Pulse FX 2D - 24 Slash, Shockwave & Magic VFX Shaders for Godot 4

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Free Lite: https://inkharbor.itch.io/pulse-fx-2d-lite
Also in the bundle (13 tools, $54.56, Oct 12 to Oct 16): https://itch.io/s/204018/godot-juice-and-polish-bundle

See it running in Last Ember, a free browser game: https://inkharbor.itch.io/last-ember

Free: Godot 4 Game Feel Checklist (playable)

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Godot version: Works with Godot 4.4+. Tested on 4.4 and 4.7 (Windows, NVIDIA GPU, Compatibility and Forward+ on 4.7). The effects themselves also compile on 4.3, but the demo scene needs 4.4. Not tested: Mobile renderer, web export.

Pulse FX 2D adds 24 slash, shockwave and magic VFX shaders to your Godot 4 2D game, ready for combat and spell effects.

Pulse FX 2D is a set of 24 procedural shaders for 2D combat feedback and spell effects in Godot 4.7. Each one comes with three ready-made presets, so there are 72 materials you can drop onto a node. Everything is drawn in shader code. There are no textures, sprite sheets or particle setups to manage.

I made it because most games need the same small pile of effects (a hit flash, a slash, a fire aura, a damage number that pops) and I wanted them in one place that looks consistent and is easy to tweak from the Inspector.

What is in it

Hit (7), work on your own sprite:

• Hit Flash
• Chromatic Hit
• Silhouette Flash
• Shake Wobble
• Dissolve (burning edge)
• Freeze
• Outline Glow

Slash (5), drawn on a square rect:

• Slash Arc
• Claw Slash
• Impact Ring
• Shockwave
• Spark Burst

Magic (8), looping effects on a rect:

• Fire Aura
• Ice Aura
• Poison Aura
• Heal Sparkle
• Energy Shield (with a hit ripple)
• Lightning
• Magic Circle
• Projectile Orb

UI (4):

• Damage Pop
• Crit Burst
• Pickup Glint
• Status Pulse

How it works

Pick a preset .tres, assign it to the material slot of a Sprite2D, TextureRect or ColorRect, and change the colours and numbers in the Inspector. One-shot effects have a progress value from 0 to 1 that you drive with a Tween or an AnimationPlayer. Looping effects run on their own using TIME.

var tw := create_tween()
tw.tween_property(material, "shader_parameter/progress", 1.0, 0.35)

What you get

• 24 shaders (.gdshader), each with a usage header and Inspector sliders
• 72 presets (.tres), three per shader
• A demo scene that shows every preset running live
• README with install steps, a table of all shaders and padding notes
• Licence for commercial use in your own games and apps

Requirements and honest notes

• Godot 4.7. Copy the addons/pulse_fx_2d folder into your project. No plugin to enable.
• All 24 shaders and all presets (72 of 72) rendered with no errors in both Forward+ (Vulkan) and Compatibility (OpenGL 3.3) on an RTX 2060 with Godot 4.7. They are not tested in a web (HTML5) export, so check that if you ship to the browser.
• Some texture effects need transparent margin around your art so glows and outlines are not clipped. The README lists which ones.
• Generator effects ignore the texture and draw on their own. The magic circle uses made-up glyph shapes, not real letters.
• These are shaders, not particle systems or full animations. You time them from your own code.

Price

$8 or more. A 25% launch sale ($6) runs until 2026-10-16.

AI disclosure

The shader code, text and demo were produced with AI assistance (Claude) and directed by a human. The effects are all procedural and no third-party shaders or assets were copied.

Works great with: Weather FX 2D and Pixel Sprite FX. See also the Godot Juice and Polish Bundle.

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Free to try: Print & Paint sampler · Exporter (free) · Hitfeel Lite · Screen Transitions Lite · Retro Lite · Pulse Lite · Weather Lite · Pixel Lite · Toon Lite · Ember Lite · Dialogue Lite · Inventory Lite · Last Ember (free game)