Visual Effects and Animations - Learn SpriteBuilder for iOS Game Development - page 423

The results will look something like in Figure 12-8 . A darker, scarier, and pixellated ver-
sion of the background.
To create this effect, select the CCEffectNode in the Timeline and switch to the Item Prop-
erties tab.
You'll notice the CCEffectNode section at the bottom of the Item Properties tab shown in
Figure 12-8 . With the [+] button, you will open a context menu from which you can
choose one effect to add to the list. At the time of this writing, there are a total of 10 ef-
fects, as seen in Figure 12-9 .
Figure 12-9 . Adding an effect
To create the effect seen in Figure 12-8 , add Pixellate , Hue , Brightness , and Saturation ef-
fects. The order in which you add these effects doesn't matter, although it may make a dif-
ference for other effect combinations.
The Pixellate effect should have a value of 5 , Hue a value of -64, Brightness a value of
-0.2, and Saturation a value of -0.4. Feel free to alter the values as you see fit. You can
also add additional effects if you want.
Note In the SpriteBuilder version I used, you can add the same effect multiple
times. This does not make sense for most effects. For instance, using Pixellate
multiple times will make a difference only if each effect uses a different pixella-
tion value (say: 3, 5, and 8), and the result will look barely any different from
using a single Pixellate effect with a value of 8 in this example.