Hey all, I've been hacking on Jsfxr Pro for several years and I'm super excited to get this new release out there.
I've been maintaining the open-source jsfxr project for a while now. One day I checked the stats and discovered sfxr.me was getting over 10,000 hits per month - way more than I expected!
Game devs were already using it, but the workflow was clunky: generate a sound, download it, repeat dozens of times, then try to remember which file was which. No way to organize sounds or come back to them later.
So I built Jsfxr Pro to solve my own frustrations: sound packs to stay organized, cloud sync so I can work from anywhere, and ZIP export so you can drop a whole pack into your game engine at once.
This latest release adds new export formats (MP3, OGG, native SFXR), a JSON editor for precise control, and data export for backups.
The whole thing is built with ClojureScript using my own web framework, Sitefox. I documented the build process in a Twitter thread over several months - coding on planes, in Airbnbs, and through family illness. It's been a labor of love.
I'm particularly proud of the privacy-first approach: no tracking, no ads, just a tool that does one thing well.
Hope you find it useful for your next game jam or composition!
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This is a great idea, for any developer wanting more than just visuals. Plus really hits those 80s, 90s gaming feels, makes testing your web apps. The design was also well thought out and was fun to check everything out! Like playing a Gameboy again! The mutate button was especially a nice idea. Nice work guys
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As a solo dev this hits way too hard. Finding assets that match exactly what you want has always been the worst part of the process.
Live Reload
This is a great idea, for any developer wanting more than just visuals. Plus really hits those 80s, 90s gaming feels, makes testing your web apps. The design was also well thought out and was fun to check everything out! Like playing a Gameboy again! The mutate button was especially a nice idea. Nice work guys
As a solo dev this hits way too hard. Finding assets that match exactly what you want has always been the worst part of the process.
Swytchcode
Wow!! Really amazing.
How did you come up with the idea?