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Confetti particle effect in GameMaker
Since Ben was interested, here’s the confetti particle effect I used in Bunny Goes Boom. Nothing magical, just some colorful and wiggly rectangles. Here’s a sprite I used for this particular demo.
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/// Prepare The Confetti /// Test room is set to 60FPS // Create Particle System global.particles = part_system_create(); // Create Confetti Particle Type global.partTypeConfetti = part_type_create(); // Set random (randomizes image_index) to TRUE here part_type_sprite(global.partTypeConfetti, sprite_confetti, false, false, true); // Add some image_angle wiggle (45) part_type_orientation(global.partTypeConfetti, 0, 360, 0, 45, 0); // Depending on case of usage, add downwards gravity // Change values for wind or top-down camera part_type_gravity(global.partTypeConfetti, 0.3, 270); // Spread, spread it wide. Some direction wiggle doesn't hurt too. // Our rectangles are wiggly after all. part_type_direction(global.partTypeConfetti, 0, 360, 0, 30); // Movement speed and deceleration part_type_speed(global.partTypeConfetti, 5, 6, -0.3, 0); part_type_size(global.partTypeConfetti, 0.2, 0.3, 0, 0); part_type_life(global.partTypeConfetti, 30, 60); |
Here’s the final result. Added another almost … Continue reading