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  special effects editor + API for game developers:

 
   
   
   
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  universal wrappers for API integration into most popular graphics engines  
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  special effects editor for designers  
     
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  List of commercial games using Magic Particles technology  
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   2018

<dt>July 15 2018</dt>
July 15 2018
Release of Magic Particles 3D 3.54. You can learn the details about new version here.
 
 
<dt>February 22 2018</dt>
February 22 2018
Release of Magic Particles 3D 3.53. You can learn the details about new version here.
 
 
<dt>January 27 2018</dt>
January 27 2018
Release of Magic Particles 3D 3.52. You can learn the details about new version here.
 
 
   2017

<dt>December 25 2017</dt>
December 25 2017
Release of Magic Particles 3D 3.51. You can learn the details about new version here.
 
 
<dt>December 18 2017</dt>
December 18 2017
Release of Magic Particles 3D 3.5. You can learn the details about new version here.
 
 
<dt>June 29 2017</dt>
June 29 2017
Release of Magic Particles 3D 3.45. You can learn the details about new version here.
 
 
<dt>May 02 2017</dt>
May 02 2017
Release of Magic Particles 3D 3.44. You can learn the details about new version here.
 
 
<dt>January 16 2017</dt>
January 16 2017
Release of Magic Particles 3D 3.43. You can learn the details about new version here.
 
 
   2016

<dt>December 19 2016</dt>
December 19 2016
Release of Magic Particles 3D 3.42. You can learn the details about new version here.
 
 
<dt>October 24 2016</dt>
October 24 2016
Release of Magic Particles 3D 3.41. You can learn the details about new version here.
 
 
<dt>September 17 2016</dt>
September 17 2016
Release of Magic Particles 3D 3.37. You can learn the details about new version here.
 
 
<dt>June 08 2016</dt>
June 08 2016
API was upgraded to version 3.35. This upgrade contain only updates for the wrapper, without editor. It's happened because developer was focused on updates for old RTS game which he was developed quite long time ago. Some minor bugs was fixed in the API, and the most important, the wrapper get SetCamera() function. Now, working with the camera will be much easy.
 
 
<dt>March 06 2016</dt>
March 06 2016
New video tutorial: Magic Particle 3D - Interface: Timeline Video tutorial about timeline, shows how to add, remove keys. Also explained how to control folders on timeline. More details on video tutorial could be found here.
 
 
<dt>February 28 2016</dt>
February 28 2016
New video tutorial: Magic Particle 3D - Interface: Graphs explained. Gray and Red Graphs. Video tutorial about user interface of the program. Shown the difference between Gray and Red graphs. Explained Emitter Lifetime, Particle lifetime. More details on video tutorial could be found here.
 
 
<dt>February 23 2016</dt>
February 23 2016
Plugin for Adobe After Effects Released! The plugin allows to open files of Magic Particles 3D in Adobe After Effects. More details on plugin could be found here.
 
 
<dt>February 18 2016</dt>
February 18 2016
Release of Magic Particles 3D 3.34. You can learn the details about new version here.
 
 
   2014

<dt>July 04 2014</dt>
July 04 2014
Release of Magic Particles 3D 2.25. You can learn the details about new version here.
 
 
<dt>April 04 2014</dt>
April 04 2014
Release of Magic Particles 3D 2.24. You can learn the details about new version here.
 
 
<dt>March 07 2014</dt>
March 07 2014
New article about Magic Particles: VFX Optimization - Techniques for optimizing visual effects in Magic Particles for using in games. In the article, developer of this software - Alexey Sedov is describing key elements, which you need to remember, while doing special effects for games using Magic Partciles (Dev).

You can take a look on this article here.
 
 
   2013

<dt>December 30 2013</dt>
December 30 2013
Happy New Year!



Hello my Dear user!
I've been thinking ... and why wouldn't I congratulate you with New Year, especially because I have all possibilities in order to do that. And so ...
Congratulations on this most interesting and magical holiday! I wish you, first of all, to have really decent goal that makes life worth living. And aslo I wish you to have enough power to be able to reach this goal. And, of course, good luck to achieve it.
Alexey Sedov

P.S.
I've been thinking, that much more interesting when congratulation accompanied not just with 'taken from the internet postcard' , but with something more significant. Therefore at home I recorded melody which, in my opinion, quite good suited to the occasion. Authorship and performance, made by me :)

Titles: Tomorrow morning
Created: approximately 1997
Author and artist: Alexey Sedov
Tools: acoustic guitar
Filesize MP3: 1,27 MB
Download music
 
 
<dt>October 31 2013</dt>
October 31 2013
Release of Magic Particles 3D 2.22. You can learn the details about new version here.
 
