# patch-gg/pixelfx

> A library of 232 pixel art effects and animations (fire, explosions, magic, weather, UI), each a small dependency-free JS module, plus a Claude Code skill for authoring your own.

- Magnitude: 4.9 out of 10 — Early signal
- Stars: 181 total · +41 stars measured 2026-10-30, 16:12–17:48 UTC, ≈ 51 by evening
- Star trust: star growth looks organic
- Category: Games & graphics · Language: JavaScript · License: MIT · Created: 2026-10-30 · Last push: 2026-10-30
- GitHub: https://github.com/patch-gg/pixelfx · Homepage: https://patch-gg.github.io/pixelfx/ · Page: https://gitnova.dev/en/r/patch-gg/pixelfx

## Useful for

- Add a frost nova effect to a browser game on canvas or Phaser
- Export fire and explosions categories as sprite sheets for Godot or Unity
- Generate a new effect via the Claude Code skill and render its preview

## Why it’s here

- Star-counter measurements on 2026-10-30 (UTC), 16:12–17:48: 140 → 181 stars (+41). This is the change over that interval.
- Estimated end-of-day forecast: about +51 stars, using observed gains and the previous day.
- The repository is 0 days old and already has 181 stars. With less than two weeks of history, there's no usual pace to compare the spike against yet.
- Top new repositories this week: #131.
- About 58 forks a day — people are taking the code.

## Star trust

Star growth looks organic.

Star-trust labels are heuristics based on the repository’s behavior, not a check of every stargazer.

## Numbers

- Forks: 22
- Issues and pull requests: 0
- Watchers: 0
- Average over the last week: 51 per day
- Usual pace: too little history (under two weeks)
- Stars in the last hour (measured): 30

## Stars per day, last 1 day (oldest → newest, today is partial)

2026-10-30 … 2026-10-30: 41

## Spotted in now

- Top new repositories this week: #131

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