Rune Geyser: Pixel-art area attack: a rune circle flashes on the ground and a geyser of cyan rune glyphs erupts, arcs over and rains back, bouncing on the ground under a flicker of light.

Rune Geyser

Pixel-art area attack: a rune circle flashes on the ground and a geyser of cyan rune glyphs erupts, arcs over and rains back, bouncing on the ground under a flicker of light.

Rune Geyser is a pixel art effect that loops seamlessly every 1.4 seconds, drawn on a 192 by 192 canvas at 3x pixels with the Endesga 32 palette. It is built from 10 particle emitters.

Free download with a transparent background, cropped to the effect, 42 frames at 30 fps. Use it in commercial games, no credit needed.

OPEN IN THE STUDIO

Change the colours, timing or size, or export for Unity, Godot 4, GameMaker, Phaser, PixiJS and Aseprite.

DETAILS

Length
1.4 seconds, seamless loop
Canvas
192 x 192, pixel art at 3x, Endesga 32 palette
Layers
10 emitters
Blend
Mostly normal
Colours
whitecyan
Sprites
Built-in shapes only
Tags
arcane, pixel art, aoe, rune, geyser, cyan

USING IT IN YOUR GAME

Phaser, PixiJS
Take the PNG sheet: it comes with a TexturePacker JSON atlas that both load directly.
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: it writes the files that engine imports.
Web and chat
The GIF plays anywhere; the APNG keeps soft edges on any background.

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