@particlr/runtime

Plays .prt particle effects in PixiJS v8. Design effects visually in the particlr editor, export a .prt file, play it back with this package. The editor previews through this exact runtime, and playback is deterministic (same document + seed ⇒ same frames) — so what you tune is what you ship.

The editor ships 57 CC0 presets — every frame above was rendered by this package. Open any of them at particlr.com, tune it, export, and play it back here.

Install

npm install @particlr/runtime pixi.js

Use

import { Application } from "pixi.js";
import { parseParticle, Effect } from "@particlr/runtime";
import { PixiParticleRenderer } from "@particlr/runtime/pixi";

const app = new Application();
await app.init({ width: 800, height: 600 });
document.body.appendChild(app.canvas);

const doc = parseParticle(await (await fetch("boom.prt")).text()).doc!;
const fx = new Effect(doc, { seed: 1337 });
const view = new PixiParticleRenderer(fx);
view.container.position.set(400, 300); // where the effect plays
app.stage.addChild(view.container);

app.ticker.add((t) => {
  fx.step(t.deltaMS / 1000); // advance the simulation
  view.sync();               // draw it
});

That's the whole integration. Live example: particlr.com/sample.

Going further

Effect also has a movable emitter for trails (setEmitterPosition), playback control (timeScale, onDone), a host-driven attractor (setAttractor), and per-instance parameters (setParam, setColorParam) — one boom.prt, many weapons. The full API is documented in the shipped TypeScript types, and the .prt format's reference is the bundled JSON Schema: import schema from "@particlr/runtime/particle.schema.json".

License

MIT. See LICENSE.