Easy Windy Leaves is a Geometry Nodes setup that generates and animates floating particles within a defined volume. The effect is entirely procedural rather than simulated, allowing for fast performance in the viewport and renders without requiring physics calculations or baking.
Users control the volume of the effect by adjusting a bounding box in Edit Mode, which the particles will automatically fill. While designed for blowing leaves, the system can be adapted for other ambient particle effects like falling snow, floating dust motes, rising embers, or flying insects by replacing the instanced objects. All controls for the effect are exposed in the modifier properties panel. Due to its procedural nature, the generated particles do not interact with or collide with other geometry in the scene.