LED effects including an impressive firetorch effect with an ESP8266 and WS2812B
This project combines
https://www.tweaking4all.com/forums/topic/all-effects-esp8266-with-web-interface/#post-12058
,
mrks's wonderful arduino driven "Fackelmob"
http://mrks.de/project/Elektrischer_Fackelmob/22,
adapted for using with the ESP8266, and finally
StefanPetricks "FunkyClouds Compendium"
https://github.com/StefanPetrick/FunkyClouds.
You only need an ESP8266 based mcu, like an NodeMCU, Wemos, ESP12F, an WS2812B LED Stip, (also recommende is a levelshifter for getting an better signal)