How to Animate Game Explosions || VGAS
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- Explosions are in so many video games, but how are they animated?
Let's have a look, and see if we can use it as inspiration to animate our own!
Music:
00:02 - Sunfire Forest - Funk Fiction
01:00 - Wacky Workbench Present (US) - Sonic CD
02:40 - Super Sonic - H.W.A
04:04 - Intro Stage - Mega Man 8
04:40 - Gandrayda Battle - Metroid Prime 3
05:17 - Bonus Area 1 - Celeste
05:56 - Cloud World - New Super Mario Bros U
07:09 - Main Overworld Theme - Super Mario Flashback
08:25 - Lanayru Desert Present - Skyward Sword
09:38 - Sonic Mania Intro Alternate - Tee Lopes
10:14 - Strange Sunset - Street Fighter 3
11:11 - Character Select - Street Fighter 3
13:04 - Main Menu - Star Fox 64
14:35 - Sunfire Forest - Funk Fiction
#ExplosionAnimation 
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*2D Explosions*
2:40 - Sonic the Hedgehog
3:15 - Sonic Mania
4:09 - Megaman 8/X/X4
4:43 - Metal Plug
5:19 - some arcade shooter (I couldn't hear the name)
5:47 - Sparkster
5:56 - Strider 2
6:27 - Alien Hominet
7:09 - Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
7:44 - Bomb Chicken
*3D Explosions*
8:27 - The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
8:56 - Grand Theft Auto 5
9:39 - Just Cause 3
10:05 - Star Wars Battlefront
10:15 - Starfox 64
10:36 - Starfox Zero
11:04 - Starwing
11:12 - Super Mario 3D World
11:39 - Super Mario Odyssey
12:17 - Explosion theory
Leave it to Dan to make a fantastic video about just explosions - if I tried to do that, it would blow up in my face haha
Thanks for the shoutout at the end, man! It means a lot 👍
Haha, great pun! I'm a big fan of puns, especially being a Dad to two daughters.
And no problem my god man! Hope it pushes some attention your way.
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@@stayskeptic3923 "I never realized suchandsuch until he talked about"
That's the way to write it so you don't repeat the same words and it gets your message across better.
U just need to draw a pizza and add some fade out, Mighty N9 showed us that.
Ha! I'm supposed I forgot to slow MN9 and how *not* to do explosions!
Ha, no it's not
Freaking, THANK YOU
Out of all of the tutorials I searched up, this one is the one that I was looking for
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Hey, thanks so much! I've got a new video out in the next few days, so keep an eye out! 😃
Metal Slug is a masterpiece work of animation and pixel art in general. Just a single explosion has a ton of details and frames. It's an insane amount of work.
As a vfx artist. Its wonderful to see an episode devoted to explosions! a lot of games use the spikes as a replacement for motion blur, conveying the speed and explosive power of the explosion. you also notice that some of the explosions that felt a bit more punchy or bouncy usually use the "medium -> small -> big" concept. having a moment where the explosion is drawn a bit smaller then it starts, and then explosively releasing into its largest shape. BotW would be my go to for stylized explosions (beautiful shapes while still feeling like the underlying physics are solid), and Uncharted 4 for realistic explosions (the fact that they where able to get the light to react so nicely with their smoke make them feel super nice). As always great video. can we hope to see more effects videos from you?
Thanks so much for the feedback!
Yeah, is like to do more effects videos, it'll definitely be in the cards!
I came here for the same reason!! I needed to know what was wrong with my explosions because it felt off and really fake lol
Really cool and informative video. Explosions are extremely important and can totally change how a game looks/feels. I think the coolest explosions were made by Treasure Games back in the days and in a different style, I love the mix of brutal explosions and hardcore screenshakes in Luftrausers, this game is insane !
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Looking at the sprites, I'm kind of convinced that they just palette swapped the colors to make the explosion slightly different... While saving memory...
Yeah very probably actually. I mean it works, so the effect was successful.
I never noticed this, even when watching the video and seeing the individual frames of both explosions.
So the effect was successful. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Ohh you always make some grade S videos Dan. I mean only you could talk about something as simple as an explosion and make it sound interesting, like Bob Ross and his joy of painting show back in the day. Oh and about the last part of your video I would definitely watch you stream your interpretation of animation and show us the process of it. I do understand if that's not something you would like to do right now Dan.
Ahhh thanks so much for the kind words Hyper! I'd like to do more streaming, but it'll have to be in future when I have more time!
