POC Sandbox

Substrate Terrain Stack

Continuous 5-Layer Compositing • Offscreen Static Cache • Dynamic Flow & Foam

FPS 60

Player (10, 8)

Substrate Grass

Substrate re-baked successfully

Substrate Layers (Bottom-to-Top)

[L5] Entities & 2.5D Props

Dynamic Y-sorting, cottages, trees, dock, foot wash

[L4] Flowing Water & Surf Foam

Translucent coastal water, UV wave drift, shoreline foam

[L3] Topsoil, Trails & Sand

Sand encircles grass and slopes under shallow water

[L2] Biome / Grass Field

Tactile retro turf, 4x4 Bayer dither & blade noise on 2x2 grid

[L1] Bedrock / Abyss Base

Domain-warped Worley edge rifts (F2-F1), #05080c abyss cores & 1px basalt lips on 2x2 grid

Water & Foam Simulation

Shallow Water Opacity 0.45

Deep Ocean Opacity 0.90

Foam Breath Speed 1.50x

Foam Wave Amplitude 14 px

Water Flow UV Speed 1.00x

Shoreline Foam Aesthetic

Substrate Coordinate Inspector

Cursor World Pos X: 640, Y: 512

Elevation / Depth 0.68 (Inland)

[L1] Bedrock Opaque Basalt

[L2] Biome Grass Active (Alpha 1.0)

[L3] Topsoil / Sand Dirt Path

[L4] Flowing Water Dry (Land)

[L5] Entity Occlusion None

Walk with W A S D into the shallow water to test submerged foot wash and notice sand extending seamlessly beneath the translucent water!