# Ep8. Particle Effects (Butterfly Animation) – Minecraft Plugin Development

Source: https://mineacademy.org/tutorial-8
Published: 2023-07-05 · Updated: 2023-07-08

[Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSvGeu3uHHc)

Welcome to Episode Eight of our Minecraft plugin development series.

[Click here to see the previous, seventh episode](https://mineacademy.org/tutorial-7) where I show you how to use timers and runnables to schedule tasks when making Minecraft plugins. Please check that episode first before watching this one!

**In this episode, we’re going to cover:**

- **Wings and butterfly effect** — How to use Bukkit runnable tasks to allow players turn on/off a beautiful butterfly wings animation behind their backs and rotate it as they move.

**Source Codes:**

- [CowCannon plugin (continuously updated)](https://github.com/kangarko/CowCannon)

**Links:**

- [NMS Advanced](https://mineacademy.org/nms-advanced?st=blog&sc=free_series_8) — A full class on creating particles, animations and using NMS in Minecraft plugins (includes a full Java training).

**Watch the video above to learn how to do it!**