Pulse - Particle magic for GM

Devlog

• Pulse v 1.0.0 - Full Release
  December 26, 2025 by Delfos#gamemaker, #particle, #fx, #library, #open source

  Pulse v1.0.0 is finally out! Pulse brings the CPU-based GameMaker's particles a much needed step up, closer to what you might find in other engines like Unity. You can test it online at Gx.Games. Feat... Continue reading

  
• Pulse 0.7 : Collisions, Linked Properties and More!
  December 29, 2023 by Delfos

  Pulse 0.7 is out and this brings MAJOR updates: Code is more efficient! ⚙: I've been working hard to make the code be faster. Admitedly there is a limit to how much I can do while piggybacking on Ga... Continue reading
• Documentation NEARLY complete!
  September 21, 2023 by Delfos

  Hey all! I bring you a new version that fixes some errors and streamlines some things. More importantly though, I've been working on the Documentation! https://github.com/Delfos1/Pulse/wiki Hopefully... Continue reading
• New Version! System sleep💤, new part_type functions and more!
  September 10, 2023 by Delfos#fx, #game dev tools, #game maker, #particle fx, #particles, #particle editor, #tool, #feature, #gamemaker

  Hey there! here I come with a brand new update. System Updates: Particle limits 🚫: Now you can set system caps to the amount of particles you have by simple changing the threshold variable of your... Continue reading
• New version: Line emitter, curve distribution and focal points!
  July 24, 2023 by Delfos#update, #tool, #game maker

  This new version comes with a few interesting features: Curved distributions: Replacing the Gaussian randomization, there is now an option to use animation curves to alter the distribution along U and... Continue reading
• Particles go UP!
  July 18, 2023 by Delfos#particle fx, #fx, #tool, #game maker

  Particles go to a point! I added a new feature called "focal point". Essentially, particles can be created as before within any form (circle, path, line coming soon!) , but they can now take their ori... Continue reading
• Fixes + Creating Instances with Pulse!
  July 02, 2023 by Delfos#particles, #fx, #game dev tools, #tool, #particle editor, #gamemaker

  I've fixed several things that I broke or got broken with the last update. But MOST importantly, 2 major updates: Creating instances with Pulse is now functional! That is great news if you wish to hav... Continue reading
• Upcoming: Use a sprite to emit particles?!?
  June 28, 2023 by Delfos#upcoming, #feature

  Hey Everyone! I've got some news of incoming stuff. I have implemented a displacement ma p and a color map . What does this mean, you ask? Well, it means that you can change the particle properties by... Continue reading

  
• New Version! Now you can use PATHS!
  June 06, 2023 by Delfos

  Hey All! I've uploaded a new version of Pulse with some major updates: Now particles and systems are stored by their name. Added the possibility of emitting with PATHS! The direction of the particle i... Continue reading