Stage Clear Stamp

HOW IT'S MADE

Stage Clear Stamp stacks 7 particle emitters, each with its own job. Techniques worth a look: a sprite dissolve, particles that form text, keyframed parameters and post filters (bloom).

It loops seamlessly every 2.6 s, and 6 of its layers fire in bursts, so it pulses instead of flowing evenly. Start times are staggered from 0 s to 0.3 s, so the layers arrive one after another. It carries little colour of its own, so it takes a tint well: select "Flash" and set 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. Slam dustparticlesOne burst of 30 smoke puffs around a box outline at 0.28 s. They grow as they age, spin and slow down with drag. Colour: deep blue.
2. Ink splat 1particlesA single particle at 0.28 s. It grows as it ages. Colour: red.
3. Ink splat 2particlesA single particle at 0.29 s. It grows as it ages. Colour: red.
4. Ink splat 3particlesA single particle at 0.3 s. It grows as it ages. Colour: red.
5. Ink dropletsparticlesOne burst of 22 dots around a box outline at 0.28 s. They shrink as they age and slow down with drag. Colour: red.
6. Flashparticles / additiveA single particle at 0.28 s. It grows as it ages. Colour: white.
7. Stamp framespriteA placed image. Extras: dissolve and keyframed motion.
8. CLEAR!particlesA stream of dots that spell out text, its rate keyframed over the loop. Colour: red.