Network Loading Spinner: A network loading spinner for online lobbies and data screens: an outer ring of nodes turns one way and an inner ring the other, the lines between them sliding round like string art, with a comet running the rim.

Network Loading Spinner

A network loading spinner for online lobbies and data screens: an outer ring of nodes turns one way and an inner ring the other, the lines between them sliding round like string art, with a comet running the rim. Seamless loop.

Network Loading Spinner is an HD effect that loops seamlessly every 2.4 seconds, drawn on a 256 by 256 canvas. It is built from 3 particle emitters. Most layers blend additively, so it glows on dark backgrounds. Some particles draw ribbon trails.

Colour

Recolours the preview and the free downloads.

Free download with a transparent background, cropped to the effect, 72 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 2.4, 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 2.4 s loop.

Network Loading Spinner at 8 moments, from 0 s to 2.1 s

HOW IT'S MADE

Network Loading Spinner draws its motion with ribbons: 1 of its 3 particle emitters leave a trail through their recent positions. Techniques worth a look: lines that connect nearby particles, Plexus style, paths and post filters (bloom).

Every layer emits continuously and the 2.4 s loop closes seamlessly, so it can run for as long as you need. To change its colour, select "Inner Ring" in the studio and edit Colour A and Colour B. 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. Halosprite / additiveA placed glow.
  2. Outer Ringparticles / additiveA steady stream of soft glows. They are wired to "Inner Ring" by lines, are joined to their nearest neighbours by lines and travel along a path. Colour: white.
  3. Inner Ringparticles / additiveA steady stream of soft glows. They are joined to their nearest neighbours by lines and travel along a path. Colour: pale cyan.
  4. Rim Cometparticles / additiveA steady stream of ribbon trails. They travel along a path. Colour: white.
  5. Coresprite / additiveA placed image.

DETAILS

Length
2.4 seconds, seamless loop
Canvas
256 x 256, HD
Layers
3 emitters
Blend
Mostly additive (glows)
Colours
whitepale cyan
Sprites
Kenney Particle Pack by Kenney (CC0)
Tags
loading, spinner, loading animation, connecting, network, ui, hud, online

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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