Summoning Weapon Attack

Goals:

  • Created dynamic character skill effects using a combination of hand-painted textures and particle systems.

  • IImplemented complex particle systems to realize ideas.

Part 1: Magic Circles

Texture&Material

  • I draw the texture in photoshop and layer the magic circle so that the magic circle in different layers rotates in different directions.

  • In material, adding multi-layer noise textures to achieve the effect of magic ring flow effect, use dynamic parameter to control all UV tilling, panner speed and intensity

Niagara

  • Create Niagara, the effect consists of three elements, Flare, magic circle and Light.

  • Flare is set by random values, so that the size and shape and duration of each flash are slightly different，and make it appear more dynamic through curves

  • The two circles animation controled by curves, and add delays to make it start and disappear as smooth as possible.

  • Achieves reasonable lighting by controlling Radius and Exponent in Light Render

Part 2: Axes and destruction

sketch

  • Because this is a personal project, I don't have to invest a lot of time in polishing concept drafts. What I need is to quickly capture my ideas and the main process, and then figure out how to make them.

destruction

  • Houdini can be used to create incredibly realistic ground destruction effects. Implementing destruction simulations with Houdini is more complex than using Unreal's built-in Chaos system, but the end results are truly worth it.

Niagara

  • During the summoning and striking of the ground, I added a multitude of particle elements like smoke, decals, debris, and lights to enrich the scene.

  • I wanted to convey the sensation of an axe slowly emerging from a portal, which required concealing part of the axe. I achieved this effect through eroding based on local coordinate offset.