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extra-effects

Extra customizable particle effects including electric sparks, fire explosions, toxic clouds, combinations of the above (electric clouds?!), or create a new effect from scratch!

start an effect with either of the create effect blocks in the Create section.
try replacing the effect data shadow block with the fire spark block from the Data section. Try using other word combinations!
for full customization, create an effect data object from scratch using the gigantc custom effect data block!

A sample project is available here: https://arcade.makecode.com/S25961-93672-24496-79526

to create infinite effects, set the effect duration to a negative number.
the two big settings for custom effect datas are the colors and sizes:
- Both colors and sizes are number arrays. Any number array can be used, although putting random numbers into the color array is usually not very helpful.
- If there’s already a good preset for color or size that you want to reuse, there are blocks to put those presets back into the custom effect data.
- Over the lifetime of each particle it would cycle through each of the colors and sizes in the array from start to finish.
The set/change blocks under the Advanced Data section can be used to tweak the preset effect data objects - just assign a preset object to a variable first.
set a negative extra vy to make particles float, or add gravity to give particles weight.
the wave radius setting usually requires extra vy or gravity to achieve its looks, but feel free to experiment!
if in doubt, try it out! You can always change it back.

This repository can be added as an extension in MakeCode.