Falling leaves effect

[Otukuoi]

My first level for my fangame so far is an autumn level, so I'm trying to add a effect where leaves fall downwards all over the screen. I want to make it more realistic so it'd involve parallax. Would I do this the same way I do backgrounds, just with a different depth? Would there be any way to do this without the framework's backgrounds messing up?

[TrianglyRU]

Create a new object for your leaf and spawn a bunch of them off-camera in intervals with some initial speed set

Step:

x += your_horizontal_speed
y += your_positive_vertical_speed

Then draw them with an offset to make them appear closer to the camera than the foreground

Draw:

var offset_x = camera_get_x(view_current) * 0.5
var offset_y = camera_get_y(view_current) * 0.25

draw_sprite(sprite_index, image_index, x - offset_x, y - offset_y);

Adjust the offset multiplier until you get the effect you want. The higher the multiplier, the faster leaves will scroll. You don't need to use the background parallax system for this (you wouldn't anyway)