Need feedback on these effects

[Bloodbane]

Someone gave me feedback that this blast effect is too bright and hurt his eyes.


My question is: does it hurt your eyes? if yes, I'll reduce the brightness (at least the white part)

Another question, which one is better :
A.
B.

 

[danno]

It will hurt the eyes if it takes up too much percent of the screen, what's the ratio? If full screen I would turn the brightness down, if just 10% of the screen it should be ok

B. Looks much better than A. in my opinion.

 

[Die_In_Fire]

Definitely B.
A gives me a little headache

 

[msmalik681]

B is better and you could try a dull yellow instead of white but i think the effect looks fine as is.

 

[O Ilusionista]

My question is: does it hurt your eyes? if yes, I'll reduce the brightness (at least the white part)

Not for me at least. You can try to either:
- add a transition tone between the yellow and pure white
- or change the full white to something yellow-ish
- or add some dithering if you don't want to add more color tones

I made some tests for you:

Just adding a transition tone between yellow and white

Changing the white to a bright yellow

And my favorite: changing the white to bright yellow only the big areas (frames 2 and 3), and keeping the white on the other 2 frames.
This makes the inner part of the sprite to "pulse" - its a common trick used a lot in game dev

You can even make the pulse more stronger just by resizing or moving the colors placement (another old trick)

Look at the first frame:
Before


After

Another question, which one is better :

B. The option A can really triggers seizure in some people, way more than the white part of the first effect.

 

[PS_VITA]

pretty much everything @O Ilusionista
said.

 

[Kratus]

Someone gave me feedback that this blast effect is too bright and hurt his eyes.

I'm with Ilu's 3rd option mainly in case this effect appears all the time, so the bright yellow is certainly more welcomed than the pure white in all frames, plus with a smoother transition.

Another question, which one is better :

Certainly B.

 

[Bloodbane]

Thank you for the feedbacks, I'm going to recolor my shots then