Particle effects

Particle effects in games is a technique in which small sprites or other graphical objects are used to simulate a diffused effect, for example, rendering of the following effects by the particle system is very common:

• Fire

• Explosion

• Smoke

• Moving water

• Falling leaves

• Clouds

• Fog

• Snow

• Dust

• Meteors

• Stars

• Galaxies

• Trails

The entire behavior in particle effect is defined by the emitter node. A particle in Sprite Kit is similar to a SKSpriteNode object where it renders a textured or non-textured image that can be sized, colorized, or blended in the scene.

An example of different effects