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[knifeySpoonie]

Hello everyone.

Im currently looking at my best options for particle effects for my game and was wondering If anyone had any recommended methods/editors/packages for making high quality particle effects for a 2D game?

[knifeySpoonie]

http://www.rigzsoft.co.uk/

Anyone have experience with this software? seems affordable and results look pretty good.

[Tobers]

I used particle designer in previous jobs, it's not too advanced but it got the job done pretty well; and the developers got back to me quickly when I had a problem.

We started looking into Particle Magic, which is far more advanced, but in the end we didn't need it.

[rigzsoft]

Hi, what kind of particle effects are you looking to create? I see you found my software already The free version can be useful for just trying out some ideas. I do take requests for effects libraries to add to the collection.

[notpatchman]

USually they need to tie into your engines particle generator, no?

Should double-check compatibility before purchase.

[knifeySpoonie]

Hi, what kind of particle effects are you looking to create? I see you found my software already The free version can be useful for just trying out some ideas. I do take requests for effects libraries to add to the collection.

Hey Rigzsoft I've grabbed the free version and am trying it out, we're doing a little review of what we need after Rezzed to finish and polish our game, but I really like what I see from it and seems really fairly priced too.

[knifeySpoonie]

USually they need to tie into your engines particle generator, no?

Should double-check compatibility before purchase.

Our coder has been checking the APi's of all the tools we've been looking at and see's no problems so far

[rigzsoft]

KnifieSpoonie: I just checked your site and discovered Brighton Game Collective that you're a founding member of - just so happens I live across the way in Eastbourne, small world That's something I'd be interested in as I'm looking to push my particle effects a lot more, maybe I can provide licenses or something, I'll send you an email when I get back home tomorrow (in Lewes atm )

Regarding APIs for TimelineFX a lot of people use the software purely for creating sprite sheets, but there are Blitzmax and Monkey libraries provided by me and someone did a C++ library as well available on github here: https://github.com/damucz/timelinefx.