Time for action – using Particle Designer
Predefined particle systems that come with Cocos2D are a good way to start, but in many cases, you will want to create a custom particle system and tweak all the properties. This way you will have to build and run the game after each change to test the particle system. This is not very efficient.
There are a few tools that can help you to design a particle system and Particle Designer 2 is definitely one of the best. Let's use it to add a sun to our game scene:
First of all, you need to download and install Particle Designer. Visit http://71squared.com/en/particledesigner to download and then install it.
Open the Particle Designer app and immediately press the cloud button in the top-right corner as shown in the following screenshot:
The cloud button
This will open the gallery with the shared particle systems (particle systems created by other users and shared with you).
We are going to use one. Search for the Red Sun, click on it and you should immediately...