Dan Root no rush Dan, we have all the time in the world to do stuff like that and it doesn't have to be something that you do all the time, it could be something that you do once every two weeks or once a month like your regular upload schedule. Like I said before I'm in no rush for you to do this Dan.
Something as small as explosion is given so much care and detail, I rarely notice it.
Great video!
Hey thanks a lot! I love explosions!
I mostly like the look of your example explosion. I feel like it would look better if the particles stayed together just a bit longer. The debris spread out a bit too quickly (it was near instant and felt like it lacked a bit of impact)
Thanks for the feedback! Yeah it was a fairly quick example, but explosions are versatile and your additions would indeed look very cool as well!
Where has this channel been all my life? Of all the unnecessary recommendations youtube spams me with regarding animation, I had to manually search for this kind of video. Great vid
Ah man, I'm sorry it wasn't more accessible, but I'm glad it helped!
When he showed the explosions from Bomb Chicken, I actually said "Nice!"
They look gorgeous.
"Explosion is art!" - Blast Man, Mega Man 11
I'll be real - when SF3 kicked in, it threw me off so hard, I legitimately stopped listening to your words for a second. (Of course I rewound that bit, there's no way I'm gonna miss what you're saying.) That soundtrack is the best, I swear. Great choice of music, on your part.
When it comes to explosions... I don't really think about them that much, but I DO appreciate a good boom. I'll definitely pay more attention to them after this video, though.
I don't have a favourite one (easy answer would be anything Metal Slug, especially grenades; I like when the explosion is sort of rising up), but I always think about Sunset Overdrive's. I distinctly remember some of them having onomatopoeias in the smoke and such, at least in the E3 presentations. The explosions themself are kinda gooey, more like a gel than smoke, so it's whatever, but those words always stood out to me. I don't know if it was preserved in the final build, but I really hope it was.
If I ever make a game, I'm definitely stealing it.
Hey thanks for the kind words!
Never actually played Sunset Overdrive, so I'll have to check it out!
Well, I've never played SO myself either, actually. It's an Xbox One exclusive, unfortunately. But the game looks really fun and does a lot of things to maintain its wacky, cartoony tone. I followed it really closely around the release.
Either way - keep up the great work! Hope we'll some more videos on effects from you. I really liked that at the end you made your own explosion, it was a nice wrap-up. And the effect itself was pretty nice, too!
Surprised you forgot the best videogame explosions ever created: *Mighty No. 9's pizza clouds*
Yeahhh, I should have mentioned them as how not to handle them.
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Hi Dan, what application you used to do your explosion?
That was After Effects
Both this and your run cycles videos have been very interesting and I thank you. I still can’t draw tho.. lol
Thanks very much! Haha, keep trying, you'll get there
You never fail to deliver quality Dan.
Thank you Tay!
Explosions......Explosions...TETRIS 2
BOOM!!!
Those who don't understand: the tetris 2 trailer for the NES and the gameboy had a commercial featuring lots of explosions...perfect for domestic violence xD
Great video! I found you earlier today and haven't stopped watching your work. If you don't mind, what software do you use to make these videos? Some of the best-looking video essaying I've seen.
Hey, thank you so much!
I use the Adobe suite, mostly After Effects and Premiere. I'm proud of my videos, I just wish I had more time to make them 😅
My favorite explosion is your subscriber count.
I once saw a clod moving in that swirl like pattern for real, and i was shocked because i always thought the swirls were just cartoon stylization.
The *day* I began working on explosion effects for my game, you uploaded this. *THANK YOU DAN!!*
No way?! That's crazy!
I hope it helps!
Also speaking of Just Cause 3 and explosions, I have two questions:
1.Who remembers the nuke bazookas explosions
2. Who remembers getting out of a car moving so slowly he practically walks out for the car and then it barely touches a wall and goes BOOM
Amazing analysis, as usual. Great job, Dan! It really saddens me that your channel has so little views and subscribers. Your content is top notch.
Hey thanks a lot!
Yeah, I know, it's a shame. I've noticed it a lot more recent, even big channels are beginning to suffer from RUclips's dead algorithm.
Hey may I know what software you are using to create the explosion? Thanks and nice video
Thank you! Certainly, I was using Adobe After Effects.
I remember in a trailer of Brawl Stars, is a moment when Shelly k1ll Crow, and Crow falls doing an explosion with a Skull form
Far Cry 2 had some superb explosions. Especially if you blew up a car next to a tree - leaves, branches and car parts all over the place 🙂
I kept hearing the 3rd Strike Main Theme, but couldn't convince myself it was it, until the "Chose the best one" came to my face XD
I may not be an animator myself, but I have a lot of respect for the artform, and I love a good editorial that helps me apreciate it more, brilliant video mate.
