No AI-generated images. Code written with AI assistance.
33 ready-made sci-fi & energy effects for Godot 4, in two looks: Stylized and Retro PSX.
BEAMS
- Laser Beam (Red), Plasma Beam (Blue), Mining Laser (Orange, smoke at the hit), Repair Beam (Green, healing sparkles). Each beam stretches until its RayCast3D hits something and puts the impact glow there
PLASMA & BLASTS
- Plasma Bolt (Cyan, Magenta) flies, then bursts, EMP Pulse, Energy Explosion with a light flash, Glitch Burst
SHIELDS & HOLOGRAMS
- Energy Shield Bubble (call hit() and a ripple runs out from that point), Force Field Wall, Hologram in Cyan, Green and Orange + hologram materials you can put on your own models (scanlines, rim, flicker, glitch)
TELEPORT & SPACE
- Teleporter Beam In / Out, Warp Speed Lines, Black Hole, Gravity Well, Tractor Beam
TECH
- Thruster (Blue, Orange), Scanner Sweep, Repair Drone, Power Core
INCLUDED
- demo.tscn with every preset labeled, showcase.tscn - a small sci-fi base: beams, a shield, holograms, a black hole, a tractor beam and thrusters
- Loops: emitting on/off. One-shots: play(). Light flash fade where it matters
- PDVFX helper: spawn, scale, aim effects from code in one line
- AGENTS.md + catalog.json so AI coding assistants can add the effects for you
- Works in Forward+, Mobile and Compatibility (tested in Godot 4.7 Compatibility)
- Vol 34 of the Arcane VFX series
License: use in personal and commercial projects. Do not resell or redistribute the files as-is.
