How to make VFX in Godot
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Learn how to make awesome visual effects using particles in this Godot tutorial.
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🖌️ Get the Assets: https://brackeysgames.itch.io/brackeys-vfx-bundle
✨ Brackeys' Particle Controls: https://github.com/Brackeys/brackeys-particle-controls
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🕹️ Project files: https://github.com/Brackeys/vfx-in-godot
● Picster's video on 2D effects: https://youtu.be/DPDPI5zDeoM?si=WLEkjmATqiR0unV9
● The Shaggy Dev's guide on screen-shake: https://shaggydev.com/2022/02/23/screen-shake-godot/
● Onetupthree's videos on advanced VFX: https://www.youtube.com/@onetupthree/videos
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Special thanks to Raffaele Picca (Picster) - https://www.youtube.com/c/picster for his help in researching this video.
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🎵 Swing Haven 6 - New Orleans, Reed Mathis (YouTube Audio Library)
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Intro
2:30 Layers
4:47 How to Particle System
7:12 The Good Stuff
10:08 3D Explosions
13:26 Smoke
16:07 Particle Controls Plugin
17:26 Sparks, Shockwave and Debris
21:26 AnimationPlayer
23:09 Magic Effects (Billboarding)
24:34 Blend Modes and Rotation Tip
26:01 Lighting and More Magic
28:34 Animated Particles (Flipbooks)
29:57 Z-fighting
30:56 Fire and Premultiplied Alpha
33:12 Scripting
35:21 Audio
36:09 Clouds
37:38 Rain
39:27 Sub-emitters
40:50 Outro
