So this is just essentially a prefab? I'm actually really interested in doing something like this. A similar solution was suggested to me though, I don't really have a background in scripting/coding. Are there any tutorials that speak directly to this kinda of solution? Thanks for the replies. Awesome feedback!
I haven't played with it extensively, but from what I remember the last time I tried to do that, if you used any custom meshes as your particles, the ParticleSystem would stop billboarding regardless of what your settings were. I'd be keen to hear if there are ways to get around that. I imagine you could script the…