Flat Kit: Toon Shading and Water


Flat Kit is a complete solution to achieve the stylish cel-shaded look: shaders, models, image effects, presets, examples.


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The custom shading model is versatile enough to work great for classic cel/toon shading and for unique styles of experimental projects.


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🆕 NEW IN VERSION 4.0 🆕

  • Pixelation image effect (+ new demo scene) for a stylish low-res look
  • Mesh processor that generates perfectly smooth normals that greatly improve object-based outlines
  • New demo scene "Desert" showing a Moebius-esque style using the Outline image effect
  • Stylized Surface materials now support Local Space Height Gradients
  • Complete Inspector UI overhaul of Stylized Surface and Water shaders (+ tooltips on ALL parameters)

⭐ FEATURES ⭐

✔ Polished Toon / Cel shading covers a wide range of stylized rendering styles.

Stylized water: super versatile shader and assets that can handle anything from coffee in a cup to an open ocean. Includes buoy script for floating objects to remain on the surface. The water shader is available only in URP.

Outline effect: depth, normal and color outlines that works both with isometric and perspective cameras.

Stylized fog: Multi-stop horizontal/vertical gradient Fog Image Effect.

Pixelation: Stylish retro effect with large juicy pixels.

Terrain shader that works with Unity or third party terrain.

Light Plane shader for 3D highlights and god rays.

All Unity-supported platforms: all shaders and scripts support mobile (Android and iOS), WebGL, consoles and everything in between.

VR and AR: Full XR support, including Single Pass Stereo Rendering.

Built-in and URP support - Flat Kit supports both rendering pipelines.

All latest Unity features are always supported: SRP batcher, LOD cross-fade, you name it.

Battle tested - lots of games built with Flat Kit have been successfully released on Steam, App Store, Google Play, Nintendo Switch and other stores.


✨ AND ALSO ✨

  • Precise control over shadows - ideal for character lighting
  • Ability to control Unity built-in shadows
  • Indirect lighting and stylized lightmap support
  • Vertex color support, including Polybrush
  • Intuitive, simple and streamlined interface — use only what you need
  • Color the scene precisely — without guesswork
  • Full source code is included
  • All features are fully documented and have a demo scene
  • Regular updates and new features
  • Fast and friendly support

🎁 GIFT! 🎁

If you buy Flat Kit you also get 50% discount on Quibli and Chroma! Check out how Quibli and Flat Kit complement each other.


Core toon shader overview:

Cel shading with parametric banding: single, steps, curve

Independent cel layers that can be layered to achieve unique look

Height gradient layer

Outline shader with multiple modes

Blend between normal and cel shading with a slider

Specular and rim lighting bring stylized lighting controls to your objects

★ Albedo, normal, emission and detail maps support

Reusable custom lighting in a shader library that you can integrate in your shaders (optional).


🏆 Flat Kit has been nominated for Best artistic tool award by Unity! 🏆


If you have any questions, please let us know!

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