Sakura Dance
This is another effect inspired by Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. In this piece, I focused on creating a refined visual result using relatively simple materials, while also practicing my control over the balance of grayscale saturation and the overall rhythm of the effect.
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"The sakura blossoms will soon fall. If you cannot return home, at least allow this dance to console you."
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Breakdown
01
Particle systems
The particle in this effect is very simple, they mostly serve the purpose of spawning the shaders and being used as a tool to access the parameters from the shader to create a perfect timing. For example, almost every emiiter has a dynamic parameter module.
02
Shaders
As I mentioned earlier, the main goal of this practice is to use simple material to create a refined effect. So I only have 4 master material and every particle is using the instances from one of these 4 master material.
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Animation And Blueprints
Animation notifies were used to combine the animation and the effects, and the animation montage was used to bring those animation sequences together. I also made some custom blueprints that allowed me to have a more precise control over the overall behavior of the effect in game.
