Pixel Composer
Playing now
17+7 vs. yesterday
47%of peak
All-time peak
36Jul 2026
Playing now
17+7 vs. yesterday
All-time peak
36Jul 2026
| Published | Kind | Announcement | Build |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-game event | 1.21.7 beta Interface · Add "Direct Key Capture" option to use default keyboard input method. · Right click on linked icon to disconnect prop. · Add "New Globalvar" in globalvar extract menu. · Add per property instance override. · Add the ability to set default value to attribute. · Sections of the same name now collapse independently. · Add "Selection only" context mode. · Keyframe summary now highlight… | 24198656 | |
| In-game event | 1.21.6 beta ## Interface - Improve array display. - Auto view now activate when switching preview channel. - ** Add settings for controlling pixel grid display.** - Add Simplify zoom level control. - ** Pin-shaped node (pin, array pin, tunnel io) now select based on distance to make selecting stack of pins more intuitive.** - Node wrangler connect now show junction name. - Add option to add expression and… | 23997656 | |
| Community | Price Increases to $15 As stated in prior announcement, Pixel Composer will now cost $15. | — | |
| In-game event | 1.21.5 beta Interface · Add custom interface for group. · Add "View Context" control for selecting whether to show all animations or only in the current context (group). · Increase dopesheet header size. · Visibility button now react to connection status. · Widget now highlighted when current frame contains keyframe. · Dropping value to another value now create expression. · Add subpalette selector (auto g… | 23840967 | |
| In-game event | 1.21.4 beta Interface · Overflowed action buttons in toolbar now scrollable. · Add backface blending color. · Togging quick edit pie menu now also enable node chord. · Add shift for selecting all junction in junction group. · Improve junction group visibility. · Hovering on a property now highlight that property in both panel. · Preset button now react to default overwrite status of the inspecting node. ·… | 23654307 | |
| In-game event | 1.21.3 beta New Remote Terminal addon. · Terminal command now support calling any global functions in the software. Interface · View range now auto expands when dragging anchor outside the current range. · Panel focus highlight will stay when opening popup dialog. · Increase selection dead zone to prevent accidental selection. · Add 3D grid settings. · Add toolbar button for disabling 2D preview overlay in… | 23491401 | |
| Community | Upcoming Price Increase ($15) Effective 1st July. Pixel Composer will cost $15 (from $10). The last price increase (from $5 to $10) was November 2023, and I believe the software has improved a lot since then. This is to make sure that I can continue working on Pixel Composer full time. I hope you understand this decision, and thank you for your support throughout the year. MakhamDev | — | |
| In-game event | 1.21.2 beta Interface · Software now start with window size clamped to display resolution. · Add vertical toolbar mode. · Add angel snapping. · Add option to display curvebox inline like other widgets. · New Pie menu system. · Hotkey that assigns to multiple actions now create pie menu (can be disable in preference). · Preview text now use fonts defines by the ` fonts ` folder. · Add button to export both… | 23322183 | |
| In-game event | 1.21.1 beta Interface · Add scaling knob. · Toggle Focus Content with hotkey now toggle between full view and selection view. · Add background color in view settings dialog. · Add quick connect from connection line to junction. · Add inline parent properties in property list. · Recent nodes now filter based on context. Node · New MK Blast: Explosion system. · New Mk Tree > Leaves Hull node. · New VerletSim… | 23173809 | |
| Major update | 1.21.0 stable bmp importer now use proxy. · Installed files now comes with standalone Pixel Composer Downloader (in case the future release is so broken that you can't access the downloader inside the software.) · Add getting started projects for pSystem, Rigidsim, UV Workflow, Node Shortcuts, SmokeSim, FLIP Fluid, StrandSim. · Loading Collection now set initial value as default. Interface · Add extra render… | 22970940 | |
| In-game event | 1.20.9 beta Interface · Add button to include/exclude collection. · Add add folder icon in label header. · Add hotkey overlay for control buttons. · Add local keyframe navigation Ctrl+Shift+Arrow. · Add select all keys. · Add Transfer easing button. · Add undo point for animation length scaling. · Change default global keyframe navigation to Ctrl+Arrow. · Expand property selection region to cover the whole… | 22477154 | |
| In-game event | 1.20.8 beta Interface · Add node animation summary bar. · Alt drag key now duplicate keyframes. Key stretch change to ctrl+alt. · Add value freeze indicator. · Add timeline marker. · Add dopesheet label header controls. · Shift+Drag now won't clear selection. · Add keys transform tools (G for Move, S for Scale). Change hide keys to Shift+S. · Key distribute now work across animators. · Add move again key (… | 22240842 | |
| In-game event | 1.20.7 beta Interface · UI graphics now loaded as packed texture page. · Context menu items can be toggle by releasing initial right mouse button. · Add default hotkey for history panel (ctrl+alt+z). · Add Node selector tool for selecting nodes based on different conditions (type, color, connection, attributes, etc.). · When showing grid, double clicking will snap selection to grid. · Add ruler. · Add comp… | 21995132 | |
| In-game event | 1.20.6 beta If the software cannot load preference file. It will reset the preference and disable preference saving for the current session. Interface · Init log now record memory usage. · Add animation setting to quantize keyframe on stretching. · Adjusting keyframe will now update the node. · Link axis now working for center+span and two points type. · Add ctrl to disable snapping while resizing node. ·… | 21792855 | |
