"Particle Designer" Support?

MilkyJoe · June 2013

I'm looking for a LUA based solution for my next mobile game, and I'm down to Cocos2d-x and Gideros. My next game will be particle heavy.

Does Gideros have support for Particle Designer (http://www.71squared.com/particledesigner)? It the only engine I was considering that isn't listed on the product page.

Alternatively, are there any established and cable particle engines/editors for Gideros?

Thanks

ar2rsawseen · June 2013

Here is something from cocos2d particle system for Gideros, which should work with Particle Designer pex files
http://www.giderosmobile.com/forum/discussion/comment/2743#Comment_2743
and here
http://www.giderosmobile.com/forum/discussion/3105/particle-effects#Item_15

Alternatively you can use TNT particle Engine (very fast and flexible but without designer):
http://www.tntparticlesengine.com/?page_id=31

moopf · June 2013

Only fair to add that none of the options provide native implementations for particles, they are all Lua-based which isn't great. It's a big minus for Gideros, in my opinion, that there is no particle system written natively and exposed through Lua. It's a great example of something that should be done natively and not done completely through Lua - it's a lot of processing to do through scripting alone. Gideros is designed for games and particles are pretty much ubiquitous in games so the lack of native support has always perplexed me.

Scouser · June 2013

Hopefully when OpenGL ES 2.0 is implemented then we could use a particle system written using shaders.

keszegh · June 2013

isn't tnt particle studio written as a c plugin, i.e. native or even faster than native?

AhBadiane · June 2013

TNT Particles Engine is a great tool, easy to use, but set written in LUA
TNT Collision Engine is written in C it

I really recommend the use of TNT tools (I am not the author, but a happy user)

keszegh · June 2013

i see, so the collision engine is the the one written in c. thanks for the clarification.

MilkyJoe · June 2013

Thanks for the responses. Maybe Gideros isn't a fit my my next project right now then. Shame.

Also, how is it that ar2rsawseen's post is flagged as the accepted answer? I didn't do that?

ar2rsawseen · June 2013

maybe clicked by accident, can't you unaccept/reject it?

MilkyJoe · June 2013

I'm happy to leave it as the answer, as it was really helpful. I just couldn't work out how it became the accepted answer, as I definitely didn't click on it.

And thanks again.

MilkyJoe · June 2013

I've decided to go with Gideros for my next project after all. I really like what I've seen so far. I just hope the devs get around to implementing a native particle solution sooner rather than later.

hgvyas123 · June 2013

@MilkyJoe

Welcome Dude

moopf · June 2013

@MilkyJoe Whilst it's nice you're using Gideros, I really wouldn't want you to make the decision under false pretences. There is no talk at all of a native particle solution and they are already way behind with everything they have siad they are doing and we still have no indication of when any of that will appear. It's been months even since the last maintenance release. So my point is, don't choose Gideros if you think it might catch up with a native particle solution soon - it simply won't.

MilkyJoe · June 2013

Has Gideros lost momentum then? I don't want to adopt a product that gets let to stagnate.

moopf · June 2013

I'd suggest taking a look at the status thread at the top of the forum, that should give you a better insight into where they are at the moment.

MilkyJoe · June 2013

Will do. Thanks moopf.

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