Effekseer vs Pixel FX Designer
Effekseer
effekseer.github.ioPixel FX Designer
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| Figure | Effekseer | Pixel FX Designer |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · 2D Game Animation Software | 8.4 (#5) | 7.7 (#17) |
| Purpose | Effekseer is a tool for creating particle effects for games and movies. | Pixel FX Designer creates particle effects with a pixel-art look and exports them as PNG sprite sheets or GIFs. |
| Support | User support is provided through Twitter, GitHub, Slack, Discord and email for bug reports, requests and questions. | The maker invites users to join the product’s Discord to get help or suggest features. |
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In their own words
Effekseer
Effekseer is a free, open-source tool for creating particle effects for games and movies. It exports effects as 2D animations or 3D effects, with runtimes available for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, iOS, Android, and Emscripten. Included runtimes support DirectX, OpenGL, Unity, UnrealEngine4, and Cocos2d-x; separate downloads also provide plugins or libraries for GodotEngine, RPGMakerMZ, WebGL, DXLibrary, and other listed integrations. Programmer libraries support DirectX 9/11/12, OpenGL, Metal, and Vulkan. The listed available version is 1.80.7. Version 1.80 adds collision settings, UV repetition for tracks and ribbons, movement-aligned rotation, additional spawning options, external-model emission sources, and directional billboarding. It supports direct loading of gltf, glb, obj, geo, and bgeo models. GPU particle simulation and CPU/GPU profiling are preview features that may not be available in all environments. The tool and runtime use the MIT license; texture and effect data use CC-0. Playing effects in a game requires separate runtime or library packages.
Pixel FX Designer
Pixel FX Designer has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.