| In-game event | 1.20.5 beta Interface · Add font scaling setting. · Add locale manager for managing localization files. · Slider input now accept array. · Rotator box now display array data. · Remove scale cap in for icon button. · Mouse release now registered outside the windows. · Add 3D preview mode for 2D surface. · Add "Blend at Selection" option. · Add highlight to some active toolbar buttons. · Entering, exiting gr… | 21581769 | |
| In-game event | 1.20.4 beta Improve project loading speed. Interface · New Custom Panel system for creating custom user interface. · Add option to open search result in its original path. · Search results with the same weight now sorted alphabetically. · Add double click section to open/close all. · .bmp file now shows up when loading image. · Add gradient preset sorting options. · Add option to open loopback node (Feedba… | 21416806 | |
| In-game event | 1.20.3 beta Interface · Change Full Screen Panel hotkey to F9. · Add recent nodes bar. · New anchor points now create control points based on available space. · Add Alt drag for duplication. · Compact view now apply to settings tab. · Add Gizmo toggle. · Rounding now follow current slider speed. · "Create Tunnel" now create one in the middle of the graph panel. Node · New Color Blind filter node. · New Sca… | 21273401 | |
| In-game event | 1.20.2 beta Interface · Add Randomizer panel. · Add customizable curve preset. · Add preset favorite. · Editing value when playing animation will not immediately update the node. · Add cache stat in frame view. · Add property editWidget. · Add ability to save surface directly to assets folder. · Add flip x/y buttons. · Add sorting order for parent column. · Add "Compact on Expand" meta display type. · Add… | 21172134 | |
| Game update | 1.20.0.6 patch Interface · Deleting node with merge now prioritize by input order. · Connecting multiple output junctions to a non-dynamic input node will now try to insert all junctions. · New collection will use node preview surface if no surface is provided in the preview panel. · Add quick animation. · Ctrl+click on keyframe now wont set frame. · Add keyframe value view toggled using double Alt. · Increas… | 20765503 | |
| Game update | 1.20.0.2 patch Interface · Autosave folder icon will be highlighted when open the software after hard crash. · Add option to hide online account. · Remove badge animation as graph view is now cached. · Autosave now always contain .pxc extension. Bugs · Fix adding node does not register undo action. · Fix large profile icon in vertical mode. · Fix group's right click menu shows "Group" instead of "Ungroup". ·… | 20599342 | |
| Major update | Pixel Composer 1.20 stable is out now Add multi-frames async rendering. Interface · Now use built-in minimize function. · Old default collection will now automatically delete on startup. · Add file autosave. · Add button for clearing recent files. · Pressing enter with active textbox now won't close the dialog. · Camera node render setting now reflect on apply to the preview. · Hovering on non-surface output junction now won't set… | 20507975 | |
| In-game event | 1.19.10 beta Interface · Setting fps to 0 now uncap the framerate. · Project and collection metadata now support custom tags. · Selection now won't start until the mouse has move a small amount. · Add button to upload already uploaded project as a new workshop submission. · Add button to use current Steam username as Author metadata. · Add project rename button. · Add option to update project thumbnail. · H… | 20089612 | |
| In-game event | 1.19.9 beta Add default export directory settings. Interface · Add thumbnail tooltip on recent files submenu. · Replace sample projects with samples from the random project collection. · Add button to navigate to current project directory/ Node · New Particle System (pSystem): a custom particle replacement, replacing the current VFX. · Improved performance · More modular system. · New features: · Custom ev… | 19886325 | |
| In-game event | 1.19.8 beta Interface · Expanded struct output now occupied the entire line when expanded. · 3D grab now initialize with XY plane. · Panel now pause when rendering animation. · Swap axis value. · Add font override scroll box. Node · New Loop Files node. · New Downscale node. · New Replace Text node. · New Path Length node. · New MK Pile node. · New 3D Scene Affector node. · New 3D Mirror node. · New 3D Ins… | 19679201 | |
| In-game event | 1.19.7 beta Interface · Ctrl+T one 3d node will now create 3D transform instead of 2D. · Add clear selection using escape key. · Tab key now used for cycling through output channels. · Add preview lights direction control. · 3D transformation tools hotkey now active on press + axis + raw number support. · Add 3D orthographic view toggle (keypad 5). · View toggle now automatically switch to orthographic vie… | 19522676 | |
| In-game event | 1.19.6 beta Updated save version to 119050 Interface · Add node rename hotkey (F2). · Grid rendering now use GPU. · Pressing Tab to select widget now work when focusing on graph/preview panel. · Reduce widget padding in compact view. · Add middle mouse drag for panning views. · Fix copy icon scaling error, text overflow. · Add ctrl+drag on palette to create gradient quickly. Node · New MK Tree system. · Ne… | 19311808 | |
| In-game event | 1.19.5 beta Interface · Theme value (in ` values.json `) now moved to a separate ` parameters.json `. · Holding ctrl now wont activate gizmo. · Add related node menu when dragging junction to empty space. · Add download link to Linux builds. · Add "Known issues" section for Linux builds. · Add Parent column, override warning, name increment. · Add recursive searching in address bar by adding asterisk (*) f… | 19169369 |
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