Effect contracts
Every effect declares its parameters, inputs, textures, passes, tags, and shader programs so tools can inspect what they are about to run.
Noisemaker Engine
A ready-to-go shader kit for artists and developers.
Compose with Noisemaker Engine's Polymorphic DSL, run on WebGL2 or WebGPU across web, desktop, and mobile. Open source and MIT licensed.
Architecture
Effects as data, composition as readable code.
Readable composition
A layer stack, a camera filter, an audio visualizer, or a 3D volume can be represented as a compact program string.
Live inputs
Oscillators, MIDI, audio bands, media textures, image sources, text, meshes, and volume buffers all enter through named contracts.
Program state mutation
The runtime can compile, unparse, list steps, replace compatible effects, and apply parameter updates without treating source as opaque text.
Subchains and routing
Programs can group contiguous effects, write intermediate surfaces, and route multiple chains through explicit buffers.
Human and agent scale
Polymorphic is terse enough for live coding and structured enough for a coding agent to inspect, modify, and validate.
Capability
More than 100 effects.
The catalog includes sources, transforms, simulations, compositing, 3D volumes, feedback, media, text, color, geometry, and render utilities.
Filters
Color, blur, distortion, grading, lens, glitch, text, pixel, palette, edges, temporal effects, and more.
Generators
Noise, fractals, cellular systems, gradients, media, scopes, polygon sources, and procedural starters.
Mixers
Compositing and blend modes for images, video, generated textures, and intermediate surfaces.
Point systems
Agent and particle behaviors cover physarum, flow, flocking, life-like systems, trails, and simulation patterns.
Volumes and 3D
Volumetric generators and processors give shader programs structured 3D texture sources and transforms.
Render utilities
Mesh, point, cubemap, feedback, loop, and presentation helpers connect shader programs to browser output.
Get started
For artists, developers, and coding agents.
Start with the shader demo to make something now, or the integration guide to build on the engine. The same resources work for Claude, Codex, Gemini, and other coding agents.
Documentation
Developers can start with the shader demo, integration guide, and shader specs. Coding agents can read llms.txt for the public index and llms-full.txt for the full system overview.
Shader Tools
shade-mcp can search effects, inspect definitions, compile Polymorphic programs, render frames, test uniforms, and compare WebGL2 against WebGPU.
Custom Shaders
For low-level shader code for Noisedeck or another Noisemaker-based product, the portable spec defines self-contained effects with definition JSON, help docs, GLSL, WGSL, and a viewer.
Multi-user editing
The Seance SDK adds conflict-free multi-user network editing for Noisemaker Engine.
Device-level streaming
The Sync SDK sends the rendered canvas to other apps as a Syphon, Spout, NDI, or camera feed. It also lets Noisemaker Engine take up to 32 audio channels per device, working around browser limitations.
Apps
Built on Noisemaker Engine.
Noisedeck
Realtime shader art and live visuals, powered by Noisemaker Engine.
Layers
Image and video clip editing built on Noisemaker Engine's Polymorphic DSL.
Foundry
Hot-reloading shader effect authoring for WebGL2 and WebGPU implementations.
Polymorphic
Noisemaker Engine's live coding and high-level visual composition language.
Shade
Agent-assisted shader editing that uses the engine's effect definitions and validation.
Visualize
Dual-deck VJ mixer built around Noisemaker shader programs.
Photobox
Image treatment and generative photo workflows using the same effect engine.
Glitcher
Fast glitch, distortion, and texture work driven by Noisemaker effects.
Noodles
Experimental node-based composition editor built on the Noisemaker runtime.