Hey lovely person! 💘

Hope you're having a fine day! Sorry for not sending out more newsletters. I didn't find the time. 

A friend of mine has just released an adventure game set in my hometown Leipzig! Feel free to buy and review this 4-year-project. 💘

Tobias found a Greeble Texture Generator which I happily added to my database.

Jack released a long breakdown on how mesh "flip books" have been used to create nice effects for the pixel art game "Australia Did it".

Thanks Solomai for sharing the link to this VFX on my discord. Amazing work by Ziye.

A full tutorial (and project files) about how to make a fire torch flip book having less visible repetition by using channel packing and also flipping the texture over time. Very cool approach!

Great breakdown showing all textures and all elements of this cool effect side by sider (thx PhospheneOverdrive for sharing this on my discord).

Alex Redfish dropped a stunning compilation of his work on AS. Not "only" animated stuff, but also tons of drawn shapes of fire, magic, and ice!

Another crazy complex project breakdown. Make sure to watch the Youtube video on the Artstation page!

Impact frames take only a fraction of the time of the whole effect, but look how much attention they desire for being crafted. :) 

Impressive tech anim of monsters in Cronos. Or pre-coffee me. 

Discarding pixels early on to avoid calculating the pixel shader sounds simple. So why is this article so long? I guess... it's not that simple after all. :D 

Zoin shared a nice article about texture compression in Unreal Engine on my discord.

You thought offsetting R and B channel a little bit is all there is to know about chromatic aberration? Well... then this video is for you! :)

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