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Published inNov 2023
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Shaun Ferns
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Shaun is a lecturer at Technological University Dublin. He is currently teaching on the BA (Hons) in Creative Digital Media where he is lead in the delivery of the Multimedia Stream. He is currently exploring serious games for construction-related training as well as the opportunities transmedia provides in improving user experience and engagement in cultural archive artifacts. His educational research is currently driven by his interest in self-determined learning (heutagogy), rhizomatic learning theory, micro-credentialing /digital badging, and curriculum development.
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Sinéad Murphy
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Sinead Murphy is currently Data Analytics Manager for the Irish NGO Trocaire. She has over 25 years of computing experience, including freelance IT training and database consulting, university lecturing in mathematics, IT skills and programming at TU Dublin (Ireland) and Middlesex University (London). She is a published academic, with undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in mathematics, computing and data science. She is passionate about the use of IT for understanding and visualising data, and using that understanding to make meaningful differences in the world. She is currently exploring the use of Python and Unity for data analytics and interactive visualisations.
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Exploring Unity’s Particle Pack and reusing samples for your own games

Unity has published a great demonstration of Particle System effects as a package in the Asset Store. While it’s fine to explore the samples, by looking at the GameObjects in the scene and the asset files in the Project window, we can exploit these free resources and adapt them for our own projects.

In this recipe, we’ll explore the sample scene and create two versions of a new scene. One will give the effect of fire on the ground, while the second will look like a flaming torch attached to a concrete wall. In both cases, we’ll make use of fire Prefabs from the Unity examples.

Figure 15.2: Part of the Unity Particle System demo scene

How to do it...

To reuse Unity particle examples for your own games, follow these steps:

  1. Start a new Unity 3D project and ensure you are logged in to your Unity account in the Unity Editor.
  2. Open the Unity Asset Store...
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Shaun Ferns

Shaun is a lecturer at Technological University Dublin. He is currently teaching on the BA (Hons) in Creative Digital Media where he is lead in the delivery of the Multimedia Stream. He is currently exploring serious games for construction-related training as well as the opportunities transmedia provides in improving user experience and engagement in cultural archive artifacts. His educational research is currently driven by his interest in self-determined learning (heutagogy), rhizomatic learning theory, micro-credentialing /digital badging, and curriculum development.
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Sinéad Murphy

Sinead Murphy is currently Data Analytics Manager for the Irish NGO Trocaire. She has over 25 years of computing experience, including freelance IT training and database consulting, university lecturing in mathematics, IT skills and programming at TU Dublin (Ireland) and Middlesex University (London). She is a published academic, with undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in mathematics, computing and data science. She is passionate about the use of IT for understanding and visualising data, and using that understanding to make meaningful differences in the world. She is currently exploring the use of Python and Unity for data analytics and interactive visualisations.
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