https://victordiab.com/tags/hlsl/Recent content in HLSL on HomeHugo -- gohugo.ioen© 2026 Victor DiabWed, 18 Feb 2026 09:44:33 -0500https://victordiab.com/projects/cthulhu-and-me/Wed, 18 Feb 2026 09:44:33 -0500https://victordiab.com/projects/cthulhu-and-me/<br> <div style="float: right; min-width: 250px; width: 550px; max-width: 650px; margin-left: 20px; margin-top: 10px; gap: 20px"> <div class="width-patch"></div> <div id="carousel-375d8490fb27bc582ffdb81434822acd-1777324382436153492" class="relative" data-twe-carousel-init data-twe-ride="carousel" data-twe-interval="2000"> <div class="absolute right-0 bottom-0 left-0 z-2 mx-[15%] mb-10 flex list-none justify-center p-0" data-twe-carousel-indicators> <button type="button" data-twe-target="#carousel-375d8490fb27bc582ffdb81434822acd-1777324382436153492" data-twe-slide-to="0" data-twe-carousel-active aria-current="true" class="mx-[3px] box-content h-[3px] w-[30px] flex-initial cursor-pointer border-0 border-y-[10px] border-solid border-transparent bg-neutral bg-clip-padding p-0 -indent-[999px] opacity-50 transition-opacity duration-[600ms] ease-[cubic-bezier(0.25,0.1,0.25,1.0)] motion-reduce:transition-none" aria-label="Slide 0"></button> <button type="button" data-twe-target="#carousel-375d8490fb27bc582ffdb81434822acd-1777324382436153492" data-twe-slide-to="1" class="mx-[3px] box-content h-[3px] w-[30px] flex-initial cursor-pointer border-0 border-y-[10px] border-solid border-transparent bg-neutral bg-clip-padding p-0 -indent-[999px] opacity-50 transition-opacity duration-[600ms] ease-[cubic-bezier(0.25,0.1,0.25,1.0)] motion-reduce:transition-none" aria-label="Slide 1"></button> <button type="button" data-twe-target="#carousel-375d8490fb27bc582ffdb81434822acd-1777324382436153492" data-twe-slide-to="2" class="mx-[3px] box-content h-[3px] w-[30px] flex-initial cursor-pointer border-0 border-y-[10px] border-solid border-transparent bg-neutral bg-clip-padding p-0 -indent-[999px] opacity-50 transition-opacity duration-[600ms] ease-[cubic-bezier(0.25,0.1,0.25,1.0)] motion-reduce:transition-none" aria-label="Slide 2"></button> <button type="button" data-twe-target="#carousel-375d8490fb27bc582ffdb81434822acd-1777324382436153492" data-twe-slide-to="3" class="mx-[3px] box-content h-[3px] w-[30px] flex-initial cursor-pointer border-0 border-y-[10px] border-solid border-transparent bg-neutral bg-clip-padding p-0 -indent-[999px] opacity-50 transition-opacity duration-[600ms] ease-[cubic-bezier(0.25,0.1,0.25,1.0)] motion-reduce:transition-none" aria-label="Slide 3"></button> <button type="button" data-twe-target="#carousel-375d8490fb27bc582ffdb81434822acd-1777324382436153492" data-twe-slide-to="4" class="mx-[3px] box-content h-[3px] w-[30px] flex-initial cursor-pointer border-0 border-y-[10px] border-solid border-transparent bg-neutral bg-clip-padding p-0 -indent-[999px] opacity-50 transition-opacity duration-[600ms] ease-[cubic-bezier(0.25,0.1,0.25,1.0)] motion-reduce:transition-none" aria-label="Slide 4"></button> </div> <div class="relative w-full after:clear-both after:block after:content-['']" style="overflow-x: clip; 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width:700px; margin-right:20px; margin-bottom: -20px;"> --> <!-- <img src="gameplay2.png" alt="My Image" style="float: left; width:700px; margin-right:20px; margin-bottom: 50px"> --> <h1 class="relative group">About <div id="about" class="anchor"></div> <span class="absolute top-0 w-6 transition-opacity opacity-0 -start-6 not-prose group-hover:opacity-100 select-none"> <a class="text-primary-300 dark:text-neutral-700 !no-underline" href="#about" aria-label="Anchor">#</a> </span> </h1> <p>Cthulhu &amp; Me is a 3D third-person roguelike boomer-shooter. On a bright sunny day, Cthulhu rises from the ocean to terrorize the world once again, but notices a little girl who is seemingly not afraid of him.</p>https://victordiab.com/projects/gpu-flocking/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://victordiab.com/projects/gpu-flocking/<br> <div style="float: right; min-width: 250px; width: 700px; max-width: 650px; margin-left: 20px; margin-top: 10px; gap: 20px"> <img src="flockingimg.png"> </div> <br> <h1 class="relative group">About <div id="about" class="anchor"></div> <span class="absolute top-0 w-6 transition-opacity opacity-0 -start-6 not-prose group-hover:opacity-100 select-none"> <a class="text-primary-300 dark:text-neutral-700 !no-underline" href="#about" aria-label="Anchor">#</a> </span> </h1> <p>This was my final project for a graphics programming course. Our goal was to create an environment with fish that were flocking and make it look like a painting via a kuwahara filter.</p> <p>In order to have the fish flock in an efficient manner, I implemented the flocking algorithm utilizing GPU dispatches through a compute shader.</p>