Potion Bottle Shatter

HOW IT'S MADE

Potion Bottle Shatter stacks 8 particle emitters, each with its own job. Techniques worth a look: sub-emitters set off by other particles, flipbook sprites, 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 s, and 6 of its layers fire in bursts, so it pulses instead of flowing evenly. Start times are staggered from 0 s to 0.62 s, so the layers arrive one after another. To change its colour, select "Potion vapour" 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. ShadowspriteA placed glow.
2. PuddleparticlesA single particle at 0.62 s. It grows as it ages. Colour: red.
3. Potion bottleparticlesOne burst of 40 shards at 0.5 s. They are flung outward, fall under gravity and bounce when they hit something.
4. Hit flashparticles / additiveA single particle at 0.5 s. It grows as it ages. Colour: white.
5. Splash crownparticlesA single particle at 0.54 s. It grows as it ages. Colour: red.
6. Potion dropsparticlesOne burst of 40 image sprites from a disc at 0.5 s. They set off "Drop splats" on impact, fall under gravity and vanish when they hit something. Colour: red.
7. Drop splatsparticlesSplats set off by "Potion drops". They grow as they age. Colour: red.
8. Glass glitterparticles / additiveOne burst of 18 stars from a disc at 0.5 s. They shrink as they age and slow down with drag. Colours range between white and pale red.
9. Potion vapourparticles / additiveA stream of soft glows along a line, its rate keyframed over the loop. They grow as they age. Colour: red.