How do I create a background effect?

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How do I create a background effect?

What would you name the effect applied to the background in the Battle of Giygas the Bound, as well as the battles in Mother 3? This is what I am talking about.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcaErqaoWek

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubVnmeTRqhg

Now does anyone know how I can get around this without using animated images or using openGL?

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c ++ shader

William May 16 '10 at 9:17

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it's just a textured square with sin

and cos

applied to the texture coordinates

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Gregory Pakosz May 16 '10 at 9:24

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Nick dandoulakis · Accepted Answer · 2010-05-16T09:58:37+0000

They are also called demo effects . They are used in demoscene events besides games.

Browse this collection of effects .

How do I create a background effect?

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