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Pro-crastinating in Public

I'm stewing a bit about what features should be in a Pro version, to make v1.0 of Purrticles a bit more convincing.

Code export is an obvious Pro feature.

Do I need to add another Pro feature in v1.0?

In particular, I'm stewing about one of the hook features. You can see that below. If you've ever used a particle editor, there's a wall of settings which is very confusing. In most cases, you can ignore them because they are all using default values.

In the current beta, Purrticles already fixes that. You can tap the Applied tab and see the controls reduce to just those which actually have an effect. It's also live - if you edit something down to a default, it vanishes from that view.

The code export is similarly limited - it only exports the non-default parameters.

Using the Applied view already makes designing particle effects much more enjoyable - I'm starting to feel like my itch was scratched. So I think of this as a core hook to get people interested in the product. Hiding it behind a Pro paywall feels like a bad idea.

SO

Should I add another Pro feature?

Another small one on the roadmap is being able to attach comments to a document. You would still be able to view them but adding your own might be Pro-only?

screenshot of Mac version showing code generation alongside falling confetti effect and a limited set of paramters

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on October 7, 2024