Pixel Arcade

Pixel art effects for platformers and arcade games, drawn at low resolution so they sit on the same grid as your sprites. All 13 are free to download as GIF, APNG or PNG spritesheets, or to open in the studio and change.

Crit HitTwo-frame crit: white disc + diagonal slash, pixel ring flipbook.Coin PickupShaded pixel coin pops up and bursts into a ring, plus-sparkles and a floating "+1".CampfireFlat-disc pixel campfire: attractor-shaped flame tongue, hot core, plum smoke.Big ExplosionMushroom-cloud pixel blast: white flash, fire discs cooling to plum smoke, ground ring.Pixel FireballFireball with a disc flame trail flies into a solid wall; the hit spawns a pixel explosion, sparks and smoke.Warp PortalCrimson warp: hand-drawn pixel vortex flipbook with streaks spiralling into a white-hot core.HealRegen aura: pulsing ground rings, green light pillars, rising motes and popping plus icons over a dithered.Jump & Land DustPlatformer hero hops: take-off puffs, floor-stick landing with a bigger dust spray and bouncing pebbles.Power-Up AuraHero powers up inside a two-tone cyan disc flame shaped by an attractor.Pixel Level UpLevel up: pillar of light and ring on the hero, gold confetti.Pixel RainParallax pixel rain: drops hit the floor and spawn splashes and ripples (onCollide).Dash AfterimageCeleste-style dash: the hero bursts forward leaving pink afterimage silhouettes (whileAlive), speed lines.Heart PickupFloating health heart: bobbing object with parented shading.