Ice Wall Break

HOW IT'S MADE

Ice Wall Break stacks 7 particle emitters, each with its own job. Techniques worth a look: sub-emitters set off by other particles, collisions 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 2.6 s, and 6 of its layers fire in bursts, so it pulses instead of flowing evenly. Start times are staggered from 0 s to 0.57 s, so the layers arrive one after another. To change its colour, select "Cold mist" 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. Ice wallparticlesOne burst of 70 shards at 0.55 s. They set off "Snow puffs" on impact, are flung outward, fall under gravity and bounce when they hit something.
2. Impact flashparticles / additiveA single particle at 0.55 s. It grows as it ages. Colour: white.
3. Shock ringparticles / additiveA single particle at 0.57 s. It grows as it ages. Colour: pale cyan.
4. Ice chipsparticlesOne burst of 50 shards from a disc at 0.55 s. They fall under gravity, bounce when they hit something and spin. Colours range between white and blue.
5. Cold mistparticles / additiveOne burst of 14 soft glows across a box at 0.55 s. They grow as they age and slow down with drag. Colours range between pale cyan and blue.
6. Snow puffsparticlesSmoke puffs set off by "Ice wall". They grow as they age and slow down with drag. Colours range between white and pale blue.
7. Sparklesparticles / additiveOne burst of 24 stars across a box at 0.55 s. They swell and then shrink away and slow down with drag. Colours range between white and pale cyan.