Hey thanks so much!
Dan Root By all means, thank you :)
Fantastic video! Well researched, slickly edited, and highly informative. This needs so many more views!
Hey, thank you so much!
Please feel free to share around 😃
Fantastic video. You should do a video about Metal Slug animations, because they look super amazing and ahead of its time.
Thanks. Yes, I'd love to one day!
How did you manage to do a 15 minute video on explosions in videogames without even mentioning Bomberman? XD Really iconic explosions in that franchise.
Great video as always - Definitely with you on Windwaker having some really nice explosions, same with Alien Hominid. Might be fun to see a follow up video for the non-explosion attempts at giving the same feedback in games, such as how the super Mario games have various death animations for enemies depending on how you defeat them (e.g goombas going squish underfoot) or the enemies in Crash fly off into the distance when you spin attack them.
I knowwww, I should've done Bomberman!
And yeah, that sounds like an interesting idea!
Great vid. I draw a lot and I specially love drawing explosions and SPIKES are so much fun and definitely add a lot of strenght to the explosion
That's awesome! I need to draw more explosions
I feel like this video could have included different types of explosions that serve different purposes in different contexts. Such as the explosion of light when collecting a coin/collectable (like in mario) or explosive effects when hitting an enemy (like in smash bros). But still a great video.
Hey thanks for the feedback!
Yeah, I could have included lots of explosions, but to be honest the video probably would have been 2 hours long, and I only get to work on these visits maybe 5 hours a week.
I'm glad you enjoyed it otherwise!
I was about to comment that the explosions in R-Type also work within the game rules by being directional (The damage will always be going from left to right as that is the direction you fire, so the explosion will 'travel' in that direction too.) but then you mentioned it, kinda.
Yeah that's a good observation, it would have been good if I'd have bright that back up again.
Is there any chance of you doing a video specifically for Metal Slug explosions? I am currently practicing spriting animations in metal slug style and this would help me a lot.
I'm working on a Metal Slug video idea, I'll probably go into the explosions again.
@@VideoGameAnimationStudy Amazing! I really look forward to that. I would love to see an exploration on how they do their animations in general, such as idle stances, movement. Pretty much everything. There's so much to talk about that I think it's worth exploring.
This is quality youtube content
Thank you!
I can feel the love you put in every video! And this time you even animated something yourself! Please keep doing that!
Thanks so much! Yeah, I thought I'd practice a little of what I preach, and show that I do know what I'm talking about, haha.
ayyy 3rd strike music
I really liked the explosions in the classic Wing Commanders, 1 and 2. My second favourite were the classic Balls of Light in EVE ONLINE, before CCP ruined them. They've replaced them again by better ones, but they lack the oompf the old Ball of Light had. It's try too hard to be impressive, without actually being impressive. They look good, but lack any soul.
I haven't played those, so in afraid I wouldn't know 😅
And then there is Mighty No. 9 with its pizza explosions.
My favourite explosion is from a recent game. Breath of the Wild. I really like the clear outline it has. High velocity, high resistance. Really snappy.
Ehgh, we don't talk about MN9.
And yes, BotW has beautiful explosions.
There is a channel called Makin’ Stuff Look Good that has a great video (here: ruclips.net/video/0IrCggoJCno/видео.html) showing how one might go about recreating the look of your favourite explosion effect from Wind Waker. He reproduces the effect in Unity, but some of the concepts are transferable and in any case it makes for a really cool breakdown of how the effect can be achieved.
As your video did a good job showing, while these effects are complicated in action, they can ultimately be broken down into simple building blocks.
Oh hey, thanks for pointing this out to me, I'll have to go check it out!
Michael bay presents EXPLOSIONS XD
Ayyy, lovin’ that spark the electric jester music i. The background. Such an underrated ost and game
It's such a happy ost
One big aspect of explosions in my opinion is that they are not translucid. 3D games made fire and explosion effects translucid for a long time and it just looks wrong. An explosion needs to look thick and dense. Like the Windwaker ones, I also love those explosion effects.
Yeah that's right. The Starfox Zero one did that fade out thing too, and that just looks lazy.
I really like how in depth all of these explosions are analysed. But what do I expect from this channel. Great video and music involved dan. You've made my day! You could say the video has exploded in my popularity!
