Ephemeral Art: Shapeweaver is a unique art sandbox game where you create interactive artwork with shapes. It's designed for anyone curious to explore and play — no artistic skill required. With simple controls and endless possibilities, this 2D world of color, shapes, and motion is your personal creative playground. Your creations are temporary, destined to fade, giving you the freedom to experiment without limits. Unleash the artist within by crafting a relaxing visual spectacle, or embrace chaos — flinging shapes across the canvas and combining special effects for spectacular results. The choice is yours; there's no wrong way to play. A Universe of Customization at Your Fingertips Endless Shape Variations: Choose from a wide variety of shapes, including circles, squares, triangles, stars, hearts, and many more. Customize your shapes with a vast color palette, or let the game cycle through colors for a dynamic visual experience. Adjust the size, style, and weight of your shapes. Make them bold, outlined, or even dotted for a unique look. Apply different fill patterns and textures to give your creations a distinct personality. Over 30 Animated Backgrounds: Set the mood over 30 unique animated backgrounds to choose. Each background reacts to your clicks when placing shapes onto the canvas, creating a truly immersive experience. From tranquil starry nights to vibrant, pulsating nebulae, there's a background for every mood and style. Unleash Your Inner Artist with Powerful Tools: Grab Shape Tool: Take direct control of your creations! A simple click selects a shape, while a long press and drag allows you to select multiple shapes. Once selected, edit your shapes, move them to the perfect spot, or even fling them across the screen and watch them bounce off the canvas and other shapes. Undo and Redo: Experiment without fear! Instantly reverse any action with the Undo and Redo buttons, giving you the freedom to explore every creative possibility. Gravity and Physics: Bend the laws of physics to your will! Apply gravitational forces to your shapes and watch them interact in fascinating ways. Make them fall, orbit a central point, or float weightlessly in your digital canvas. Breakable Shapes: Introduce an element of controlled chaos with breakable shapes. Watch as your creations shatter into pieces upon impact. Fuse and Unfuse: Combine multiple shapes to create complex and intricate designs. The fuse tool allows you to merge shapes into a single, cohesive object, while the unfuse tool lets you break them apart again. Custom Animations: Control the lifecycle of your shapes with customizable Entry and Dissolve effects. Have shapes bounce, spiral, or construct themselves onto the canvas, and watch them fade, pixelate, or shatter into pieces when they disappear. Special Effects: Elevate your art with a plethora of special effects. Make your shapes glow with a neon aura, imbue them with elemental powers like fire and ice, or make them transparent for a ghostly effect. Tailor Your Creative Space: Flexible Interface: Make the game truly yours by customizing the user interface. Choose from a variety of themes, adjust text sizes and styles, and even change the position of the control panel to best suit your workflow. Resizable & Pinnable Windows: Adjust the size of settings windows to fit your needs, and pin them to the screen for easy access while you continue to create and edit shapes on the canvas. Sculpt Your Atmosphere: Full Edit Mode: Take your creativity to the next level with Full Edit Mode. This feature pauses all shape animations and movements, allowing you to fine-tune your creations with precision and ease. Canvas Settings: Perfect your masterpiece with a range of canvas settings. Apply special filters for extra visual flair, add a blurred background to make your shapes pop, and adjust the scene lighting to create the perfect atmosphere. With HDR support, the vibrant colors of your shapes and the dynamic animated backgrounds will truly pop, creating a stunning visual experience. Personalize Your Experience: Favorite Your Settings: With so many customization options, you're bound to find your perfect setup. Favorite your most-used settings for quick and easy access in any creative session. Curate Your Soundtrack: Love a particular song? Add it to your favorites list to create a personalized playlist that perfectly matches your artistic vibe. Steam Cloud Support : Your personalized game settings are saved to the Steam Cloud, so you can pick up right where you left off on any computer. Capture Your Masterpiece: Photo Mode: Become the director of your own digital gallery. Freeze the action to compose the perfect shot, and independently manipulate background and shape movements to align effects precisely how you want them — even while time is paused. Professional Composition: Use the Zoom and Pan tools to frame your art perfectly. Choose from stylish Canvas Frames like Classic Gold, Neon Cyber, or Rustic Wood to give your screenshot a polished, professional look. Visual Filters: Transform the mood instantly with artistic Canvas Filters (Sepia, Vignette, etc.) or inject a dose of nostalgia with retro Screen Filters like CRT Scanlines, Dot Matrix, and Pixelate. High-Fidelity Exports: Photo Mode automatically shifts the game into Quality Mode, ensuring every screenshot is captured with maximum particle counts and the sharpest resolution possible. Game Modes for Every Playstyle Regular Mode: Challenge yourself against the clock in this classic mode. Create as much as you can before time runs out and your masterpiece begins to dissolve. Creative Mode: Unleash your creativity without any time pressure. This mode is a pure sandbox where you can experiment, explore, and create to your heart's content. More Than a Game Screensaver Mode: Activate Screensaver Mode to sit back, relax, and enjoy a seamless, ever-changing showcase of the game's animated backgrounds with multiple timer options. Or you can interact with the animated backgrounds by clicking on them for the full Screensaver Mode experience. Features Intuitive and easy-to-learn interface. Two distinct game modes to suit your playstyle. A chill collection of music to accompany your creative journey. A vast array of shapes, colors, and customization options. Over 30 unique animated backgrounds. Powerful tools including Grab Shape, Undo/Redo, gravity settings, breakable shapes, and shape fusion. A dedicated "Full Edit Mode" for complete control over your creations. Photo Mode gives you a comprehensive suite for capturing high-quality screenshots with zoom, frames, and filters. Customizable Entry and Dissolve animations for your shapes. A wide variety of special shape effects to make your creations pop. Fully customizable user interface, including themes, text styles, window management, and layout options. Various canvas settings like special filters, blurred backgrounds, and scene lighting. HDR support for stunning, vibrant visuals. Steam Cloud support ensures your game settings are always saved and available. Favoriting system for quick access to your preferred settings and songs. Screensaver Mode allows you to enjoy the animated backgrounds with ease. Whether you want to create a breathtaking work of 2D art with shapes or just have fun playing with physics, colors, and animated backgrounds, Ephemeral Art: Shapeweaver is the perfect digital canvas for you. Get ready to shape your imagination!
