Water Splash Burst

HOW IT'S MADE

Water Splash Burst stacks 44 particle emitters, each with its own job. Techniques worth a look: ribbon trails, sub-emitters set off by other particles, collisions, particles stretched along their motion and post filters (bloom).

It loops seamlessly every 1.6 s, and 11 of its layers fire in bursts, so it pulses instead of flowing evenly. Start times are staggered from 0.01 s to 0.14 s, so the layers arrive one after another. To change its colour, select "Mist" in the studio and edit 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. SurfaceparticlesA single long-lived particle that stays for the whole loop. It grows as it ages.
2. Ripplesparticles3 single particles at set times. They grow as they age. Colour: pale blue.
3. Surface FoamparticlesOne burst of 12 smoke puffs from a ring at 0.02 s. They grow as they age and slow down with drag. Colours range between white and pale blue.
4. Impact FoamparticlesOne burst of 9 smoke puffs from a ring at 0.01 s. They spin and slow down with drag. Colour: white.
5. Crown Fingers L Sourceparticles / additiveOne burst of 12 pixels along a line at 0.02 s. They spawn "Crown Fingers L Ribbon Rim" as they appear, spawn "Crown Fingers L Ribbon Body" as they appear, spawn "Crown Fingers L Rim" as they appear and spawn "Crown Fingers L Body" as they appear. Colours range between orange and gold.
6. Crown Fingers L Ribbon Rim, Crown Fingers L Ribbon BodyparticlesRibbon trails set off by "Crown Fingers L Source". They fall under gravity, vanish when they hit something and slow down with drag. Colour: blue.
7. Crown Fingers L RimparticlesDots set off by "Crown Fingers L Source". They set off "Drop Ripples" on impact, fall under gravity, vanish when they hit something and slow down with drag. Colour: blue.
8. Crown Fingers L BodyparticlesDots set off by "Crown Fingers L Source". They fall under gravity, vanish when they hit something and slow down with drag. Colour: blue.
9. Crown Fingers L HighlightparticlesDots set off by "Crown Fingers L Source". They fall under gravity, vanish when they hit something and slow down with drag. Colour: white.
10. Crown Fingers R Sourceparticles / additiveOne burst of 12 pixels along a line at 0.02 s. They spawn "Crown Fingers R Ribbon Rim" as they appear, spawn "Crown Fingers R Ribbon Body" as they appear, spawn "Crown Fingers R Rim" as they appear and spawn "Crown Fingers R Body" as they appear. Colours range between orange and gold.

33 more layers are in the studio.