 
<dt>February 11 2013</dt>
February 11 2013
Magic Particles is already used in more than 50 games. You can see the list of the games here.
 
 
   2012

<dt>September 28 2012</dt>
September 28 2012
Release of Magic Particles 3D 2.18. You can download new version here.
 
 
<dt>March 20 2012</dt>
March 20 2012
The game Vampire Saga: Break Out was released. This game use technology of Magic Particles (Dev) for special effects. You can learn the details about the game here.
 
 
   2011

<dt>December 14 2011</dt>
December 14 2011
The game Cradle of Egypt was released. This game use technology of Magic Particles (Dev) for special effects. You can learn the details about the game here.
 
 
<dt>December 12 2011</dt>
December 12 2011
The game Nemo's Secret: Vulcania was released. This game use technology of Magic Particles (Dev) for special effects. You can learn the details about the game here.
 
 
<dt>October 23 2011</dt>
October 23 2011
Release of Magic Particles 3D 2.17. You can learn the details about new version here.
 
 
<dt>August 19 2011</dt>
August 19 2011
New games using Magic Particles: The Treasures Of Montezuma 3, Gourmania 3: Zoo Zoom, Vampire Saga: Welcome to Hell Lock, Mystery Stories: Mountains of Madness, Golden Trails 2: The Lost Legacy.

List of commercial games using Magic Particles for creating special effects was replenished:
  • The Treasures Of Montezuma 3: developer is Alawar Friday's Games
  • Gourmania 3: Zoo Zoom: developer is Alawar Friday's Games
  • Vampire Saga: Welcome to Hell Lock: developer is Go!Games
  • Mystery Stories: Mountains of Madness: developer is cerasus.media
  • Golden Trails 2: The Lost Legacy: developer is Awem
You can learn the details about the games here.
 
 
<dt>April 22 2011</dt>
April 22 2011
The games Mystery Novel, Celtic Lore: Sidhe Hills, Treasure Hunters and Letters from Nowhere 2 were released. These games use technology of Magic Particles (Dev) for special effects. You can learn the details about the games here.
 
 
<dt>January 08 2011</dt>
January 08 2011
The games Ancient Spirits: Columbus' Legacy, Haunted Hotel: Lonely Dream and Cradle Of Rome 2 were released. These games use technology of Magic Particles (Dev) for special effects. You can learn the details about the games here.
 
 
   2010

<dt>December 08 2010</dt>
December 08 2010
Release of Magic Particles 3D 2.01.
 
 
<dt>November 23 2010</dt>
November 23 2010
Tulula: Legend of a Volcano release. This game uses technology of Magic Particles (Dev) for special effects. You can learn the details about the game here.
 
 
<dt>November 15 2010</dt>
November 15 2010
Release of Magic Particles 3D 2.0. New version works with 3D and has got timeline for control of special effects in time. Besides, this version allows to create Screensaver automatically. New features of editor:
  • This version works with 3D-emitters. All forms of emitters exististng for 2D now may work in 3D. There is additional form of emitter "Model", that is possible to load from 3DS-file.
  • Timeline was added. It allows to move, rotate and scale the emitter in time. The timeline is made in analogy with program Adobe AfterEffects.
  • Now Screensaver may be made from emitters automatically.
  • The design and possibilities of scene were improved. It is possible to scale and rotate the scene.
  • A lot of new special effects are added into the program.
 
 
<dt>November 11 2010</dt>
November 11 2010
Vampire Saga - Pandora's Box (iPad) release. This game uses technology of Magic Particles (Dev) for special effects. You can learn the details about the game here.
 
 
<dt>October 29 2010</dt>
October 29 2010
Mystery of the Earl release. This game uses technology of Magic Particles (Dev) for special effects. You can learn the details about the game here.
 
 
<dt>July 24 2010</dt>
July 24 2010
Nemo's Secret: The Nautilus release. This game uses technology of Magic Particles (Dev) for special effects. You can learn the details about the game here.
 
