Bloom Effect

[amiantos]

It would be cool if a bloom effect could be added to living cells. If you use the "Noun Project" preset and squint from a distance it looks a bit like the effect in LIMBO, looks really cool. I tried a quick implementation using an SKEffectNode but handling all the fading and animations seems trickier than expected.

[amiantos]

I assume path of least resistance on this is to create a "bloom" PNG with transparency that can be colored along with the cell, versus trying to actually generate a real-time bloom effect with SKEffectNode for no apparent reason. The insight that comes with 6+ years of development 😆