Rare Pet Hatch

HOW IT'S MADE

Rare Pet Hatch stacks 6 particle emitters, each with its own job. Techniques worth a look: glowing strokes traced along shapes, collisions, particles stretched along their motion, 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 2.6 s, and 4 of its layers fire in bursts, so it pulses instead of flowing evenly. Start times are staggered from 0 s to 1.27 s, so the layers arrive one after another. To change its colour, select "Blue Starburst" in the studio and edit the Colour over Life gradient. Size on the same layer sets how big its particles are.

Layers, in draw order

1. ShadowspriteA placed glow. Extras: keyframed motion.
2. Egg Aurasprite / additiveA placed glow. Extras: keyframed motion.
3. Light Leaksparticles / additiveA stream of streaks from a disc, its rate keyframed over the loop. Colours range between white and blue.
4. EggparticlesOne burst of 26 shards at 1.25 s. They are flung outward, fall under gravity and bounce when they hit something.
5. Hatch Flashparticles / additiveA single particle at 1.25 s. It grows as it ages. Colour: white.
6. Blue Starburstparticles / additiveA single particle at 1.25 s. It grows as it ages. Colour runs from white to pale blue over each life.
7. Hatch Ringstroke / additiveA glowing line traced along a circle.
8. Starsparticles / additiveOne burst of 14 stars from a disc at 1.27 s. They fall under gravity, swell and then shrink away, spin and slow down with drag. Colours range between white and pale blue.
9. Pet Twinklesparticles / additiveA stream of stars from a disc, its rate keyframed over the loop. They swell and then shrink away. Colours range between white and pale blue.