Witch Hat with Turning Gears and Circling Ghosts | VRChat

A felt witch hat with a soft, bent tip. Five brass gears on the band turn slowly, meshed together and in alternating directions.

Two small ghosts float around the hat (one lap every 6 seconds). Everything moves with custom shaders: no PhysBones, particles or constraints.

The black and brass version also suits gothic or steampunk outfits after Halloween.

Features

• Two ghosts circle the hat: they bob up and down and their hems ripple. Hollow eyes and mouth, slightly see-through white bodies (built so they do not swap draw order with semi-transparent hair)
• Five meshed gears on the band (12, 8, 14, 8 and 10 trapezoid teeth, chamfered, with slotted screws). Gear Spin OFF stops them smoothly; ON continues from the same angle
• Perk Up button: the tip stands straight up, then slowly flops back down (about 2 seconds)
• The gem glows to music: in AudioLink worlds it lights up with the bass; elsewhere it slowly fades in and out
• 4 felt colors from the menu: Black, Purple, Pumpkin Orange, White (the band and metal parts stay the same)
• Size dial: 0.85-1.15x (the opening grows too, which helps when hair pokes through)
• Details: fuzzy felt, brim edge tape with stitching, crown seams, creases and an inner shadow at the bend, grosgrain ribbon, a faceted gem in a bezel setting with prongs
• The tip sways a little in the wind without PhysBones (it uses none of your PhysBone budget and does not collide with other jiggle parts)
• 2 colors: Black x brass (amethyst) / Purple x silver (pumpkin-orange topaz)
• No external shaders needed (4 custom shaders included; no lilToon required)
• Modular Avatar ready: put it under your avatar and fit it to the head

Menu (English menu prefab)

• Witch Hat > Show: hat on/off
• Witch Hat > Ghost: ghosts circling the hat on/off
• Witch Hat > Gear Spin: the gears on the band turn (OFF stops them smoothly; ON continues from there)
• Witch Hat > Perk Up: each press makes the tip stand up and then slowly flop down
• Witch Hat > Felt Color: Black / Purple / Pumpkin Orange / White (the purple version starts with Purple)
• Witch Hat > Size: dial, 0.85-1.15x (hat, band, gem and ghosts change together)

What's included

• Prefabs x 2 colors (hat, band and gears, gem, ghosts)
• FBX, textures, materials, 4 custom shaders (felt, band and gears, gem, ghosts), animations
• English-menu prefabs (_EN) next to the Japanese-menu prefabs. Use one or the other on an avatar, not both.
• Instruction manual and Terms of Use in English and Japanese

Specs

• Triangles: about 8,100 (8,142 in the Unity test)
• Materials: 4 (felt, band and gears, gem, ghosts)
• PhysBones: 0 / Particle Systems: 0 / Constraints: 0
• Synced parameters: 20 bits (Show, Ghost, Gear Spin, Perk Up, Felt Color, Size)
• No extra skinned mesh

Requirements

• Unity 2022.3.22f1 (an avatar project made with VRChat Creator Companion)
• VRChat SDK (Avatars) 3.10 or later
• Modular Avatar 1.18 or later
• lilToon is not needed (custom shaders included)

Please note

• PC only. Not supported on Quest / Android.
• The gem reacts to music only in worlds that support AudioLink. In other worlds it slowly fades in and out.
• The height cannot be changed from the menu. Set the Position Y of "..._Model" in the Scene (the size can be changed from the menu).
• If a viewer's Safety settings turn off shaders, the hat is shown in one color with a straight tip, and the gears and ghosts do not move.
• In the Unity editor the ghosts, gears and tip do not move (they move inside VRChat).
• There is no lace or frill. This is a hat with moving gimmicks.

Terms of use

• You may upload it to VRChat and similar services on your own avatars, edit it, and use it in streams, videos and photos (commercial or not).
• You may not redistribute, resell or share the data (edited or not), or use it to train AI.
• Full text: Terms_of_Use.txt in the download.

Also on BOOTH

This item is also sold on BOOTH, the Japanese marketplace: https://karakuri-komono.booth.pm/items/8940952

How this was made (AI-Assisted)

The 3D shapes, materials, shaders and texts of this item were made with scripts written with AI assistance. A person checked how it looks and moves in Unity before release.