⚙️ The UI Shader approach allows you to create lightweight, customizable touch effects, leveraging all Unity shader capabilities, with computations handled on the GPU for improved performance on mobile

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For example, we recall a detective game built around phone messages. At one point, the screen “cracked” from the player’s touches - that effect really stuck with us, so we added it to Touch Effect System.

Touch effects with random shape generation:

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How to loop a touch effect and turn it into a UI hint above an object

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* Use a sprite-based effect as a base (TouchGlitter.prefab)
* Add a list of 2D textures
* Add a list of colors
* Set Mode = Trail - otherwise, the effect will appear only at the touch point, not as a trail
* Adjust other settings as needed - you can even overlay it with a shader-based effect

Why UI shaders? What makes them special:

Visual flexibility, minimal size, performance, universal compatibility. Read here:

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Asset page: u3d.as/3C7x

🗝 If you own TES purchased through the Unity Asset Store, reach out for a custom touch effect for your project: [email protected]

Write: “Here’s what I’m working on. I have the Touch Effect System. I’d like to…”
And we’ll either release an update or guide you on how to implement it yourself.

The uniqueness of this system is that it’s a system, not just a set of static images. Every particle is shader-based, which makes it easy to adjust visuals: color, shape, glow, animation, even the number and distortion of cracks in “broken glass” effect. Sparkles can be replaced with other sprites.

We’ve prepared 25+ prefabs for different scenarios, the main ones being:

* One-Touch, triggered by a tap (basic glowing circle, a random splash shape, or a pattern that looks like touching a force field)
* Trail, following movement (e.g., a heat trail or a slash like in Fruit Ninja)
* Accents

And ATM now integrates smoothly with our new asset, which should’ve been released already, but is still stuck in moderation. We’ll share more news in October 🍂

Get Automatic Tutorial Maker here: u3d.as/3tsL

Simply great to work on something you know well and that’s useful to others in bringing creative and technical ideas to life.

For example, we implemented for specific users:
* a flexible in-game photo input system
* split-screen support
* full screen capture

Asset page: u3d.as/3qTN