Lightning Spell Patterns – Top-Down Bullet Hell & Spell VFX (HD)

HD spell patterns for top-down games. Ball lightning in twelve ready-timed patterns: ring bursts, a ring with a gap, a four-arm pinwheel, a fan, a rotating cross, a star, a splitting shot, homing bolts, orbiting sparks, a lightning field, lightning rain and a nova riding shockwaves.

Colour variations and combinations

Every pattern also comes in Violet, Crimson and Gold: 36 colour variations in the ColourVariations folder, with the same frame size, frames, FPS, pivot and Godot 4 SpriteFrames as the original, so they swap in without re-aligning.

3 combinations: a cross with a star, a spiral with a field, and a pulse with a nova from its centre. Each is a ready-made chain or layer of the effects in this pack: every clip of a combination shares one frame size and pivot, so they play one after another without re-aligning.

Patterns

• Lightning nova 16: 16-shot ring burst
• Lightning ring gap: 20-slot ring with a gap to slip through, aimed in 8 directions
• Lightning spiral 4 cw: 4-arm pinwheel spiral turning clockwise (seamless loop)
• Lightning fan 5: 5-shot spread with the centre shot leading, aimed in 8 directions
• Lightning cross: rotating cross: 4 lines of shots sweeping a quarter turn per loop (seamless loop)
• Lightning star: alternating + and x bursts forming an 8-pointed star (seamless loop)
• Lightning split: a big shot flies out, bursts and splits into an 8-shot ring, aimed in 8 directions
• Lightning homing: 6 shots launch to the sides and curve in on one point ahead, then hit, aimed in 8 directions
• Lightning orbit 3: 3 shots orbit the caster on a perspective ellipse, far ones smaller (seamless loop)
• Lightning field: strikes going off at scattered spots in an area (seamless loop)
• Lightning rain: projectiles rain down on scattered spots in an area and burst (seamless loop)
• Lightning nova pulse: combo: 16-shot nova riding two shockwave rings

Each pattern is one ready-timed clip at 12 FPS. Loops (spirals, flowers, orbits, rains, fields) are seamless; the rest play once. Aimed patterns (fans, splits, homing, rings with a gap) come in all 8 directions, one row per direction; the others play the same in every direction. The pivot in each JSON is the caster or impact point, so you can place a pattern on a character or a target.

What's in the download

• Transparent PNG sheets and every frame as a separate PNG
• JSON with frame size, frame count, FPS, looping and pivot
• Godot 4 SpriteFrames for every pattern, ready for AnimatedSprite2D

Goes with

• Combat Effects Set: projectiles, spells, blood, status overlays and weapon trails in one download
• Magic & Ability Effects Set: explosions, AoE indicators, buffs, portals and charge-ups in one download
• Spell Patterns Set: every pattern pack plus bonus patterns found only there
• Projectile & Impact Effects: the single projectiles with release, flight and impact clips
• Complete Edition: every pack in the series

Everything else is on my page.

Quick import

1. Godot 4: copy a pattern folder into your project and assign its SpriteFrames to an AnimatedSprite2D.
2. Other engines: slice the PNG sheets using the frame size and FPS from the JSON; 8-row sheets have the rows S, SE, E, NE, N, NW, W, SW.

License

• Use in unlimited personal and commercial games; modify freely.
• Credit appreciated, not required.
• No reselling or sharing the sprites as assets, original or modified, and no use in datasets or NFTs.

Full text: LICENSE.txt in the download.

FAQ

Do they match the characters? Yes: the same HD finish, camera angle and light direction as every character pack in the series.

Can I use the shots on their own? The patterns are complete compositions; the single projectiles with their own release, flight and impact clips are in Projectile & Impact Effects.

Anything added to this pack later is free if you already own it.

Version 1.0.2.