# 244 pixel art effects, free for your own game

From Preston (@quickfinesse): https://quickfinesse.dev/videos/2026-11-02-pixelfx
Video: https://www.tiktok.com/@quickfinesse/video/7703673255021923615, posted November 2, 2026

## What I'd like help with

I watched this video and want to try it. Walk me through it one step at a time, and check the official links below before giving exact commands, since they change.

## In plain English

Pixel art games like Terraria are packed with effects. Now over 200 of them are free to use in your own game. pixelfx draws each one from code and comes with a Claude Code skill. Free and open source on GitHub (patch-gg/pixelfx). What would you build?

## What was used

- patch-gg/pixelfx (GitHub): https://github.com/patch-gg/pixelfx
- pixelfx gallery (Site): https://patch-gg.github.io/pixelfx/

## Credits

pixelfx: rehan-remade at Patch, built on Hugo Duprez's Sprite Fusion effects. Footage: Terraria (Re-Logic), Dead Cells (Motion Twin), Universal Modder's own demo, Godot and Unity logos, and our own boss fight drawn on the pixelfx engine.

The full guide for this video is on the page: https://quickfinesse.dev/videos/2026-11-02-pixelfx

# How I built a pixel art boss fight with pixelfx

> From Preston (@quickfinesse)
> pixelfx is a free, open source library of 244 pixel art effects, and every one of them is a small piece of code. I used its engine to build the eye boss fight from my video. Here's how to get pixelfx running, the fight beat by beat with every effect it uses, the script itself to download and change, prompts for building your own with Claude Code, and the mistakes I hit so you don't.
> Page: https://quickfinesse.dev/videos/2026-11-02-pixelfx
> Updated: November 2, 2026
> Video: https://www.tiktok.com/@quickfinesse/video/7703673255021923615

The full guide (Everything from this video, What you need, Get it running in five minutes, How it came together, The boss fight, beat by beat, Every pixelfx effect in it, What I drew myself, Run the boss fight yourself, Build your own with Claude Code, Mistakes I hit, so you don't, Before you ask ChatGPT or Claude) is on the page: https://quickfinesse.dev/videos/2026-11-02-pixelfx