Burning Text Effect

This effect was created for the horror stealth game Flicker of Hope (formerly WICK).

We needed a means to display tutorialization text that fit our aesthetics and theme. The initial version had been using books placed in the environment, but this came of as too "story book" for the atmosphere of the game, so the decision was made to pivot to a burning look.

The text burns in and out of view, which is achieved using material parameters. In this case, I designed the material to be as customizable as possible to give the level designers room to play and match their scene as they wanted. All of the colors, fonts, and the mask for how the text burns down is able to be changed dynamically for maximum flexibility.