Pixel Home Run: Pixel-art baseball home run: the bat cracks with a flash, star and ring, the ball rockets into the night sky with a trail and speed lines, then twinkles away as a star.

Pixel Home Run

Pixel-art baseball home run: the bat cracks with a flash, star and ring, the ball rockets into the night sky with a trail and speed lines, then twinkles away as a star.

Pixel Home Run is a pixel art effect that loops seamlessly every 1.3 seconds, drawn on a 240 by 180 canvas at 3x pixels with the Sweetie 16 palette. It is built from 11 particle emitters.

Free download with a transparent background, cropped to the effect, 39 frames at 30 fps. Use it in commercial games, no credit needed.

OPEN IN THE STUDIO

Change the colours, timing or size, or export for Unity, Godot 4, GameMaker, Phaser, PixiJS and Aseprite.

DETAILS

Length
1.3 seconds, seamless loop
Canvas
240 x 180, pixel art at 3x, Sweetie 16 palette
Layers
11 emitters
Blend
Mostly normal
Colours
whitegoldorangeblue
Sprites
Built-in shapes only
Tags
baseball, home run, pixel art, retro, sports, hit, impact, sprite sheet

USING IT IN YOUR GAME

Phaser, PixiJS
Take the PNG sheet: it comes with a TexturePacker JSON atlas that both load directly.
Unity
Import the PNG sheet as a Sprite with Mode set to Multiple and slice it, or open the effect in the studio for a ready-made grid.
Godot 4, GameMaker, Aseprite
Open it in the studio and pick your engine in Export: it writes the files that engine imports.
Web and chat
The GIF plays anywhere; the APNG keeps soft edges on any background.

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