Particle burst

A quick spray of sparks, dust, coins or smoke. Every particle gets its own speed, life and spin, slows down in the air and falls with gravity, and a burst is always well filled.

When you need it

For hits, explosions, pickups, footsteps, sparks and landings. Small effects like these do a lot for how good a game feels.

Say this to your AI

Use the particle burst from Spielerando so a shower of sparks flies up when my sword hits the shield, and falls back down.

Or skip this and connect the MCP: your AI then finds all of this by itself.Connect the MCP

Settings

• count (24): How many particles a burst has.
• minSpeed (60): The slowest start speed.
• maxSpeed (180): The fastest start speed. A wide gap between the two looks more natural.
• minLife (0.4): The shortest life in seconds.
• maxLife (0.9): The longest life in seconds.
• direction (0): Where the burst points, in degrees. 0 is right, 90 is down on a screen.
• spread (360): How wide the burst is, in degrees. 360 goes all round, 40 is a narrow jet.
• gravity (200): The pull downward. Use 0 for smoke or magic, and a negative value for things that rise.
• drag (2): How strongly the air slows particles. Higher makes them burst out and hang.
• startSize (6): Their size at birth.
• endSize (0): Their size at the end of their life.

Your AI gets the code

The finished code and math come through the Spielerando connection, so your AI can use them right away. Connect your AI

Common questions