I was a senior animator on this interactive mobile game centered around renovating an island resort! My role in Unity was to create vertex-driven animations of 2D sprites with particle effects to produce a satisfying, visually cohesive effect as the play advances through the game's narrative.

Build Animations

Bloom Animations

Clear / Pick Up Animations

Special Animations

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Splash Effect (for build objects placed in water)
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Bloom/Build Hybrid Effect

Style System

I produced a style system to divide effect types, keeping them specific to the kind of task the player is doing. Throughout the game, the player cleans and picks up old objects and builds/plants new things!
These effect types determine the vertex animation material used for the sprite animation. Built objects drop and bounce, bloom objects scale and rotate slightly, removed objects either scale and fade or lift and fade.

Build

Additive
for Non-Organics

Bloom

Additive
for Organics

Pick Up

Subtractive
for Non-Organics

Clear

Subtractive
for Organics
These standardized effect types also determine which Particle Effect building blocks are a part of the animation.

Particle Effect Building Blocks

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Rising Leaves
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Bloom Wisp
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Confetti
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Smoke
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Sparkles
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Build Poof
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Bloom Poof
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Splash
Effect types were enforced with a naming system for our materials, textures, and animations that reflected the type with a representative prefix. Having individual tweakable materials and animation clips allowed me to customize animations to each asset while still keeping them visually cohesive.
Fountain Clean / Build Task