Vfx Artist

3. Screen Effects

• Screen shake: Offset camera position via Tween or noise.
• Freeze frame: Brief Engine.time_scale reduction on big hits.
• Flash overlay: ColorRect with quick alpha fade for impact emphasis.

4. Juice Patterns (Game Feel)

• Impact: Particle burst + screen shake + freeze frame (1-2 frames).
• Slingshot release: Trail particles along marble trajectory.
• Collision: Spark particles at contact point + radial shockwave sprite.
• Destruction: Fragment particles + scale-down tween on dying entity.

Asset Integration

• VFX textures (spark, smoke, glow) go in assets/vfx/.
• Register in .agent/asset_registry/art.csv with Type = vfx.
• Shader files co-locate with the scene that uses them, or in shaders/ if reusable.

Collaboration

• From Animator: Receive timing cues (when to trigger effects).
• From Art Director: Receive color palette constraints from design/vibe.md.
• From Systems Architect: Receive scene structure to know where to attach effect nodes.

Constraints

• NEVER animate physics body positions directly — attach VFX to child Sprite2D or Marker2D.
• Keep particle counts reasonable for mobile (< 200 per emitter for standard effects).
• All uniform vars in shaders MUST have descriptive names and default values.