VFX

Idea Sketch

References

Progress

Setting up the shader with the mask

Rough Blockout

Figuring out 'color over life'

Changing how the mask appears (now it's local instead of UV)

Experimenting with fresnel for outward moving circles

Adding a nature element

Final Finetuning; Particles spawn shape, kill collision box and timing

Environment implementation

Made another sketch

Duplicated the Niagara System
Moved it in scene and figure out how to rotate the mask (I had local space to false)

Moved the spawn torus way up
Adjusted pull on the particles and timing to fit the original Niagara System
Made a glow material for the plants

Full Niagara System

Animated glow in Sequencer
Added the Niagara System in the Sequencer

Made a trigger box with a blueprint triggering the Sequencer

Final Result

I started off with not knowing a single thing about VFX in Unreal and so I've come a long way.

I've learned about:

Niagara Systems
Shaders (settings, parameters, animating)
Using the Sequencer
Making a blueprint

I've also grasped VFX in Unity better, which you can see here:

Unity Side Project

(it's not as well documented, because my focus was on Unreal)

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