A lightweight and flexible library for creating snow effects in HTML5 and Canvas.
- Flexible configuration of snow effects
- Various snowflake types (circles, flakes)
- Physical effects: wind, gravity, rotation
- Ready-to-use presets for different types of snowfall
- Blizzard mode
- Optimized performance
- Written in TypeScript with full typing
npm install frostfximport { ParticleSystem } from 'frostfx';
// Get canvas element
const canvas = document.getElementById('snow-canvas') as HTMLCanvasElement;
const ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
// Configure canvas to full window size
canvas.width = window.innerWidth;
canvas.height = window.innerHeight;
// Create particle system
const snowSystem = new ParticleSystem(ctx);
// Start the snowfall
snowSystem.start();
// When window size changes
window.addEventListener('resize', () => {
canvas.width = window.innerWidth;
canvas.height = window.innerHeight;
});The library contains several ready-to-use presets:
// Light snow
snowSystem.usePreset('light');
// Regular snow
snowSystem.usePreset('regular');
// Blizzard
snowSystem.usePreset('blizzard');You can fine-tune the snow parameters:
snowSystem.setOptions({
// Number of particles
particleCount: 200,
// Gravity force
gravity: 0.1,
// Wind force
wind: 0.05,
// Particle lifetime
lifetime: 8,
// Snowflake size
size: 4,
minSize: 1,
maxSize: 5,
// Movement speed
speed: 1,
// Snowflake colors
colors: ['#ffffff', '#f0f0f0', '#e8e8e8'],
// Snowflake types ('circle' - circles, 'flake' - snowflakes)
snowflakeTypes: ['circle', 'flake'],
// Blizzard mode
blizzardMode: false
});// Start
snowSystem.start();
// Stop (clears all particles)
snowSystem.stop();
// Reset (clears particles but doesn't stop animation)
snowSystem.reset();
// Enable blizzard mode
snowSystem.setBlizzardMode(true);
// Get number of active particles
const count = snowSystem.getParticleCount();
// Check if system is running
const isActive = snowSystem.isRunning();<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>FrostFX Demo</title>
<style>
body {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
overflow: hidden;
background-color: #1a2639;
}
#snow-canvas {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
}
.controls {
position: absolute;
top: 20px;
left: 20px;
background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
padding: 15px;
border-radius: 8px;
color: white;
z-index: 100;
}
button {
margin: 5px;
padding: 8px 15px;
background-color: #2c4870;
color: white;
border: none;
border-radius: 4px;
cursor: pointer;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<canvas id="snow-canvas"></canvas>
<div class="controls">
<button onclick="setLightSnow()">Light Snow</button>
<button onclick="setRegularSnow()">Regular Snow</button>
<button onclick="setBlizzard()">Blizzard</button>
<button onclick="stopSnow()">Stop</button>
</div>
<script type="module">
import { ParticleSystem } from './dist/index.js';
let snowSystem;
// Initialization after DOM loading
window.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
const canvas = document.getElementById('snow-canvas');
canvas.width = window.innerWidth;
canvas.height = window.innerHeight;
const ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
snowSystem = new ParticleSystem(ctx);
// Add functions to global scope
window.setLightSnow = function() {
snowSystem.usePreset('light');
snowSystem.start();
};
window.setRegularSnow = function() {
snowSystem.usePreset('regular');
snowSystem.start();
};
window.setBlizzard = function() {
snowSystem.usePreset('blizzard');
snowSystem.start();
};
window.stopSnow = function() {
snowSystem.stop();
};
// Window resize
window.addEventListener('resize', () => {
canvas.width = window.innerWidth;
canvas.height = window.innerHeight;
});
// Start regular snow by default
snowSystem.usePreset('regular');
snowSystem.start();
});
</script>
</body>
</html>MIT