Fantasy Fire FX

Jarm

Hey Polycount!


It's time that we have more game VFX representation on our boards! To start things off, here's something I've been working on in my free time:

http://vimeo.com/27999181

I'm currently working on a realistic military shooter, so I wanted to create something a bit more fantasy-oriented. I wanted it to feel magical but not necessarily "stylized."

It's definitely WIP. I plan to add transitions into different colors to give it a more magic feel.

Edit: Rendered in UDK

Carl Brannstrom

Fireball repeats too often.

Jessica Dinh

I agree with Carl, but otherwise looks nice, I think you achieved your goals!

Jarm

@Carl: Thanks for the crit! That is definitely something I will address in the next iteration.

Jarm

@Jessica: Thanks! Glad it seems to read reasonably well.

Carl Brannstrom

Would also be nice with some waving sideways to fake air movement.

EmAr

Nice to see VFX stuff here Looks good but Carl's suggestions would make it even better. Some sparks could be fun to experiment with too.

Dan!

nicely done- could use some embers here and there. I feel like you are modifying a particle subUV with some UV distortion for the tendrily bits or is that pre-rendered in the sprite?

Bigjohn

Very nice. I really like how it came out. And it seems like you're not even using that many particles.

Is it mainly done with SubUVs?

OtrickP

Very cool!
If you want to see more people doing things like this do a tutorial, spread the love.

chrisundrum

Hey looks good man! I agree with Dan! and needs some embers also see what it looks like if you turned down the curves of the fire or had a variant of them.

Mathew O

Looks really cool, although people have said there's too much repetition it's definitely a good start especially in real time