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Small update about sparkles on water surfaces in Sims 4.

Small update about custom AO in Sims 4 by using poly stripes and a simple texture.

Laura Legras made this cool magic effect with nice build up, projectile and impact. Love the circular shapes and the glittery sparkles!

Super cool lootbox effect by Thomas Corvée. The post also shows a little breakdown about trails, textures, and impact frames.

Thomas created also this stunning water sphere effect!

Super cool shockwave by Deltatime Studio. Love the use of distortion, blur and colors to add more than just "some dust being pushed".

Doxia Studio offers several videos on their Youtube channel showing how to point fire, explosions, and beams. The channel also offers Houdini tutorials, but I was more impressed that they care about 2D VFX as well. :)

This is the first time I saw someone using Miro as Portfolio instead of a website or Artstation. Julie Lafeuille does something uncommon here, but I must admit, I like browsing her stuff by zooming/panning around.

An article which observes how light behaves in corners of a room.

Everyone knows The Door Problem, but did you ever think about how complex it is to make ladders for a game?

If you are into procedural patterns and using Substance Designer for complex stuff, check this out! Not only is the portfolio full of stunning art, but also offers tutorials into FX Map from Basic to Advanced!

A friend of mine released his new game after working 1 year on it using Construct3!

Thanks for reading! Have a lovely day/night! 💘
Simon