Squash & stretch
Stretch things when they move fast, squash them when they hit. Keep the volume the same: wider means shorter.
Juice Lab
Make your game feel amazing
Game feel, or "juice", is the small stuff that makes a hit punch, a chest pop and a jump feel great. Pick a recipe, switch the steps on one by one, and watch a boring moment turn juicy. Every step comes with how it works and a few lines of code.
Recipes
How to make it juicy
Each recipe starts plain. Switch the steps on in order and feel the difference. Slow motion shows exactly what happens frame by frame.
Recipe
Tip: screen shake and flashes can make some players sick. Always add a setting to turn them down or off.
Our videos
Watch it step by step
Short videos from the CozyRings team: animations, effects and game-feel tricks, one at a time. Pick a category or browse them all.
Animation basics
Six rules that make anything move better
These come from classic cartoon animation and work the same in a pixel game, a 3D game or a menu button.
Anticipation
Before a big move, go a little the other way. A crouch before a jump tells the player what is coming.
Follow-through
Loose parts (hair, capes, ears, antennas) keep moving after the body stops, then settle.
Easing
Nothing in real life starts or stops instantly. Ease out for things that arrive, overshoot for things that feel playful.
Timing
Fewer frames feel snappy, more frames feel heavy or floaty. Hold the key poses a little longer than you think.
Exaggeration
Push it further than real life. In a small game sprite, a subtle move is an invisible move.
Easing playground
Feel the curve
Pick a curve and a speed. The graph shows how far the object is at each moment, and the code is ready to copy.
Learn more
Watch the classics
Two famous talks show a plain game turning juicy, step by step. Our Dev Campfire has them, with more tips about game feel.