Ground Pound: Pixel art ground pound for a 2D platformer: the hero plunges down in speed lines and slams the floor with a flash, a shockwave ring, dust rolling both ways and bouncing pebbles.

Ground Pound

Pixel art ground pound for a 2D platformer: the hero plunges down in speed lines and slams the floor with a flash, a shockwave ring, dust rolling both ways and bouncing pebbles.

Ground Pound is a pixel art effect that loops seamlessly every 1.4 seconds, drawn on a 144 by 144 canvas at 3x pixels with the Endesga 32 palette. It is built from 12 particle emitters.

Free download with a transparent background, cropped to the effect, 42 frames at 30 fps. Use it in commercial games, no credit needed.

OPEN IN THE STUDIO

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

DETAILS

Length
1.4 seconds, seamless loop
Canvas
144 x 144, pixel art at 3x, Endesga 32 palette
Layers
12 emitters
Blend
Mostly normal
Colours
whitepale goldorangered
Sprites
Built-in shapes only
Tags
ground pound, stomp, slam, platformer, pixel art, impact, shockwave, 2d

USING IT IN YOUR GAME

Phaser, PixiJS
Take the PNG sheet: it comes with a TexturePacker JSON atlas that both load directly.
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: it writes the files that engine imports.
Web and chat
The GIF plays anywhere; the APNG keeps soft edges on any background.

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