Using special effects (shaders) in Umajin Shaders are used to provide special effects to objects drawn in Umajin.  This document assumes you already have a working knowledge of shaders and covers how to create your own for use in your Umajin project.  Throughout this document the terms shader and effect

This is a very simple game involving dodging planets and collecting glowing stars. There is a two-layer parallax repeating starfield in the background. This uses sprites and the RenderKit to create the hardware accelerated rendering of the game-play. This is all wrapped up into a component. This is really designed

This is an extended example of the RenderKit Component being used as a base for a Custom Component. The RenderKit has a number of special attributes and features which make it ideal for situations where you need to get lower level access to the Umajin system than other base components