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Haha, thanks Tattier! Glad you enjoyed it!
I was disappointed you didn't talk more on mega man explosions. I love X explosions. I recently saw explosions for Cyberpunk 2077 and they look insane. Check it out. I love them.
Ha, I mean I did look at Mega Man 8 and X4 explosions 😅
Yeah CP2077 had some great looking explosions
Really great dissection of explosion animations in games, I typically don't even notice them when playing besides boss explosions.
Some that have always stuck out to me in a good way because of the level of detail or just being stylish and over the top, specifically:
Mischeif makers main boss character explosions
Raiden II and Garegga enemy explosions, both of these use the same technique, everything produces debris which falls below and the explosion effects are somewhat randomised.
Ranger X has some great ones
Metal black boss explosion, this one is unlike anything else.
Ikaruga boss explosion, this one started a trend in these kinds of game, massive explosion slowed down for emphasis.
Thanks for suggesting those, looking forward to checking them out!
It's very clever how you interchangeably substituted the explosions between games to demonstrate their effectiveness, very clever and fascinating!
Your attempt at an explosion was also really cool.
Also, I'm so happy you talked about a Nitrome game (Bomb Chicken)! That studio made my childhood with their browser games, and seeing them being appreciated for their work by a talented professional is too awesome!
Hey, thanks so much for your support, I'm glad you find this video entertaining!
Yeah, Nitrome are seriously underrated!
Awesome work Dan, very instructive ! Could you give us the name of the software you're using for your custom explosion ? Thanks ! (:
Thanks! And I just did that in Adobe After Effects 😁
It'd probably be redundant to talk about, but I wished you also talked about the explosions in any of the Battlefield games.
I really like the explosions in Half-life 1 and 2.
1 because of how long it lingers and the old 90's pc noises it makes.
2 because it's a quick flash and that noise it makes is really satisfying.
Also, wonderful work as always!
Thanks!
Yeah if I could have talked about all the explosions I'd wanted, the video would be about two hours long, haha. Half Life's good!
god i love when you upload
Haha, thanks 😎
90s explosions really hit different
7:10 Amogus
Jokes aside, im falling in love with your content! how didnt i find ya earlier!?! great stuff!
Thank you!
Something I think is really cool about this video is how you've shown the process of skill acquisition in general - a beautiful path from analysing previous examples, questioning their function, and then putting it into action for yourself. Nicely done.
Hey thanks so much!
I find it's one of the best ways to learn, following examples. Thanks for your continued support!
Anthem has some absolutely fantastic explosions... So good in fact they get in the way of gameplay a whole lot.
Awesome, I haven't played it yet, I'll have to look up some footage
Duuuuude! Stunning work on this video!!!! Wooooooooow!!!!!! I'm still super surprised you don't have more than 500K subs. :(
Thanks man! I'm sure I'll get there in no time, haha
I'm a young animator from RISD and I love these videos. Very interesting analysis, always insightful and fantastic production. Keep it up!
Hey thanks so much! I'm not familiar with RISD?
I'd kinda like to see something on elemental or energy effects. Electricity arcing, liquid splashing, fire crackling, perhaps frost sparkling? I suppose it'd be just a catch all for particle effects, but, eh. I work mostly in pixels
Yeah I'd love to go into this idea for a mini-series! Definitely an interest of mine!
@@VideoGameAnimationStudy Your vid here helped me understand some fundamentals I was missing with explosions, and got me thinking about how different elements would appear whilst overloading.
If a construct doesn't have a battery or reactor, I can't justify seeing it just exploding. Like a brass golem that's like a water tank breaking down, or a myconid.
Me being someone who wants to learn animation, I thank you.
You're quite welcome
Amazing content quality
michael bay would be proud
Downwell has some awesome explosions
That it does!
Is it me or animacion channels has quality content?
Animation channels have quality content 😉
They have artistic careers so it's to be expected. :)
at 11:11 when i heard that record scratch i immediately knew what was coming and started jammin through the whole mario segment.
absolutely stellar video otherwise. love the study on the X explosions, just cause and metal slug were my favorite explosions
Hey thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Which program did you use to make the explosion?
That was After Effects
Can you make a video about the animations of fire attacks (flamethrowers, pyromancy, fire breath, etc.)
Yeah I reckon I'll get to that some day!
@@VideoGameAnimationStudy Sweet.
I support this video because of the word explosions! Explosions are life... next to laser beams! :D
Don't forget to nuke that like button!
Just a suggestion. Turn up the voice volume a little bit.
