Changelog — SlotVFX | Release Notes

February 2026

PixiJS Runtime — Complete 3000+ line runtime with full particle, force field, path, VFX spritesheet, and state machine support
PixiJS Export — Full bundle export or runtime-only download for PixiJS projects
Quick Test Modal — Preview effects in PixiJS directly inside the editor
Scene Images — Multi-layered image compositing with full transform (position, scale, rotation, opacity)
Image FX Stacks — Apply any of 15 shader effects to individual images
Image Timeline — Keyframe animation for image position, rotation, scale, and opacity
Image Masking — Per-image mask with invert toggle
Spine Interleaving — Insert FX layers between specific Spine draw-order slots
Spine FX Stacks — Apply Image FX shaders to Spine actors
Unified Export — web-standard Y-down project_data.json compatible with both PixiJS and Cocos
Selection Export — Right-click to export only specific selected entities
Landing page — New website at slotvfx.com with full documentation

January 2026

State Machine — Named states with property overrides, trigger-based transitions, blend durations, per-state timeline
Path Fill Effect — Fill closed paths with 6 patterns (solid, radial/linear/sweep gradients, stripes, checkerboard, image)
Fill Animations — 7 types: Pulse, Flow, Sweep, Shimmer, Breathe, Rotate
Fill Distortions — Wave edge, ripple, noise, bulge
Ball Lightning — Central orb with emanating bolts, configurable bolt count and length
Chain Lightning — Multi-target with jump strategies (order, closest, random, furthest)
Lightning Enhancements — Flicker modes (random, rhythmic, strobe, pulse, storm), recursive branches, strike effects, glow pulse
Beam Enhancements — Multi-layer beams, pulse mode, beam splitters, target tracking, collision, distortion halo, texture mapping
Beam Hit FX — Flash, sparks, ring effects at beam endpoint
Particle emission along beam — Spawn particles along energy beam path
Multi-stop color ramp — For beams, lightning, and path fills
Group Masking — Mask textures on groups with transform controls
Ungrouped layer order — Custom draw order for items outside groups

December 2025

15 Image FX shaders — Lighten, Dissolve, Ripple, Glitch, Blur, Pixelate, Zoom Blur, Directional Blur, Noise Warp, Vignette, LUT, Chromatic Aberration, Bloom, Sharpen, Film Grain
FX Stack Editor — Stack multiple FX, per-effect enable/disable, drag-to-reorder
Area FX — FX applied to particle areas with mask modes (particle, circle, square, custom)
Screen FX — Full-screen post-processing at full/half/quarter resolution
Screen FX Region — Capture specific regions with feathered edges
FX Presets — Pre-built Screen FX (ambient, impact, transition, LUT) and Area FX (blur, dissolve, distortion, glitch, focus, combo, lighten, LUT)
FX Keyframe Animation — Animate any shader parameter over the timeline
LFO Automation — Sine/Triangle/Square waves for emission rate, force field properties, wiggle
Orbit Automation — Circular motion for force fields
Emission Morphing — Crossfade between two image masks (A→B) over time

November 2025

Energy Beam — Path-following beams with core/glow, noise, flicker, and traveling mode
Lightning — Procedural lightning with segments, jaggedness, and branching
God Rays — Volumetric light rays with shimmer and dust particles
Fire — Procedural flame rendering along paths
VFX Spritesheet Export — Pre-render VFX effects as spritesheets for game engines
Spine Actor — Import Spine JSON/Atlas/Textures with animation and skin selection
Deep Glow — Multi-pass bloom with chromatic aberration for VFX
Path Glow — GPU-rendered glow effect for paths
Complex Presets — Multi-emitter presets: combat, electricity, environment, magic, magnetic, path trails, UI

October 2025

Bezier Paths — Custom spline paths with in/out tangent handles
Parametric Shapes — Rectangle, ellipse, polygon, star path generators
Path Animation — Noise, sine, turbulence, electric animation of paths
Particle Path Following — Stretch/loop modes with progress, offset, and wiggle curves
Force Fields — Attract, repel, vortex, magnetic, dipole, kill radius
Force Field Path Following — Animate fields along paths
Falloff Curves — Custom curves for force field attenuation
Timeline — Keyframe animation with Bezier curve interpolation
Curve Editor — Custom curves with free/aligned/auto tangent modes
Layout System — Reel, Button, Logo, UI, Generic item types with grid subdivision
Spritesheet Recorder — Capture viewport regions as spritesheet frames

September 2025

Core Particle System — Gravity and Radius emitter modes
Emission Shapes — Point, circle, ring, rectangle, image mask emission
Particle Physics — Gravity, tangential/radial acceleration, curl noise, turbulence, damping
Visuals — Color ramp gradients, sprite sheet animation, velocity stretching, fake motion blur
Sub-Emitters — Trail and explosion child systems
Life Curves — Size, spin, alpha, speed, scale curves over lifetime
Separate Axes — Independent X/Y for speed, size, and scale
Immortal Particles — Never-dying particles for persistent effects
Emission Bursts — Timed burst configurations
WebGL Renderer — 60fps real-time preview
Cocos Creator Export — TypeScript runtime with AdvancedParticleSystem and Orchestrator
Preset Library — 100+ particle presets across all categories
Cloud-based Library — Save, share, and browse community presets
Admin Panel — User management, credit system, usage analytics

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