Attack Up Buff

HOW IT'S MADE

Attack Up Buff stacks 12 particle emitters, each with its own job. Techniques worth a look: turbulence, particles stretched along their motion, keyframed parameters and post filters (bloom and vignette).

It loops seamlessly every 1.6 s, and 9 of its layers fire in bursts, so it pulses instead of flowing evenly. Start times are staggered from 0 s to 0.36 s, so the layers arrive one after another. To change its colour, select "Flame Flare" in the studio and edit the Colour over Life gradient. Size on the same layer sets how big its particles are. The colour swatches by the downloads recolour every layer at once.

Layers, in draw order

1. Gatherparticles / additiveOne burst of 22 streaks from a ring at the start. Colours range between orange and red.
2. Floor Flashparticles / additiveA single particle at 0.18 s. It grows as it ages. Colour: red.
3. Ground Ring, Power Swordparticles / additiveA single particle at 0.18 s. It grows as it ages. Colour runs from white to orange over each life.
4. Sword Glowparticles / additiveA single particle at 0.18 s. Colour: red.
5. Release Flashparticles / additiveA single particle at 0.18 s. It grows as it ages. Colour: pale orange.
6. Flame Flareparticles / additiveA stream of flames around a box outline, its rate keyframed over the loop. They swell and then shrink away. Colour runs from gold to deep red over each life.
7. Chevron 1, Chevron 2, Chevron 3particles / additive2 single particles at set times. They ease to a stop. Colour runs from white to red over each life.
8. Power Linesparticles / additiveA stream of streaks across a box, its rate keyframed over the loop. Colours range between white and pale orange.
9. Embersparticles / additiveA stream of streaks across a box, its rate keyframed over the loop. They wander on turbulence. Colour runs from white to red over each life.