I create this stylised spell effect in Niagara for Magico, I created a pipeline for it, so that I could change colour and style quicly to create different spells variation.
The spells have been elaborated to work well in VR and be shot from the player hands.
demonstrating here through an animation.
I've used fluidNinja tools for texture creation.
genereal spell rappresentation
speed test to see how trail react to movimete