Free Pixel Art Spell & Projectile Effects
Spells and things that fly: a fireball and an ice shard that streak to the right, a crackling energy orb, a lightning strike, a churning poison cloud, a healing aura, a shield bubble, a swirling portal and a teleport beam.
Projectiles stay in place inside their frame — move the sprite in your game and let the animation supply the flicker and the trail. The orbs, auras and portal loop seamlessly.
9 animated assets at 16 and 32 px. Download the whole pack (.zip, 96 KB).
Fireball
A blazing ball flying right with a flickering trail and shed embers — move the sprite, the flames do the rest. 8 frames · 12 fps · loops.
Download: PNG 16 px · PNG 32 px · GIF
Ice shard
A spinning crystal spike flying right, leaving frost contrails and ice crystals in its wake. 8 frames · 12 fps · loops.
Download: PNG 16 px · PNG 32 px · GIF
Energy orb
A glowing ball of magenta plasma with lightning crackling inside and sparks flung off — a spell charge or a projectile. 8 frames · 12 fps · loops.
Download: PNG 16 px · PNG 32 px · GIF
Lightning strike
A forked bolt cracks down, strikes again, and leaves sparks bouncing off a scorched spot on the ground. 8 frames · 15 fps · plays once.
Download: PNG 16 px · PNG 32 px · GIF
Poison cloud
A hovering, churning cloud of toxic gas with wispy edges, peeling wisps and bubbles that rise and pop — for gas traps and poison spells. 8 frames · 8 fps · loops.
Download: PNG 16 px · PNG 32 px · GIF
Healing aura
Green rings and plus-shaped twinkles rising from a glowing circle — play it under a character being healed. 8 frames · 10 fps · loops.
Download: PNG 16 px · PNG 32 px · GIF
Shield bubble
A golden protective bubble with a shimmer running round its rim — see-through, so the character shows. 12 frames · 12 fps · loops.
Download: PNG 16 px · PNG 32 px · GIF
Portal
A violet vortex with spiral arms turning inward and sparks being pulled into its dark heart. 8 frames · 10 fps · loops.
Download: PNG 16 px · PNG 32 px · GIF
Teleport
A column of light slams down, holds, then squeezes into a thread and lifts away in sparks. 12 frames · 15 fps · plays once.
Download: PNG 16 px · PNG 32 px · GIF
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Free for any use (CC0)
Everything here is released under CC0 1.0: use the files in any project, commercial or not, change them and share them, without asking and without crediting anyone.
How they were made
Every asset is drawn pixel by pixel by code written for SpritePilot — not AI-generated, and not traced or adapted from anyone else's art.
Using them in your game
Each PNG is one row of square frames; explosion-32px_strip10.png is 10 frames of 32 × 32 pixels. Guides: Godot 4, Unity, Phaser. Preview any strip in the Sprite Player.