 
<dt>June 22 2010</dt>
June 22 2010
Golden Trails: The New Western Rush release. This game uses technology of Magic Particles (Dev) for special effects. You can learn the details about the game here.
 
 
<dt>April 06 2010</dt>
April 06 2010
Island: The Lost Medallion release. This game uses technology of Magic Particles (Dev) for special effects. You can learn the details about the game here.
 
 
<dt>February 18 2010</dt>
February 18 2010
Love Story: Letters from the Past release. This game uses technology of Magic Particles (Dev) for special effects. You can learn the details about the game here.
 
 
<dt>February 18 2010</dt>
February 18 2010
A Dwarf's Story release. This game uses technology of Magic Particles (Dev) for special effects. You can learn the details about the game here.
 
 
   2009

<dt>December 24 2009</dt>
December 24 2009
1001 Nights: The Adventures Of Sindbad release. This game uses technology of Magic Particles (Dev) for special effects. You can learn the details about the game here.
 
 
<dt>December 10 2009</dt>
December 10 2009
Heroes of Hellas 2: Olympia release. You can learn the details about the game here.
 
 
<dt>November 12 2009</dt>
November 12 2009
New video: The basics of Magic Particles. This is a video guide to help you with the basics of Magic Particles. You can see it here.
 
 
<dt>November 11 2009</dt>
November 11 2009
Magic Particles 1.72 release.
 
 
<dt>October 11 2009</dt>
October 11 2009
Lost City of Z release. This game uses technology of Magic Particles (Dev) for special effects. You can learn the details about the game here.
 
 
<dt>October 07 2009</dt>
October 07 2009
Vampire Saga - Pandora's Box has got the first place in the rating of BigFish Games rating! Our Congratulations to Go!Games studio! This game uses technology of Magic Particles (Dev) for special effects.
 
 
<dt>September 14 2009</dt>
September 14 2009
Vampire Saga - Pandora's Box release. This game uses technology of Magic Particles (Dev) for special effects. You can learn the details about the game here.
 
 
<dt>July 05 2009</dt>
July 05 2009
Magic Particles is ported to Delphi. Now you can use Magic Particles in Delphi-based projects. You can download the wrapper for Delphi here.
 
 
<dt>June 29 2009</dt>
June 29 2009
A collection of emitters Swirls 2. We released our new set of effects Swirls 2. You can see the examples of this set and download it here.
 
 
<dt>June 25 2009</dt>
June 25 2009
New wrapper for Dark GDK. We released the new wrapper for Dark GDK engine. You can download it here.
 
 
<dt>June 09 2009</dt>
June 09 2009
A collection of emitters Swirls. We released our new set of effects Swirls 2. You can see the examples of this set and download it here.
 
 
<dt>June 09 2009</dt>
June 09 2009
A collection of emitters Foraminifers. We released our new set of effects Foraminifers or Alive past of the Earth. You can see the examples of this set and download it here.
 
 
<dt>June 07 2009</dt>
June 07 2009
A collection of romantic emitters Hearts 3. We released our new set of effects Hearts 3. You can see the examples of this set and download it here.
 
 
<dt>May 30 2009</dt>
May 30 2009
A collection of romantic emitters Hearts 2. We released our new set of effects Hearts 2. You can see the examples of this set and download it here.
 
 
<dt>May 25 2009</dt>
May 25 2009
A collection of romantic emitters Hearts. We released our new set of effects Hearts. You can see the examples of this set and download it here.
 
 
<dt>May 19 2009</dt>
May 19 2009
Big update of effects library. Today we uploaded more than 100 effects, submitted by our users. You can download it here.
 
 
<dt>May 07 2009</dt>
May 07 2009
New wrapper for PTK. Download it here.
 
 
<dt>April 25 2009</dt>
April 25 2009
New wrapper for BlitzMax. Download it here.
 
 
<dt>April 23 2009</dt>
April 23 2009
We are glad to present our new product - Magic Particles (Dev). It is a new version of Magic Particles for game developers. More info...
 
 
<dt>April 21 2009</dt>
April 21 2009
Magic Particles 1.61 release
 
 
<dt>April 21 2009</dt>
April 21 2009
We've launched our new web-site!
 
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