--- key: mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-blood-splatters type: mechanic id: game-mechanics--gm-blood-splatters lang: en title: Blood splatters summary: >- A short burst of particles shows the location and timing of a hit. It fades quickly so the rest of the fight remains readable. updatedAt: '2026-10-22' status: active url: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-blood-splatters/ jsonUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/api/v1/knowledge/en/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-blood-splatters.json markdownUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/content/knowledge/en/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-blood-splatters.md aliases: [] tags: - Game design techniques - Visual feedback - Gunplay - Blood - Satisfying sourceIds: - source-4963a076d7675e95 - source-bd00fa74524a5c1b - source-e0ae2c1fe59c2a83 sources: - id: source-4963a076d7675e95 title: 'Game Mechanics: Blood splatters' url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/blood-splatters' verifiedAt: null - id: source-bd00fa74524a5c1b title: Max Payne 3 (2012) url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/blood-splatters/game/max-payne-3' verifiedAt: null - id: source-e0ae2c1fe59c2a83 title: The Last of Us Part II (2020) url: >- https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/blood-splatters/game/the-last-of-us-part-ii verifiedAt: null relations: [] placements: - catalogId: game-mechanics id: gm-blood-splatters title: Game design techniques url: 'https://gamemechanics.pro/en/mechanics/game-mechanics/#gm-blood-splatters' categoryIds: - gm-category-gunplay - gm-category-blood - gm-category-satisfying - gm-category-visual-feedback supersededBy: [] attributes: preview: updatedAt: '2026-10-22' title: Blood splatters description: >- A short burst of particles shows the location and timing of a hit. It fades quickly so the rest of the fight remains readable. image: src: images/mechanics/interaction-blood-splatters.webp width: 498 height: 264 game: Max Payne 3 sourceUrl: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/blood-splatters' originalUrl: 'https://cdn.gamemechanics.org/webm/max_payne_3_blood.webm' sourceFrameSeconds: 11.58 credit: Rockstar Games; frame from clip via GameMechanics.org rights: >- Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Source host: GameMechanics.org. Visible source watermarks preserved. All rights reserved; excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0. caption: A brief particle burst from a shot alt: Red hit particles appear around a struck enemy in Max Payne 3. markers: - x: 56 'y': 54 label: Particles at the hit location - x: 43 'y': 65 label: The struck target tips: - >- Scale the effect by impact strength while preserving the target silhouette. - Provide an option to adjust blood-effect intensity. examples: - title: Max Payne 3 url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/blood-splatters' endsAt: null provenance: >- Editorial reference index based on the 199 public Game Mechanics pattern pages checked on 2026-10-20. Original concise RU/EN definitions by gamemechanics.pro; pattern names, category associations and game-reference URLs retained from gamemechanics.org. The source gallery includes a film analogy. Linked materials retain their original rights; references are upstream attributions, not independent verification. license: CC-BY-4.0 codeLicense: MIT attribution: gamemechanics.pro contributors catalogKey: catalog/game-mechanics --- # Blood splatters id: game-mechanics--gm-blood-splatters type: mechanic key: mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-blood-splatters lang: en status: active url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-blood-splatters/ A short burst of particles shows the location and timing of a hit. It fades quickly so the rest of the fight remains readable. ## At a glance ![Red hit particles appear around a struck enemy in Max Payne 3.](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/interaction-blood-splatters.webp) [Max Payne 3](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/blood-splatters) · Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Source host: GameMechanics.org. Visible source watermarks preserved. All rights reserved; excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0. [Source recording](https://cdn.gamemechanics.org/webm/max_payne_3_blood.webm), 11.58 s 1. Particles at the hit location 2. The struck target - Scale the effect by impact strength while preserving the target silhouette. - Provide an option to adjust blood-effect intensity. - [Max Payne 3](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/blood-splatters) ## How it works A brief particle spray indicates a hit location. ## Variants ### How the technique works - A brief particle spray indicates a hit location. ## Context and limits All 199 Game Mechanics entries at the check date: player actions, systems, presentation techniques and contested patterns. Entries are grouped by their first source-card category; all categories appear in their descriptions. Definitions use original wording. References link to game-specific galleries; images and videos remain at the source. ## Connected materials ## Sources and provenance Editorial reference index based on the 199 public Game Mechanics pattern pages checked on 2026-10-20. Original concise RU/EN definitions by gamemechanics.pro; pattern names, category associations and game-reference URLs retained from gamemechanics.org. The source gallery includes a film analogy. Linked materials retain their original rights; references are upstream attributions, not independent verification. - [Game Mechanics: Blood splatters](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/blood-splatters) (id: source-4963a076d7675e95) - [Max Payne 3 (2012)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/blood-splatters/game/max-payne-3) (id: source-bd00fa74524a5c1b) - [The Last of Us Part II (2020)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/blood-splatters/game/the-last-of-us-part-ii) (id: source-e0ae2c1fe59c2a83) CC-BY-4.0 · gamemechanics.pro contributors