Quantum Break

This is a spatial fracture effect in which I experimented with many new techniques. For example, I used the dot product of VertexNormalWS and the camera vector to create flickering, offset the screen color to achieve hue separation, and applied WPO to refractive hard-edged models to simulate the feeling of fragmentation.

Showcase

Breakdown

Explosion

Aurora

Bullet

Explosion

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Particle systems

There are three particle systems for this effect. Each handles different phases: Bullet, Explosion, and Aurora. They together make this effect complete.

Shaders

This part is where I spent most of my time on. They are responsible several important elements in this effect. For example, the hue shift, the refraction, and flickering triangle.

M_Ref_Triangle

M_Ref_Sphere

M_Triangle_DitherTemporalAA

M_Ref_Triangle

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BP_Launcher

BP_Bullet

BP_Explosion

BP_Launcher

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Blueprints

Here are three blueprints I used to combine the effect and determine their spawn logic as well as their physics behavior.