Particle Designer Video
I’ve done a small video of the particle designer to give you a taste of how it should look.
Mike
12 Comments
Scott on March 15th, 2010
Mike,
The designer is very cool and I can’t wait to start using it. I spend WAY too much time playing with particles as it is. I am not sure if this will increase or decrease the time I spend, but it will be fun no matter what ;-)
Thanks!
-Scott
Scott on March 15th, 2010
On second thought, maybe you should not release this app. Particle emitters are like crack – just do a little and you can get hooked for life. I am already trying to source out a local support group to wean myself off. This app could cause me to relapse!
-Scott
Tony on March 15th, 2010
@Scott If you find that support group, please let me know the address!
Trisect Development on March 15th, 2010
Could it be possible to join two effect types?
Trisect Development on March 15th, 2010
Fire and fireworks
threevee on March 15th, 2010
looks fantastic mike! that tool will save all of us a lot of time. thanks for sharing all your hard work, and I’m sure your book will take off like a rocket.
mike on March 16th, 2010
Thanks threevee.
@Trisect, if you mean the ability to mix particle emitters together then this first version of the tool doesn’t do that, BUT, that is something I’m planning on adding in the future.
I’ve got a bunch of ideas for the particle emitter that I’d like to add. I don’t want to say too much now as it will spoil the surprise ;o) but I think they will be things people would like to use.
The particle emitter in the tutorials and in the book is pretty much stand alone and I plan to build out a new standalone version that has many more features all configured through the Particle Designer. This should allow you to plug the particle engine into your own game engine as and when you need too :o)
Mike
TheGoldenGunman on March 17th, 2010
Wow! Really impressive stuff, you guys rock!
Ant1Vanden on March 24th, 2010
That is quite cool! When are you gonna release it? Is it going to be free?
Cubeur on March 29th, 2010
Cool.. But could not be read with iphone (thx flash) … :(
fredflinstone on March 15th, 2010
wow, that looks really good.
I could probably spend hours just playing around trying out different effects.