Looking for Shaders?

If your looking for HLSL Shaders here is a great place to try to find one that fits your needs. NVidia has released a large library of "ready to go" HLSL shaders that you can download and use in your project. This license applies.

http://developer.download.nvidia.com/shaderlibrary/webpages/shader_library.html

I personally don't have any experience with shaders. I have always thought they were only for 3D games. But now I have seen some 2D games where they are used for effects and also things like adding a bit of "depth" to the 2D game with water etc... An example can be seen here (by Ska Software):

Since seeing that shaders can be used in 2D games with great results, I will be spending more time exploring them. I was probably going to try to use sprites/textures for adding some "pop" to any games I developed. But now that I have seen shaders in 2D games, I think I'll explore using them instead. Only time will tell. In any case, this is a great resource.