Check Out This This Mega Man-Inspired Charged Shot VFX Study

Senior VFX Artist Gregory Silva shared a personal study where he recreated an originally 2D effect in Unreal Engine 5 along with a CRT shader to give it an old-school look.

The animation is set up in Niagara, with elements like distance traveled, speed, and timing controlled through user parameters. Here it is without the CRT effect:

It's inspired by Mega Man games, likely from the PS1 era. You can find more details about the project, including the references used, here.

Back in 2018 (can you believe it?), we actually chatted with Gregory about his Zelda-inspired VFX project. Since then, he has continued to push his skills further, and these are some of his latest projects:

If you're looking to get better at VFX yourself, Gabriel Aguiar Prod's YouTube channel is a great place to learn:

Also, if you haven’t seen it yet, komm64's pixtube is a simple browser-based pixel art editor with a built-in CRT shader: