Buff FX - 29 Buff, Aura & Loot VFX in 6 Colours

29 animated buff, aura, loot and UI effects as PNG sprite sheets, each in 6 colours, for any engine. That's 174 sheets, and the red heal floats hearts. Each comes in three sets: 256 px and 128 px HD, and pixel art made at 64 px, not shrunk.

Every one plays in the preview video.

What's inside

6 colours, which double as loot rarities: white (common), green (uncommon), blue (rare), purple (epic), gold (legendary), red (mythic)

On characters:

• buff: chevrons and glints rising from a ring round the feet (loops)
• debuff: chevrons and drips sinking into it (loops)
• aura: a power-up flame licking up round the whole body, embers flying off (loops)
• heal: light welling up and plus signs floating out (hearts in red)
• shield: a bubble with a hex shimmer rolling over it (loops)
• levelup: a beam shooting up, chevrons climbing it, a ring bursting out
• haste: speed lines racing past, gusts whipping round, dust kicked up (loops)
• orbit: three guardian orbs circling the body, trailing light (loops)
• charge: lightning crackling up round the body from the ground (loops)
• wings: wings of light from the shoulders, beating slowly, motes drifting off (loops)
• absorb: orbs spiralling in to the chest, for experience, souls or mana, a ring as each lands (loops)

Over the head:

• stun: stars circling (loops)
• statup and statdown: a stat arrow bobbing (loops)
• alert: an exclamation mark popping up, lines bursting round it
• halo: a tilted ring of light bobbing, motes falling off it (loops)
• crown: a crown of light for a champion or a top score, a gleam sweeping across it (loops)

On loot and UI:

• beam: a loot beam over a pulsing ring, in its rarity colour (loops)
• drop: a loot drop: a streak falls, lands with a flash and sparks, and leaves a beam fading
• powerup: a star orb bobbing in a halo, glints circling it, waiting to be picked up (loops)
• pickup: a pop, a ring and glints flung out
• glow: a breathing halo with turning rays, to put behind an item (loops)
• sparkle: glints twinkling in turn (loops)
• frame: a rarity border for an item slot or card, lights running round it (loops)
• shine: a band of light swept across a button or card
• coins: a shower of coins bursting up, spinning, landing flat and glinting
• chest: a fan of light rays and sparkles rising out of an opened chest (loops)
• ping: a map pin bobbing over a spot, rings rippling out round it (loops)
• rating: three empty stars filling one after another, each popping, for a results screen
• Loops are seamless; one-shots run 16 to 30 frames.
• Transparent PNG sheets, 8 frames a row, plus an effects.json with every frame size, frame count, fps, loop and anchor, and a GIF preview of each.
• Import steps for Unity and GameMaker in the README.

Compatibility

• Any engine that plays sprite sheets: Unity, GameMaker, Defold, Construct, Phaser, LÖVE, MonoGame.

Want to try it first? Buff FX Free has a gold buff, a green heal, a blue shield, a gold pickup and power up, a white loot beam and a white sparkle.

Hitting things too? Combat FX has 22 hits and impacts in 6 colours in the same format, and Spell FX 22 spells in 7 elements.

Statuses too? Status FX has 16 statuses that sit on a character, burning, poisoned, frozen or chained among them, each with a start, a loop and an end, in the same format (3 free).