# Ttanasart-pt/Pixel-Composer

Node base VFX editor for pixel art.

Repository: https://github.com/Ttanasart-pt/Pixel-Composer
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pixel-composer
Language: Game Maker Language
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-15T02:14:35+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 81/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 49, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1693, "days_push": 19, "days_rel": 127, "gap_med": 365, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1351, forks 82 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:28.087589+00:00)

## What it is
Pixel Composer is a node-based visual effects editor for creating pixel art animations and VFX. It is built with GameMaker Language and distributed via itch.io and Steam.

## Use cases
- create pixel art vfx animations
- node-based effects editor for pixel art
- generate particle effects for games
- animate sprite effects
- compose procedural pixel art animations
- make explosion and impact effects for indie games

## When to choose
- you need node-based compositing for pixel art effects
- you want a free open-source VFX tool for game sprites
- you prefer visual node graphs over hand-drawn frame animation

## When to avoid
- you need high-resolution or non-pixel-art image editing
- you want a general-purpose raster graphics editor
- you need a headless or scriptable-only pipeline

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: graphics, animation, image-processing, gui
- domain: graphics, media, gaming-tools
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: pixel-art, vfx, node-based-editor, gamemaker, game-asset-creation, game-development, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- Ttanasart-pt/Pixel-Composer (main) score 81

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:28.087589+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:42:12.335574+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Ttanasart-pt/Pixel-Composer (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:28.087589+00:00, sha 8ae5a4a87e8e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.