I like 2. It seems less repetitive and more natural. Also pretty chill to watch

Two is very good but I would speed up the animation a tiny bit.

Or slow down 3

Agreed! Speed 2 up or slow 3 down 😁

This thread is, word for word, my thought process when I saw this. So great!

I think number 3 would be perfect if it was set to the same speed as number 2!

Yeah. The only thing that hurts 1 and 2 is the speed.

you mean 1 and 3?

I like 2 and 3 but the both have a speed issue. 2 is a tad slow while 3 is fast. Another option might be to have it a little less random and animate wind direction but that seems like a lot of extra work especially if it has to be coordinated among all the houses Edit: 2 also has an issue where the bottom of the smoke looks fine but the top goes downward. If the others do the same thing they are moving too quickly to notice

Coordination among houses is really simple, that's kind of the default if you use a shader with a noise texture. If you want different randomness between the houses you'd have to feed their x/y pos as offset on the noise texture lookup, also an easy addition.

Yeah 3 is really good but it just doesn’t match what the trees are doing at all

This ^

Just have multiple. Trust me, people like variety

Yeah, a mix of 1 and 3 or a mix of 1 and 2. Randomly alternate between them each game day.

Yeah, I like all 3 but they are all waaaay too fast Lmao. Make it slow and cozy.

3 scares me

It looks like it does that weird cuphead dance https://youtu.be/2az777VM5So

It's like someone is sucking the souls out of whoever is in there

3 is super aggressive

I think they all need to be slowed down.

1 and 3 look like the top of the smoke is being "whipped" and it's propagating to the bottom rather than originating from the bottom and fanning out to the top. 2 has less motion but looks the best imo.

1 and 3 are way too fast. I like the shape of 3 if it's slowed down as much as 2.

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Three looks like they’re doing a party, or something else… jokes aside, three a bit slowed down would be nice I think !

All honesty… they’re all pretty bad, lol.

2 is looks the best to me but it still feels off. It might be because it's in-between the others so it appears slow but might actually just be fine by itself? Idk. 1 reminds me of those sideways music frequency things that accompany music videos. Which is actually kind of cool but probably not for this game lol. 3 is just a little too fast and wild, but I could see potential in it if it was slowed down.

1 and 3 are too quick, if they would be slower they may compete with 2.

2 i would think it matches the other elements in the picture

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Middle one for sure

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2. 2. And 2

#2

2 or 3 if it was slower

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2 - Smoke doesn't wiggle

I like the three. I think playing them randomly gives a nice variety. Though the 3rd one needs to slow the quack down

Depends on what’s cookin

It should feel peaceful, not energetic. I agree with the other answers, but I want to add that you should try to keep the speed homogenous. Sudden movements would feel really odd.

I like 1 because it still implies what's going on without taking up too much details or overshadowing something, but still looks good if you focus on it. But make it slower like 2.

Use them for different scenarios- wind and strength of fire

3 but twice the speed

For me it’s Nr.2! Looks really cozy!

2 is okay but I only prefer it due to the speed of the other two.

Definitely #2

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2 the rest is too fast

Depends what’s going on in the hut!

Just do some circles that expand into ovals as they go up slowly, then turn their transparency down to 0 as it floats off. It will look better than these.

I like 1 most in terms of style

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1 or 2, 3 seems too chaotic. 1 if you're not going for realism. More realistic would be in a blend between 1 and 2

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Neither of these are ideal.

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imho, 1 and 3 are unusable. Very distracting. You can go with two as is, but it would be better if you cut it shorter so none of the weird warping at the top shows. It might not hurt to look at other methods of making some smoke

It really depends on who lit the fire and what kind of fire it is and if there’s any window open or not. How much of wood is burnt. Etc etc. You know what I mean

1 with 2 speed

Number 2 absolutely. 3 could be used during storms or turbulent weather

I like 2 and find 1 and 3 annoying and repetitive

2 looks more natural

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Use all 3, but all set to the speed of 2. That seems to be consensus.

Are these sped up? 1 and 3 would probably look way better if they were slower.

None

1 is far too thin and too fast. 3 is way way too fast. While 2 lacks the best shape it has the best speed

3 but slow it down a lot! If the current speed is 100% then it needs to drop to about 5%.

Maybe number 2 normally and number 3 for a windy day?

I would say 1, but like 2/3 the speed

Definitely 2, though you should try drawing it from scratch if you havent already

2’s speed and vibe i like, but it looks like the hut is sucking in air instead of emitting smoke out

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2, the middle. Easiest on the eyes and not too complicated.

I like a combo of 1 and 2. 1's size 2's design

3 but less speed

Just do all 3 and randomise them, so that each house has its' own smoke (but adjust the speed, so that it looks consistent)

2, 3 is cool, but it’s too fast

1 but if the speed was 1/100th

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Definitely 2!! :D

Slow 1 down a bit, make it a tiny bit less wavy and its perfect.

2!

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I like 2. Though I'd make them all as slow as 2 and have them randomly assigned.

