As the title suggests. looking to make an emitter emit 1 or 2 single particles, and no more, from each point in a scatter.
Very new to Houdini so the coding language is quite alien to me (Animator here)
Can anyone help?

Attach your single point, as an input source to a popnet. Set the popnet to birth All Points (not default of scatter to surface). Type in a name for the birth group, like “just_born”. Drop down a pop kill and delete everything that is not “just_born”.

With that setup you will get a 1:1 point match. You supply one point to the particle system and it gives you one point back, that can be affected by forces.