🚀 EffectBlocks V3 

EffectBlocks – Stylized VFX, Shaders & Particles for Godot Engine
Version: 3.0 (2025)
Author: bukkbeek
Website | Itch.io

✨ What’s EffectBlocks?

EffectBlocks is a growing pack of stylized 3D VFX, shaders, and particle systems for Godot 4+. It’s built for developers who want to quickly drop in optimized, low-poly effects and tweak them for their own style.

Since launch, the pack has grown to 60+ real-time effects: fire, smoke, impacts, portals, decals, shaders, weather, and more. Everything is organized into folders and customizable in color, timing, and scale.

🔥 What’s New in V3?

This update focuses on naming consistency, new effects, and improved editor support.

🆕 New Effects

• Explosion Variations → more stylized options for combat scenes

• Heat Waves → distortion-based atmospheric shader

• Space Debris → drifting particles for sci-fi environments

• Wormhole & Warp Drive → tunnel effect for hyperspace-style travel

• Black Hole → experimental shader-based VFX

⚙️ Improvements

• Naming Conventions Overhaul

  • Example: explosion_big.gd → explosion_heavy.gd

  • Cleaner, consistent naming across scripts & scenes

  • ⚠️ If you’re updating from an older version, double-check re-linked scripts/shaders.

• Editor Support

  • Some effects now use @tool, meaning you can preview & tweak directly in the Godot editor. (Highly requested by the community!)

• Vegetation Shader & Water system update

  • Vegetation shader now supports ambient light, giving grass and foliage more natural integration in different environments.

  • Water system now included a layer based approach to ripples/ foam and refraction

❌ Removed

• Plasma Shader

  • Removed due to copyright concerns. It was originally adapted from an existing shader on Godot Shaders (Plasma Waves).

📜 Full Changelog

[V1] – Initial Release

• 60+ particle effects, shaders, and VFX (fire, explosions, muzzle flashes, decals, magic, etc.)

[V2] – Pixel Renderer & Optimizations

• Added Pixel Renderer (open-source on GitHub as Godot Pixel Renderer)

• Pixel Edition added via PixelEffectsRenderer

• Optimized Shockwave & Vegetation shaders

• Added new effects

[V3] – Naming, Effects & Editor Tools

• New effects: explosions, heat waves, debris, warp drive, black hole, wormhole

• Updated naming convention across files

• Editor previews added with @tool support

• Vegetation shader improved with ambient light

• Plasma shader removed due to copyright

EffectBlocks started as a small side pack and has grown thanks to community feedback. V3 is the most polished version yet, with cleaner structure and editor features that should make your workflow smoother.

As always, I’d love to see what you build with it — tag me or share your projects!

👉 Grab it here: https://bukkbeek.itch.io

Happy developing, and see you in V4! 🚀