Countdown 3 2 1 Text: A 3, 2, 1 countdown: each number pops in with a ring of light.

Countdown 3 2 1 Text

A 3, 2, 1 countdown: each number pops in with a ring of light. Made with the Text layer counter, so any range counts down evenly.

Countdown 3 2 1 Text is an HD effect that loops seamlessly every 3 seconds, drawn on a 320 by 320 canvas. It is built from 1 particle emitter and 1 text layer. Most layers blend additively, so it glows on dark backgrounds.

Colour

Recolours the preview and the free downloads.

Free download with a transparent background, cropped to the effect, 90 frames at 30 fps. Use it in commercial games, no credit needed.

Licence: use it in any project, including paid commercial games such as a game sold on Steam. There is no per-project licence to buy and no credit needed. Terms.

Roblox: the download is a flipbook for a ParticleEmitter. Set FlipbookLayout to Grid8x8, FlipbookMode to OneShot and Lifetime to 3, then emit one particle per cycle. Roblox setup.

REMIX WITH AI

Try:

Left empty, it just opens in the agent, free. Each change is one AI build, and you start with free builds.

Engine data for Unity, Godot, GameMaker and Aseprite comes with a plan: open it in the studio.

OPEN IN THE STUDIO

Change the colours, timing or size, or export for Unity, Godot 4, GameMaker, Phaser, PixiJS and Aseprite.

Try variations: new colours, motion and shapes of this effect, free in the studio.

FRAME BY FRAME

8 evenly spaced moments across the 3 s loop.

Countdown 3 2 1 Text at 8 moments, from 0 s to 2.63 s

HOW IT'S MADE

Countdown 3 2 1 Text comes from a single particle emitter. Techniques worth a look: styled text animated letter by letter and keyframed parameters.

It loops seamlessly every 3 s, and one layer fires in bursts, so it pulses instead of flowing evenly. To change the words, select "Number" and edit Text; Font and the fill colours restyle it. The colour swatches by the downloads recolour every layer at once.

Layers, in draw order

  1. Ringparticles / additiveA single particle every 1 s. It grows as it ages. Colours range between blue and pale cyan.
  2. NumbertextA number counting from 3 to 1 in Bungee.

DETAILS

Length
3 seconds, seamless loop
Canvas
320 x 320, HD
Layers
1 emitter and 1 text layer
Blend
Mostly additive (glows)
Colours
bluepale cyan
Sprites
Built-in shapes only
Tags
text, font, countdown, race start, timer, match start

USING IT IN YOUR GAME

Phaser, PixiJS
The PNG sheet is a plain grid of frames that both can slice. A TexturePacker JSON atlas comes with a plan, from the studio.
Unity
Import the PNG sheet as a Sprite with Mode set to Multiple and slice it, or open the effect in the studio for a ready-made grid.
Godot 4, GameMaker, Aseprite
Open it in the studio and pick your engine in Export: with a plan, it writes the files that engine imports.
Web and chat
The GIF plays anywhere; the APNG keeps soft edges on any background.
Blend mode
This effect is made of light. For the same glow in your game, draw the sprite with additive blending, or export it on black from the studio for additive shaders.

Step by step: Unity, Godot 4, Roblox, GameMaker, Phaser and PixiJS, Aseprite, Web games (live runtime). Drawn with additive blending: see glow effects without a black box.

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