Unity features a robust Particle System where you can simulate moving liquids, smoke, clouds, flames, magic spells, and a whole slew of other effects. In this tutorial, you'll get a high level overview of the Particle System and its features, so that you can start getting ideas for your own projects.

The Shape module defines the surface from which particles are emitted and can drastically change the appearance of your particle effect. All the shapes have properties that define their dimensions, except for Mesh, which will follow the details of the mesh you select. In this tutorial, we’ll explore the options in the Shape module.

Adding a light to a Particle System illuminates the environment and objects around the particles and makes the effect more impactful. In this tutorial, you will create a firefly effect that uses a light to illuminate the environment.

Adding a light to a Particle System illuminates the environment and objects around the particles and makes the effect more impactful. In this tutorial, you will create a firefly effect that uses a light to illuminate the environment.

In the Particle System, you can use the Texture Sheet Animation module to select images for the Particle System to use in an animated effect. In this workflow, we’ll set up a Texture Sheet animation to randomly spawn different star images on the particles in a single emitter.

In this project, you will learn how to make fire, smoke, snow, and rain using Unity’s Particle System.

Optimization is a broad topic and how you optimize depends heavily on your specific project. This tutorial should be read as an introduction to optimization tips and suggestions rather than a step-by-step guide that guarantees optimized particle effects for your mobile projects. The process of optimizing particle effects for mobile devices can change depending on the project and can be a complicated task. In this tutorial, we will talk about common pitfalls and optimization considerations that will help you begin the process of optimizing your particle effects for mobile applications.

Starting with Unity 2018 LTS, meshes can spawn particles in a predictable order, dictated by the order of the vertices/faces. In this tutorial, we’ll emit particles from the surface of a plane, which has a simple ordered mesh.

With Unity’s Visual Effect Graph, you can choose where particles spawn using predefined volumes and shapes. In this tutorial, using a simple fireworks display, we’ll explore what a position block is and how it can be used to initialize particles. This tutorial also covers sequential spawning blocks and how you can use them to extend basic particle spawning.

When working with Unity’s Particle System, you are able to produce a wide range of visual special effects. You are able to create and configure visually dynamic and compelling effects such as fire, fog, and explosions, or smoke, sparks, and more. The Particle System effect involves particles, or sprites, to exhibit emissive properties as they appear to spray or drift from a source. Their behaviors are configured to spawn (appear), and repeat (or cycle) throughout a set interval. Additionally, they can be configured to dynamically change throughout the designated period of their lifetime. Learning how to use the Particle System will open up unique possibilities, as well as improve the quality of visual effects within your Scene.