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 [Sparsey]: https://github.com/LechintanTudor/sparsey
 [@LechintanTudor]: https://github.com/LechintanTudor
 
+### [Hanabi]
+
+![Glowing particles circling and raising up](hanabi.gif)
+_Hanabi effect entirely simulated on GPU thanks to the new Expression API of v0.7_
+
+The [Hanabi] library ([GitHub][hanabi-github], [docs.rs][hanabi-docs]) is a
+modern VFX library for the [Bevy game engine][bevy]. It focuses on scale to produce
+stunning visual effects (VFX) in real time, offloading most of the work to
+the GPU (compute shaders), with minimal CPU intervention. The design is inspired
+by modern particle systems found in other industry-leading game engines.
+
+This month, [Hanabi] saw its biggest release so far.
+Version 0.7 of Hanabi not only brings support for Bevy 0.11,
+but also adds a whole new Expression API
+to provide a new level of customizing for VFX authors.
+With expressions, developers can combine simple building blocks
+like simulation parameters (`time`, `delta_time`),
+effect properties (user-defined variables controlled from CPU),
+and math operators (`add`, `mul`, `cos`, ...),
+to directly modify each attribute of a particle (position, velocity, ...)
+and form complex behaviors with complete control.
+The expression API complements and extends the existing `Modifier`-based workflow
+to achieve even more complex effects.
+
+This release also marks a major stepping stone
+toward the ability to build a visual editor (node graph)
+to build and tweak visual effects in real time.
+
+Other changes include the ability to set a screen-space size for particles,
+and a new `KillSphereModifier` to confine particles
+to the inside or the outside of a sphere.
+See the [CHANGELOG][hanabi-changelog] for all details.
+
+[Hanabi]: https://crates.io/crates/bevy_hanabi
+[hanabi-github]: https://github.com/djeedai/bevy_hanabi
+[hanabi-docs]: https://github.com/djeedai/bevy_hanabi
+[bevy]: https://bevyengine.org
+[hanabi-changelog]: https://github.com/djeedai/bevy_hanabi/blob/v0.7.0/CHANGELOG.md
+
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