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Journey’s shimmering dunes are really a water effect
HERE’S THE INTERESTING PART
When you lack the technical infrastructure to make millions of grains of sand glitter realistically, you just steal the ocean instead. The breathtaking, shimmering desert that defined the visual style of this indie masterpiece is literally just a heavily modified water shader. You aren't elegantly surfing down majestic dunes; you are sliding across a bizarrely dry, yellow ocean.
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