Technical Artist. Tool builder. Simplifier of complicated things.https://www.omid-saadat.com/https://www.omid-saadat.com/writing/openshadergraph/https://www.omid-saadat.com/writing/openshadergraph/Every engine has its own shader editor. None talk to each other. I got frustrated enough to start building a common language.Tue, 07 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMTtoolOpenShaderGraphShaderstechnical-artistgithubnode-basedshadershadergraphhttps://www.omid-saadat.com/writing/becoming-a-technical-artist/https://www.omid-saadat.com/writing/becoming-a-technical-artist/A guide for people who like both art and code and don't know there's a job title for that.Sat, 07 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMTguidetechnical artistcareergame development3D arthttps://www.omid-saadat.com/writing/simple-timecapsule-email/https://www.omid-saadat.com/writing/simple-timecapsule-email/Sitting on the balcony, watching the sky. I built a tiny tool to send emails across time.Wed, 14 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMTideatimecapsuleemailcreativelifehttps://www.omid-saadat.com/writing/quvery/https://www.omid-saadat.com/writing/quvery/Artists kept shipping broken assets. I built a validator that catches problems before they reach the engine.Tue, 19 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMTtoolprojectprogrammingtechnical-artistgithubproceduralquveryasset validationassetpipelinehttps://www.omid-saadat.com/writing/playing-steam-windows-games-on-macbook-m2/https://www.omid-saadat.com/writing/playing-steam-windows-games-on-macbook-m2/How I got a Windows Steam game running on MacBook M2 — Parallels vs CrossOver.Mon, 11 Dec 2023 00:00:00 GMTguidemacbookm2gamingsteamwindowshttps://www.omid-saadat.com/writing/open-flowmap/https://www.omid-saadat.com/writing/open-flowmap/Saw a beautiful water shader on Twitter. Wanted to reverse-engineer the feeling, not just the technique.Fri, 01 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMTtoolunity3dprojectprogrammingtechnical-artistgithubshaderproceduraltexturebakebakingopenflowmaphttps://www.omid-saadat.com/writing/ai-summary/https://www.omid-saadat.com/writing/ai-summary/A summary of my AI experiments — from GPT4-powered Unity tools to texture generation with Stable Diffusion.Thu, 20 Jul 2023 00:00:00 GMTideaaitechnicalgpt4unitystable-diffusiontoolshttps://www.omid-saadat.com/writing/glass-shaders/https://www.omid-saadat.com/writing/glass-shaders/Unity's default glass materials looked terrible. I made two versions — a lightweight one for mobile and a complex one with refraction.Sun, 07 May 2023 00:00:00 GMTshaderunity3dprojecttechnical-artistgithubshadergraphglassglass-shaderglass-shadershttps://www.omid-saadat.com/writing/shadergraph-baker/https://www.omid-saadat.com/writing/shadergraph-baker/Design procedural shaders in Unity ShaderGraph and bake them into textures.Tue, 05 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMTtoolunity3dprojectprogrammingtechnical-artistgithubshadergraphshadershadergraph-bakerproceduraltexturebakebakinghttps://www.omid-saadat.com/writing/cryptoroomz/https://www.omid-saadat.com/writing/cryptoroomz/A blockchain-based point-and-click adventure game made with Unity3D.Wed, 12 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMTgameunity3dprojectprogrammingtechnical-artistblockchainhttps://www.omid-saadat.com/writing/joko/https://www.omid-saadat.com/writing/joko/Musical apps that celebrate beautiful instruments through game-based challenges.Sat, 11 May 2019 00:00:00 GMTgamehttps://www.omid-saadat.com/writing/gambeet/https://www.omid-saadat.com/writing/gambeet/A mobile game built with Unity — one of my earlier game development projects.Mon, 01 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMTgameunityc#gambeethttps://www.omid-saadat.com/writing/shahrzad/https://www.omid-saadat.com/writing/shahrzad/A hidden object game based on 1001 Nights Persian mythical stories.Wed, 11 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMTgameunityc#shahrzadhttps://www.omid-saadat.com/writing/memoranda/https://www.omid-saadat.com/writing/memoranda/A point-and-click adventure game inspired by Haruki Murakami short stories.Mon, 11 May 2015 00:00:00 GMTgameunityc#memorandahttps://www.omid-saadat.com/writing/hello/https://www.omid-saadat.com/writing/hello/The very first post on this site.Fri, 04 May 2012 00:00:00 GMTintro