Side Project [1] - Scriptable Particles

[gm3dgames]

Very nice indeed :)

[hebronsawyers]

@gm3dgames Thanks!

[hebronsawyers]

@PrelimseStudios Thanks!

Um, a random RnB song from Youtube's AudioSwap feature :P

[xAustechx]

Cool particles dude. :D

[hebronsawyers]

@xAustechx ty =)

[crazymanny00]

hebz, you got it

[hebronsawyers]

@crazymanny00 Learned from the best :P

[WSPSNIPER2]

great!

[dandymcgee]

The snow effect was awesome.

[ThrashYourStrings]

Finally, it's working ;) Making it scriptable is a great plus for efficient effect design. I hardcoded several particle effects for my thesis, so I know the downsides and would not do it again ;)

[hebronsawyers]

@ThrashYourStrings Thanks!

Ye hardcoding these things can be annoying :P

[keithgarry]

@ThrashYourStrings

what's so bad about hardcoding particle effects?

[ThrashYourStrings]

@keithgarry It's "bad" because you normally want to show many different applications of your particle system. If you have to change code to achieve these variations it costs a lot of time and is not a cool way of presenting it to other people ;) And it's also a pain to code it without seeing it which leads to more edit & compile cycles.

[HythlothCoder]

I don't know why, I find particle systems so interesting! I think I like them because, from a few simple rules, you can achieve some neat graphical effects.

[hebronsawyers]

@HythlothCoder Amen, bro!

[davidthefat]

You gonna major in Computer Science in college? You gonna stay in the UK or get education in the states?

[hebronsawyers]

@davidthefat Ye personally Comp Sci and I'll prolly stick around in the UK :)