), https://www.pixiv.net/artworks/96506224
- Lumine (Genshin Impact), OBJ Model, https://www.models-resource.com/pc_computer/genshinimpact/model/45957/
- Game Boy Classic, FBX Model (converted to OBJ), https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/game-boy-classic-0ae80019e6f046168923286d7e628f6f