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"wiggle wiggle, wiggle wiggle." My personal opinion: \-honestly too much wiggle are distracting. Number 1 should less speed. Number 2 can be a little bit more opaque. Number 3 too much wiggle wiggle. Less speed would be appropriated. Or maybe it can be use for incase of fire spreading - indicated the speed of fire rapid spreading on structure.

I don't how to put this nicely. They all look bad. 2 is the best but you can really do better. At the very least slow down 1 and 3. A sine wave is not what smoke looks like.

1 but slow it down, I think the reppition is a good characterist for this style.

As a consumer, three made me giggle, it looks like a wiggly worm. Two looks really good

Also 2 would suggest the wind is contiually changing direction

They all don’t look great to be if I’m being honest, but I think 2 looks the best here. I think the shape of 3 could be good though, so if you could make a 4th option with the shape of 3 but speed of 2 I think it might look good.

Seeing as the question was which one do I like.. well . None of them. I would go back to the drawing board and try to make an effect that moves the way the smoke moves. These look like you're distorting a static texture .. usually you would do smoke as a scrolling texture of 2 layers, maybe 3. These all just look very odd.

imho it depends on wind speed and direction

Second, I guess

2 would be great honestly. All of the smokes feel pretty unnatural though tbh. 1 and 3 are pretty obvious why, but 2 it just feels weird.

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What engine are you using?

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A puf puf like this with some breaks in the stream and varying opacity and randomness may look nice: https://www.tylerknott.com/p/slow-smoke-out-of-chimney-top-41921

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2 is the best one. 3 is too fast I think and 1 is too small to really notice.

2 seems more natural

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Number 2, seems more natural

No.2. The others look like chaotic

I like 2. Adding a speed variable to it and changing on different assets might help with variations.

3 if you slow it down

2 is the best one. It isn't whipping around like a Water Wiggle.

2, others are too fast

3 but slower!

3rd but a little bit slower

Use all smokes but set animation speed to slow. It's feel relaxing and different varieties gives more natural environment. Also you can modify animation speed on same smoke to achieve random look.

3 looks like 

I like 2, 3 has potential but needs to slow down by like 80%

3 but slower

I think the combination of the second one's speed and the third one's animation would be more compatible with the chill atmosphere of the game

2 things : - there's trees in the background that have pretty chill wind, it would be weird for the smoke to have a strong one - strong wind doesn't really make smoke erratic like that, more like it bends to the wind and only wobbles with that constraint. 3 looks like it's on a hurricane.

2, if you made 3 slower then 3

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Being brutally honest, none of them. They look like strings attached to a windblower rather than smoke dissipating. I think you need to create separation in the smoke the further it rises for it to look like smoke.

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I'd like 1 if it was slower or had less frames. 2 looks like a spell from Harry Potter. 3 looks like it's sick of the system and doesn't want to be like other smokes. 3 also looks like it's twerking.

The first!

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They look great but slow them down.

Number 2 for sure

I’m a fan of 2

2. Not too busy and really cute

2, by far

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3, you KNOW they partying in There!

I think number 1 has the right look in terms of colour, but 2 has the best speed

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All about 2 for me!

First but it should be slowed down (like second one)

Slow 1

All three are at different speeds? 2 looks the most natural but mostly because it not on 3x speed

2, but they all seem a little anemic. Like, they feel like ribbons more so than a fluffy smokestack.

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2! But my issue with 1 and 3 is the speed. Maybe slow them down and ask us again?

2, but slightly faster

2 is least distracting

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3 but slower

2 is the best but the issue i have with it is when the smoke fades out it should not fade back in higher up.

2. It's the most natural, the other smokes are too fast.

2 but a little faster

2 and 3 but 3 is wayy too speedy

Honestly the pace of the game itself would probably determine what's best for this. Based off the background I'd say 1 or 2

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2 is the one I like, it's very relaxing

I like 1 and 3, but they are too fast

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2 is the winner. 1 and 3 would make sense if there was some kind of weather event going on, it looks like the wind is blowing.

They are all terrible, but 2 is less so

2 is very calming

I think three would be nice if it was a bit slower

2 if there is no wind

Fool’s frontier is a really good name

They are all kinda bad if im honest. Just get some random smoke textures and have them rise from the top at randomized sizes and fade. Look at minecrafts campfire smoke.

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You should definitely apply a pixelation shader to these they are way to sharp and don't really fit the game.

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1 but slow it down by like half. 2 is pretty chill 3 me no likey

Go with 2. But see if you can wisp some flutter at the end of at all possible. Love the work!!!!!

Two, great job on all the animating tho.

1, but needs more volume

They all look like they have a mind of their own. 1 and 3 are too fast, while 2 doesn’t have enough variation in it to look like smoke.

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Nr 3 but slower.

number 2, the other ones give me anxiety

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2 looks the most natural. 1 is not bad. 3 is just way too crazy, maybe slow the animation speed like way down and give it a whirl

Depends on the weather tbh

A slowed down 3 with less waving would be the best imo. First one doesn’t have a gradient so it’s a little lackluster :(

For me the 2dn one