How we made the Visual FX for our Space Game

A few weeks ago we launched our public playable beta for the game that we’ve been working on. Between the Stars, is a space game in which we become a Captain of a space cruiser.

We want to show you how working on special effects on the game has worked.

The thruster effect is formed by an emissive material with a particle system which generates the heat distortion wave. Each engine can vary the intensity and color of the emission to simulate damages.

Fire is comprised of four particle systems layers. Two of them are in charge of the animation of two types of flame. One being the large ones and the other the small ones that are emitted from the origin of the fire. The two layers left are a spark system emitted from the flames and a distortion layer to simulate thermal distortion.

The laser beam effect is obtained by using a line renderer and a particle emitter that simulates a thermal distortion.

The explosion systems are generated by way of a particle system that reproduces the animation on a sprite sheet. These systems are categorized and instanced by the situation as it’s required.

If you want to play the demo check out our KS page where you'll find the links to download it. http://www.playbts.com