Frozen Enemy Shatter

HOW IT'S MADE

Frozen Enemy Shatter stacks 9 particle emitters, each with its own job. Techniques worth a look: collisions, keyframed parameters and post filters (bloom). A scene layer (ground or a prop) shows in the studio for context and stays out of every export.

It loops seamlessly every 2.5 s, and 8 of its layers fire in bursts, so it pulses instead of flowing evenly. Start times are staggered from 0 s to 2.18 s, so the layers arrive one after another. To change its colour, select "Cold puff" in the studio and edit Colour A and Colour B. Size on the same layer sets how big its particles are.

Layers, in draw order

1. SlimespriteA placed image. Extras: keyframed motion.
2. Frozen slimeparticlesOne burst of 32 shards at 0.6 s. They are flung outward, fall under gravity and bounce when they hit something.
3. Freeze flashparticles / additiveA single particle at the start. It grows as it ages. Colour: pale cyan.
4. Freeze mistparticles / additiveOne burst of 12 soft glows from a disc at 2.18 s. They shrink as they age. Colours range between pale cyan and blue.
5. Frost glitterparticles / additiveA stream of stars across a box, its rate keyframed over the loop. They swell and then shrink away. Colours range between white and pale cyan.
6. Hit flashparticles / additiveA single particle at 0.6 s. It grows as it ages. Colour: white.
7. Ice chipsparticlesOne burst of 34 shards from a disc at 0.6 s. They fall under gravity, bounce when they hit something and spin. Colours range between white and blue.
8. Slime dropsparticlesOne burst of 12 dots from a disc at 0.6 s. They fall under gravity and bounce when they hit something. Colour: green.
9. Cold puffparticles / additiveOne burst of 9 soft glows from a disc at 0.6 s. They grow as they age and slow down with drag. Colours range between pale blue and cyan.
10. Respawn popparticles / additiveOne burst of 12 stars from a disc at 1.62 s. They shrink as they age and slow down with drag. Colours range between pale green and green.