Glsl
The OpenGL Shading Language (GLSL) is the standard programming language for shaders in OpenGL
Hlsl
HLSL(High Level Shader Language) is a proprietary shading language developed by Microsoft for use with the Microsoft Direct3D API
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Either way finding hlsl shaders is harder than finding glsl shaders opengl is kind of a universal thing.. which can then be ported to hlsl from question How to use or make "Effects" in monogame? |
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Opengl is better for playing around and experimenting because you can easily draw triangle without messing with hardware buffers available on larger selection of platforms plus glsl is better than hlsl because it doesn t compile into assembly from question Creating effects in 3D game from scratch, using c++ and DirectX |