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Hi, last week I saw the krill scene from happy feet two on Instagram, and it gave me an idea. I’ve already been experimenting with compute shaders in Unity for a while, but I didn’t want to use them for yet another zombie game. Although... I did make one of those too.

So instead, I made a game where you try to wipe out a swarm of 1 million krill by spawning predator fish. You can upgrade your predators through a tech tree and unlock stronger ones as you progress.

The main thing I wasn’t sure about was whether something like this could actually work in a browser. Then Unity 6.6 came out with WebGPU being production ready, so I decided to give it a shot. And surprisingly, it works.

Right now, I can render 1 million krill in the browser on itch io using compute shaders and actually build gameplay around it.

If you have a chance to try it, I’d love to hear what you think. I’m also still figuring out the game design, so any ideas about progression, mechanics, predators, upgrades, or anything else are more than welcome.

If you have a chance to try it, I’d love to hear what you think.

I’m also still figuring out the game design, so any ideas about progression, mechanics, predators, upgrades, or anything else are more than welcome. 

GAME LINK ; [https://davutint.itch.io/fish-horde](https://davutint.itch.io/fish-horde)

I Rendered 1 Million Krill on itch.io Using Compute Shaders