Zelda BotW Guardian Attack

Pico8 / Por

Zelda BotW Guardian Attack

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Tried to replicate the guardian’s laser attack animation from Zelda Breath of the Wild. It is simpler and less “overwhelming” than Zelda’s gfx, but I had a lot of fun making it!

  • Laser aiming and "twitching" at player.
  • Implemented VFX system
    · Chaining effects.
    · Setting up start and end frames for each effect (they can be overlapped).
    · Effects can be tuned with some parameters (size, grow speed...)
  • Strands growing from Guardian's eye created by drawing custom functions and rotating them using a 2D rotating matrix.
  • Smoke effect.
  • Background, Guardian sprite and Link sprite.