Energy Shield VFX Sprite Sheet Loop - Shield Matrix | 4K 60fps

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An energy dome that takes two hits and holds. A hex lattice wraps a hemisphere, the cells shimmer in a slow travelling wave, and twice per loop a tracer streaks in and strikes the shield: the impact point flashes, a ripple runs outward across the lattice along the curve of the dome, cells light up behind the front and dim one by one, and sparks deflect away from the surface. Shield Matrix is one seamless 128-frame loop at 60 fps for force fields, barriers, boss shields, base defences, bubble shields and power-up states. Watch the actual delivered animation in the preview.

The delivered loop, shown at 15 fps (the files are 60 fps)

Try the complete free game-resolution version, then upgrade for the native 4K individual frames.

What is in the loop

• A hex lattice mapped onto a sphere, so cells shrink and crowd toward the edge the way a real dome would, with a Fresnel rim that brightens where the surface turns away from you.
• A travelling shimmer: a slow diagonal wave plus a per-cell twinkle, each cell on its own clock, over a four-dimensional noise haze.
• Two impacts per loop (frame 36, upper right, and frame 95, lower left), each preceded by a six-frame incoming tracer. The ripple is measured along the sphere surface, not across the flat image, so it bends correctly over the dome.
• Cells behind each ripple front flare and then dim individually; 160 sparks per hit spray away from the dome and fall.
• Two hairline guide rings outside the dome.

Every wave, twinkle, impact time and noise coordinate completes an exact number of cycles in 128 frames, so frame 128 equals frame 0 and the loop is seamless by construction.

Paid native 4K version

• 128 native 4096 x 4096 RGBA PNG frames, rendered directly at this resolution with an exact distance-field rasteriser and five-octave bloom.
• Two 4096 x 4096 sprite sheets: 8 x 8 grids of 512 px cells, 64 frames each.
• Matching 2048 x 2048 sheets with 256 px cells, plus loose 512 px and 256 px sequences.
• A 4096 x 4096 60 fps WebM with alpha (VP9) and a 1080p MP4 preview.
• Straight alpha, 2.133-second seamless loop at 60 fps, fixed view and framing, pivot at the frame centre.
• JSON metadata with frame order, frame rate, playback mode, pivot and hit frames; an offline viewer with playback and scrubbing; GIF preview; Godot 4 helper and documented Unity and Unreal import steps.

Free game-resolution version

The same complete loop at 512 px and 256 px, both game sprite sheets, metadata, viewer and commercial license. Native 4096 px individual frames and the 4K WebM are paid-only. A 4096 px sprite sheet contains 512 px cells; it is different from a native 4096 px individual frame.

Straight alpha, no dark halo

The colour under fully transparent pixels is bled outward from the effect, so filtering, mipmaps and downscaling never grow a dark fringe. Smaller sizes were produced in linear light on premultiplied colour and un-premultiplied afterwards.

Measured before packaging

• no frame touches the border
• the loop is periodic by construction; the per-frame step is uniform with no jump at the seam
• no duplicate consecutive frames
• transparent pixels next to the effect carry the effect's colour, not black

Commercial use is included in both versions. Use the animation in games and other finished projects. Attribution is optional. Standalone asset redistribution or resale is prohibited. See the included license for full terms.