Game Development Reference
In-Depth Information
Figure 14-23.
Outlining an image for use with physics engines in PhysicsEditor
Particle Designer
Price
: $7.99
Platforms
: Mac OS X
With the advent of modern devices, gamers are no longer satisfied with simple effects. Developers
are creating games that are increasingly realistic, and a big part of that comes from the use of
particle engines. Particle Designer is a visual tool for creating particle effects. Particle Designer
allows you to experiment and tweak the parameters of your particles, and even save your settings
as presets (in PEX files) to reuse. Moai in particular has API functions for loading and using PEX
files directly. Figure
14-24
shows some of the wide variety of effects you can create with Particle
Designer.
