// rate at which particle grows (or shrinks)
particleGrowthRate = 0.20

// particle lifetime
particleLifetime = 1.6

// random additional lifetime
particleLifetimeVariance = .25

// particle size
particleSize = 0.70

// random additional size
particleSizeVariance = 0.5

// particle velocity
particleVelocity = 0

// random additional velocity
particleVelocityVariance = 0

// total number of particles that can exist at one time
maxParticles = 1

// time between particle creation
launchPeriod = 0.05

// delay before first particle launch
launchDelay = 0.4

// radius of particle creation area
launchRadius = 1

// rate at which particles slow
friction = 0.3

// total time during which new particles are created
lifetime = 0.8

// Sprite is selected randomly from this list on particle creation
spriteList = "x_explosion_07"
// rotate particles to random but fixed orientation
rotate = 1

// modifies the playback speed
speedModifier = 1.5

