custom particle sprite generator

alot of people ask how to make particles from sprites, here's one example

you can add conditions and such to control the spray speed etc

play around with it and exchange bullet behavior for physics if you're feeling crazy:

particle example

please ask questions if you're curious if something slightly different is possible

and let me know if your system has trouble running this, so I can tone it down

Thank you

Nice example 'custom behavior' would be quite handy for particles as well, and this gives you far more control than using the particle object.

I use this method too. Another trick you can do is have each frame of the sprite animation be a different particle with play speed at 0. You can randomize the particles or have a variable that tells the emitter what type of particle you want to spew out.