Particle Systems

Generate and postprocess general 2D game assets and animation sheets: pixel-art sprites, clean HD map props, creatures, characters, NPCs, spells, projectiles, impacts, props, summons, and transparent GIF exports. Use when Codex should infer the asset plan from a natural-language request, match a reference or map art style, call built-in `image_gen` for solid-magenta raw sheets, and use the local processor only for chroma-key cleanup, frame extraction, alignment, QC, and transparent exports.

Use this skill first for ANY PixiJS v8 task; it routes to the right specialized skill for the job. Covers the full PixiJS surface: Application setup, the scene graph (Container, Sprite, Graphics, Text, Mesh, ParticleContainer, DOMContainer, GifSprite), rendering (WebGL/WebGPU/Canvas, render loop, custom shaders, filters, blend modes), assets, events, color, math, ticker, accessibility, performance, environments, migration from v7, and project scaffolding. Triggers on: pixi, pixi.js, pixijs, PixiJS, v8, Application, app.init, Sprite, Container, Graphics, Text, Mesh, ParticleContainer, DOMContainer, GifSprite, Assets, Ticker, renderer, WebGL, WebGPU, scene graph, filter, shader, blend mode, texture, BitmapText, create-pixi, how do I draw, how do I render, how do I animate in pixi.

Use this skill when writing custom shaders, uniforms, filters, or batchers in PixiJS v8. Covers Shader.from({gl, gpu, resources}), GlProgram/GpuProgram, UniformGroup with typed uniforms (f32, vec2, mat4x4), UBO mode, textures as resources, custom Filter via Filter.from, GLSL ES 3.0 conventions (in/out, finalColor, texture()), uBackTexture sampling, pixi.js/unsafe-eval for strict CSP, custom Batcher via extensions. Triggers on: Shader, GlProgram, GpuProgram, UniformGroup, Batcher, Filter, Filter.from, GLSL, WGSL, UBO, uniform, custom shader, finalColor, uBackTexture, blendRequired, unsafe-eval.

Use this skill when upgrading to PixiJS v8 from v7 or diagnosing broken v7 code after an upgrade. Covers async app.init, single pixi.js package (deprecated @pixi/* sub-packages), Graphics shape-then-fill, BaseTexture → TextureSource, shader/uniform rework, ParticleContainer+Particle, constructor options objects, DisplayObject removal, settings/utils removal, Ticker signature, events rewrite. Triggers on: migrate v7, v8 breaking changes, @pixi/ import, DisplayObject, beginFill, endFill, cacheAsBitmap, BaseTexture, deprecated.

Build 2D games and animations using SpriteKit. Use when creating game scenes with SKScene and SKView, adding sprites with SKSpriteNode, animating with SKAction sequences, simulating physics with SKPhysicsBody and contact detection, creating particle effects with SKEmitterNode, building tile maps, using SKCameraNode, or integrating SpriteKit scenes in SwiftUI with SpriteView.

Maintain and extend existing SceneKit 3D scenes and visualizations. Use when working with SCNView, SCNScene, SCNNode scene graphs, SceneKit geometry/materials/lights/cameras, SCNAction animation, SCNPhysicsBody physics, SCNParticleSystem effects, .scn/.dae/.abc SceneKit assets, shader modifiers, or SwiftUI SceneView. SceneKit is soft-deprecated and in maintenance mode; route new apps, significant updates, USD/USDZ pipelines, and migration planning toward RealityKit.