Thanks!
HI I'm Mister torque an I'm here to ask you one question and one question only... EXPLOSIONS!?
What about Minecraft? That’s got a very unique explosion
I can't help but be reminded of Look Around You when you say 'explosions' at the start! Another quality video Dan- digging the detail!
Ha! I'm glad someone got it!
And thanks bro
I just love those explotions that roll upwards
They're pretty good!
I have always been a fan of the Star Fox 64 explosions (you get many different kinds of explosions in that game, with the two most common ones being atmospheric explosions with the bright yellow, orange, and red colors (which signify combustion by chemical reaction with oxygen in the air), and space explosions (where the colors are faded, with orange and purple being dominate, signifying the limited supply of combustible materials which more quickly fade out). The reason for their design appears to be that they're a 2D sprite with a blending filter and alpha transparency applied to them to create their smoother color gradients and quick fade out. Being a 3D on-rails shooter running on the limited hardware of the N64, with an emphasis on keeping a consistently high frame rate during gameplay; simple, quick, and easy-to-render explosions work best. But since they are 2D sprites, there is a solidity to them which many other explosions in other games lack.
The best explosions in the game of course are the the boss death explosions. They're the only ones which are 3 dimensional, being portrayed as a giant spherical fireball with an actual fire texture that fades from being a a brilliant white flash to brilliant orange and then fade to textured fires.
Just learning to animate explosions and your vid is very helpful. Great job, thank you.
It's clear a fair amount of love goes into each of your videos. It's eye-opening to see the perspective from someone who is passionate about his craft. Keep up the good work.
Hey, thank you so much for the kind words! I know, I watch Adam Neely, and even though I don't know anything about music production, hearing him talk about it so passionately makes me feel like I do!
2:04 I like when the screen shakes here
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In the last part, what software do you use for fx animation?
PS. And great video, you got a new sub here :)
Hey thanks a lot!
I used After Effects for that!
I never imagined that there could be so much to look at when analysing something as common as explosions!
Dan, do you think you'll take a look at the animation and art of Hollow Knight? I would love to hear your thoughts and analysis on its hand-drawn style.
Hey thanks!
Yeah, Hollow Knight is on the cards, I just need to find the time to play the game more to get more footage to study.
I enjoy your content so much, gotta go now an make some explosions myself (in a program for a game of course)
Thank you! Good luck making your explosion!
Dan Root I also appreciate.a lot that you take your time to respond to most of your comments!
It's a small gesture that means a lot, I know I appreciate it when a content creator replies to me, if I make a worthwhile contribution.
Thanks for the help, I'm making a game right now so this was really helpful :)
never have explosions felt so calm
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Any android programs that tend to use lower res 8 bit explosions like the chicken game
I know absolutely nothing about visual design and can't make visual art for beans, but I find these videos so fascinating
Ka-BOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!
Nice Wind Waker reference
I love the explosion effects from the wind waker!!
Very insightful video, but sort of disappointed that Gunstar Heroes wasn't mentioned one bit.
Eh, sorry! There's lots of explosions is like to have done, there's just too many!
I just wanted to say thank you for making this. I've been working on an explosion mod for months (I work slowly...) and this video has really helped me visualise exactly what I wanted to do and approach the effects in a more "professional" way. I've kept this video in the back of my mind the whole time and the explosions have turned out so much better because of it.
Thank you! :)
Hey, I'm glad the video has helped! Good luck with the mod!
My favorite explosion is my Liquid Explosion.
Oooh? I'm not sure I know that..?
@@VideoGameAnimationStudy yes you do. Trust me
Favorite explosions (and fire in general) would have to be the Mad Max game. The over-saturation of red is what sells it for me.
Ahhhh yeah those were cool!
I love that practical example at the end as well as your framework of the velocity and resistance model. That sort of stuff makes me love watching videos about game creation even though I have absolutely no talent for art. I really appreciate this stuff and it was a fantastic introduction to the basics of less tangible animation in games. Not character movement, but particles.
Hey thanks for watching, I'm glad if could help!
BOOM!
Thanks man..
third strike video needs to come up. Greatest video game animation ever (or at least in the top for sure). You seem to secretly love that game too, considering the music choice's in this video aswell ;)
Oh yes, I've done a video on 2D fighting games which you should check out, I cover a little bit in that!
what program was used to animate the explosion?
That was After Effects
Oh, thanks :D
You forgot the TNT explosion from Minecraft
A good visual KABOOM is something to behold.