Stars
Posted January 29th, 2008 by Arancaytar
Two different stars that will twinkle slightly. This is for the rare case that the isometric view does not spare you from showing the player a nightsky or open space.
This sheet contains two animated stars, five frames each. The twinkling is deliberately kept very low-profile (no actual blinking, no strong change) in order to keep it subtle. The effect is easily ruined by a pattern, when the stars are clearly recognizable as cycling through the animation. This is also why they twinkle out of sync. Optionally, you can specify it_shimmers = 1 for additional effect, but I haven't experimented enough yet to find out how much it helps. It does no harm, certainly.
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This sheet contains two animated stars, five frames each. The twinkling is deliberately kept very low-profile (no actual blinking, no strong change) in order to keep it subtle. The effect is easily ruined by a pattern, when the stars are clearly recognizable as cycling through the animation. This is also why they twinkle out of sync. Optionally, you can specify it_shimmers = 1 for additional effect, but I haven't experimented enough yet to find out how much it helps. It does no harm, certainly.
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