I know this must have been asked...
Do you draw your own explotions sprites?, I think they are veeery complicated.
Is there a link to get some?.
Thanks
I've always found explosions difficult to draw. (But I find everything difficult to draw). My newest game does have an attempt at them, but they're rather stylised expanding yellow circles rather than an attempt at anything realistic.
I'm not that bad at explosions, it's just that they take some damn long time to draw, at least if you want them to look good. Well, whatever you do, don't use library graphics.
Hey, wasn't there a topic about some explosion-maker app somewhere on the internets? Well that's not very original either, but meh
I've been using almost the same explosion sprite since KnP. It was originally a Contra sprite or something, though I've redrawn it two or three times using the previous version as a template. I also have three other cartoonish smokey explosion sprites that I often reuse (blue, yellow and red), those are pretty easy to do.
Old Anime Styled explosions work great (Watch Macross or Robotech, and you'll know what I'm talking about). Pretty easy to draw, and if you vary the animation timing and layer the explosions, it looks pretty damned good.
The other type I use is particle based, makes my explosions look like fireworks (I don't use this that much though, as it doesn't really fit into the style of most of my games)
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