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* [https://engineering.riotgames.com/news/elementalist-lux Elementalist Lux: 10 Skins in 30 Megabytes] by Riot Games Engineering explains how their League of Legends VFX system is optimized.
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* [https://engineering.riotgames.com/news/elementalist-lux Elementalist Lux: 10 Skins in 30 Megabytes] by Riot Games Engineering explains how the VFX system is optimized for League of Legends.
 
* [http://www.crytek.com/download/Crytek_Aug_2012_Siggraph_SH_VFX_for_Games_Particle_Effects_Workshop.zip VFX for Games - Particle Effects] (84MB zip) presentation delivered at SIGGRAPH 2012 by Crytek’s Sascha Herfort.
 
* [http://www.crytek.com/download/Crytek_Aug_2012_Siggraph_SH_VFX_for_Games_Particle_Effects_Workshop.zip VFX for Games - Particle Effects] (84MB zip) presentation delivered at SIGGRAPH 2012 by Crytek’s Sascha Herfort.
 
* [http://tech-artists.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?35-VFX-Artists VFX Artists subforum] on Tech-Artists.Org
 
* [http://tech-artists.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?35-VFX-Artists VFX Artists subforum] on Tech-Artists.Org

Revision as of 08:59, 19 January 2017

Special Effects artists use particles, decals, glows, blooms, etc. to create explosions, clouds, skies, water, etc.

Also called FX, SFX, Visual Effects, VFX and Real-Time VFX.

Special Effects in games can generally be broken down into 2 main tasks:

  1. Particles
  2. Shaders

Particle Systems in Game Engines

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