Project Structure

After import, Genesis lives under Assets/Genesis/. The folder tree is flat enough to scan in seconds and is organized by role rather than by feature. This page maps every top-level folder so you know what to keep, what you can move, and what is safe to strip when shipping.

The Genesis root

Everything ships under Assets/Genesis/. Moving this folder is supported as long as you keep its child structure intact — Genesis resolves paths via AssetDatabase, not hard-coded strings.

Screenshot

The Unity Project window showing the Assets/Genesis folder tree expanded to its top-level folders: Shaders, Editor, Runtime, Textures, Materials, Samples, Modules, and Documentation.

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If you must rename Genesis/ to fit your project conventions, do the rename in the Unity Project window, not in the OS file explorer, so meta files follow.

Top-level folders

Inspector label	Shader property	Type	Default	Description
Shaders/	Shaders/	Folder	—	The Genesis/Surface shader graph and all .hlsl includes. Do not edit unless you know what you are doing.
Editor/	Editor/	Folder	—	Custom inspector, gradient editor, ramp creator, AO baker. Editor-only — stripped from builds.
Runtime/	Runtime/	Folder	—	MonoBehaviours and helper scripts that drive materials at runtime.
Textures/	Textures/	Folder	—	Default ramps, MatCaps, noise textures, gradient presets used by the inspector.
Materials/	Materials/	Folder	—	Preset materials matching the Preset Gallery — copy them as starting points.
Samples/	Samples/	Folder	—	Example scenes, models, and animations. Safe to delete in shipping projects.
Modules/	Modules/	Folder	—	Optional URP renderer features. Each module is self-contained — remove what you don't use.
Documentation/	Documentation/	Folder	—	PDF guide and changelog. Editor-only — not shipped.

Inside Modules/

Each module is a Unity sub-package: a renderer feature script, its shaders, and any shared includes. They are decoupled — installing or removing one does not affect the others. See Modules Overview.

Inspector label	Shader property	Type	Default	Description
PCSS Shadow	Modules/PCSSShadow/	Module	—	Percentage Closer Soft Shadow renderer feature.
Stylized Fog	Modules/StylizedFog/	Module	—	Stylized height- and distance-based fog.
Cavity	Modules/Cavity/	Module	—	Screen-space cavity for darkening crevices.
Screen-Space Outline	Modules/ScreenSpaceOutline/	Module	—	Sobel-style depth+normal outlines.

What to ship

For a shipping build, keep Shaders/, Runtime/, Textures/, the modules you use, and your own materials. Strip Samples/ and Documentation/. Unity will auto-strip Editor/.

Do not delete individual .hlsl files under Shaders/Includes/. Many of them are referenced by #include paths inside the main shader and removing one will break compilation.