CheckerboardGenerator

Checkerboard Texture Generator

Code Name: CheckerboardGenerator

Description

In this example, a checkerboard texture is first generated with a compute shader and then applied to the spheres in the scene. The user can also specify the size and tile size of the texture to be generated.

Output

Controls

Input	Action
W/A/S/D	Move the camera
Mouse	Look around with the camera
Esc	Close the window

Application Parameters

Settings

Parameter / Key	Type	Usage in Code	Description	Default Value
AppSettings.ClearColor	VkClearColorValue	AppSettings::ClearColor	Background color of the screen
AppSettings.MouseSensitivity	float	AppSettings::MouseSensitivity	Mouse sensitivity value
AppSettings.CameraSpeed	float	AppSettings::CameraSpeed	Speed of the camera
AppSettings.CheckerboardTextureSize	std::uint32_t	AppSettings::CheckerboardTextureSize	Width and height value of the generated texture
AppSettings.TileSize	int	AppSettings::TileSize	Tile size of the checkerboard texture

Learning Objectives

• Creating a texture from compute shader
• Placing generated texture to the objects

Shader Status

Shader Type	Status	Notes
GLSL	✅
HLSL	✅
Slang	✅

Theoretical Background

None

Extensions Used

Instance

Window system-dependent extensions:

• VK_KHR_surface
• VK_KHR_win32_surface (Windows)

Device

• VK_KHR_swapchain