Effects Lab

Presenting Effects Lab! Experiment and play around with a circle and its wiggly tail. Generate a wide range of pixel art effects. Create flames, blasts, blobs and more!!

A proof of concept test game, made with python and pygame, that generates procedural particle effects.

It is strongly recommended keyboard shortcuts are used over the settings menu for ease of use and to enable exploration of combinations that are not possible with the settings menu.

Key(s)FunctionMove MouseMove OrbClick MouseRadial BlastBToggle Tail BloomGToggle GravityFToggle FlameHToggle Repeat BlastJToggle Screen ShakeT/Shift + TIncrease/Decrease Tail Length and Bloom SpeedV/Shift + VIncrease/Decrease Flame VolumeA/Shift + AIncrease/Decrease Flame AmplitudeR/Shift + RIncrease/Decrease Flame RateW/Shift + WIncrease/Decrease Blast WidthS/Shift + SIncrease/Decrease Blast SpeedD/Shift + DIncrease/Decrease Blast DurationZ/Shift + ZIncrease/Decrease Screen Shake DurationX/Shift + XIncrease/Decrease Screen Shake IntensityIControlsOSettingsPPauseTabToggle Fullscreen, or EscQuit