Morph Ball Bomb VFX (Inspired by Metroid Prime Remastered)
My attempt at recreating the morph ball bomb VFX from Metroid Prime Remastered. I reduced the size and brightness of the outward burst in the updated video.
Sounds from mixkit. Small burst particles texture from kenney.nl. Rocks from the 'Cliff and mountain rocks with interchangeable textures' asset pack.
Made in Unreal 5.
Updated version with environmental assets from the Modular SciFi Season 1 Starter Bundle and Modular SciFi Season 2 Starter Bundle.
Updated version with adjusted burst size and brightness.
The explosion effect used a custom starburst texture and a simple particle with high brightness for the centre spark. A third-party texture was used for the particles that burst outwards.
The build up effect scaled the sphere rapidly three times while particles moved inwards at speed. A scrolling material was applied to the sphere and a rotating flare particle was used for the centre.
The ring burst was made using a mesh plane with a custom texture applied to it. A second mesh plane had a simple ring texture which was layered underneath the first in the sort order to give the effect more definition.
Outward ring burst texture.
Flare texture used for central burst.
Spawn functionality in the Physics Ball blueprint.
Original version.