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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✨ 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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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