Special effect question: Heartbeat

[Xenovent]

I apologize in advance if this has already been addressed...I tried doing several searches but I couldn't come across what I was looking for. I also have a great reputation for being unable to find things right in front of my nose.

I'm looking to do an effect much like the one in "Katawa Shoujo", or also done plenty in "Fate Stay/Night", namely a "heartbeat effect," a quick reddening of the periphery of the screen, possibly with a little bit of zoom to emphasize the main character's level of duress or the intensity of the situation.

Any suggestions? And thanks in advance for any help you can give!

[JinzouTamashii]

I'd like to know this too. But I know the visual part would involve a gradient transparent in the center and red at the edges and saved as a PNG.

But it's the code that would make it rhythmic is what I don't know. In fact, I would like a code like that for a shake effect every two seconds or so. Not after every few lines of dialogue but regularly.

[Xenovent]

Thanks for your help!

I was able to get a basic effect by creating the gradient image, "heartbeat.png", and then just using

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int:
heartbeat = "heartbeat.png"

start: 
show heartbeat
play sound "se028.wav"
hide heartbeat with dissolve

The sound is a second long, which seems to fit perfectly into the natural transition of the .png

Good question about how to make that repetitive though...

[JinzouTamashii]

I was more interested in the random shake/zoom effect on the BG, actually...

[Alex]

I think, you can try <Animation> (to show several images in loop) and <play music> to loop your sound effect. Something like

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init:
    $ heartbeat = Animation("heart1.png", 0.2, "heart1.png", 0.2, "heart1.png", 0.2, Null(), 0.4)

label start:
    show expression heartbeat
    play music "se028.wav"
    "... ..."
    stop music
    hide heartbeat

http://www.renpy.org/wiki/renpy/doc/ref ... /Animation
http://www.renpy.org/wiki/renpy/doc/reference/Audio

[JinzouTamashii]

show expression?

Is that 6.1?