diff --git a/sandbox/tests/gpu-particles/index.ts b/sandbox/tests/gpu-particles/index.ts
index 7ea00e7b4..62f4bd48f 100644
--- a/sandbox/tests/gpu-particles/index.ts
+++ b/sandbox/tests/gpu-particles/index.ts
@@ -7,11 +7,12 @@ var game = new ex.Engine({
 var swordImg = new ex.ImageSource('https://cdn.rawgit.com/excaliburjs/Excalibur/7dd48128/assets/sword.png');
 
 var particles = new ex.GpuParticleEmitter({
-  pos: ex.vec(500, 500),
+  pos: ex.vec(100, 0),
   z: 1,
   emitterType: ex.EmitterType.Circle,
   maxParticles: 1000,
   particle: {
+    // transform: ex.ParticleTransform.Local,
     minSpeed: 1,
     maxSpeed: 10,
     minAngle: 3.4,
@@ -26,17 +27,56 @@ var particles = new ex.GpuParticleEmitter({
     endColor: ex.Color.Transparent
   },
   radius: 1,
-  emitRate: 1,
+  emitRate: 100,
   isEmitting: true
 });
 
-game.input.pointers.primary.on('move', (evt) => {
-  particles.pos.x = evt.worldPos.x;
-  particles.pos.y = evt.worldPos.y;
+var cpuParticles = new ex.ParticleEmitter({
+  pos: ex.vec(-100, 0),
+  z: 1,
+  emitterType: ex.EmitterType.Circle,
+  particle: {
+    minSpeed: 1,
+    maxSpeed: 10,
+    minAngle: 3.4,
+    maxAngle: 6,
+    opacity: 0.7,
+    life: 2000,
+    maxSize: 5,
+    minSize: 5,
+    startSize: 5,
+    endSize: 1,
+    beginColor: ex.Color.fromRGB(23, 106, 170, 0.1),
+    endColor: ex.Color.Transparent
+  },
+  radius: 1,
+  emitRate: 100,
+  isEmitting: true
 });
 
 particles.isEmitting = true;
-game.add(particles);
+// game.add(particles);
+
+var particleParent = new ex.Actor({
+  pos: ex.vec(400, 400),
+  width: 10,
+  height: 10,
+  color: ex.Color.Red
+});
+game.add(particleParent);
+
+game.input.pointers.primary.on('move', (evt) => {
+  particleParent.pos.x = evt.worldPos.x;
+  particleParent.pos.y = evt.worldPos.y;
+});
+
+game.input.pointers.primary.on('wheel', (ev) => {
+  game.currentScene.camera.zoom += ev.deltaY / 1000;
+  game.currentScene.camera.zoom = ex.clamp(game.currentScene.camera.zoom, 0.05, 100);
+});
+
+particleParent.addChild(particles);
+particleParent.addChild(cpuParticles);
 
 game.add(
   new ex.Actor({
diff --git a/src/engine/Graphics/Context/particle-renderer/particle-fragment.glsl b/src/engine/Graphics/Context/particle-renderer/particle-fragment.glsl
index 62bcca1fb..c672166e8 100644
--- a/src/engine/Graphics/Context/particle-renderer/particle-fragment.glsl
+++ b/src/engine/Graphics/Context/particle-renderer/particle-fragment.glsl
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ void main(){
     float dist = 1.0 - length(uv);
     float edge = fwidth(dot(uv, uv));
     float circle = smoothstep(-edge/2.0, edge/2.0, dist);
-    vec4 color = mix(beginColor, endColor, 1.0 - lifePct) * startOpacity;
-    fragColor = color * (fade ? lifePct : 1.0) * circle;
+    vec3 color = mix(beginColor.rgb, endColor.rgb, 1.0 - lifePct);
+    fragColor.rgb = color;
+    fragColor.a = startOpacity * circle * (fade ? lifePct : 1.0);// * mix(beginColor.a, endColor.a, 1.0 - lifePct);
+    fragColor.rgb *= fragColor.a;
   }
 }
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diff --git a/src/engine/Graphics/Context/particle-renderer/particle-renderer.ts b/src/engine/Graphics/Context/particle-renderer/particle-renderer.ts
index a74718882..101cf6de0 100644
--- a/src/engine/Graphics/Context/particle-renderer/particle-renderer.ts
+++ b/src/engine/Graphics/Context/particle-renderer/particle-renderer.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import { HTMLImageSource } from '../ExcaliburGraphicsContext';
 import { ImageSourceAttributeConstants } from '../../ImageSource';
 import { parseImageWrapping } from '../../Wrapping';
 import { parseImageFiltering } from '../../Filtering';
-import { AffineMatrix } from '../../../Math/affine-matrix';
 import { ParticleTransform } from '../../../Particles/Particles';
 
 export class ParticleRenderer implements RendererPlugin {
@@ -65,7 +64,10 @@ export class ParticleRenderer implements RendererPlugin {
 
     this._shader.use();
     this._shader.setUniformMatrix('u_matrix', this._context.ortho);
-    const transform = renderer.particle.transform === ParticleTransform.Local ? this._context.getTransform() : AffineMatrix.identity();
+    const transform =
+      renderer.particle.transform === ParticleTransform.Local
+        ? this._context.getTransform()
+        : this._context.getTransform().multiply(renderer.emitter.transform.get().inverse);
     this._shader.setUniformAffineMatrix('u_transform', transform);
     this._shader.setUniformBoolean('fade', renderer.particle.fade ? true : false);
     this._shader.setUniformBoolean('useTexture', renderer.particle.graphic ? true : false);
@@ -108,12 +110,6 @@ export class ParticleRenderer implements RendererPlugin {
     // gl.bindTexture(gl.TEXTURE_2D, obstacleTex);
     // gl.uniform1i(u_obstacle, 1);
 
-    // Blending wont work because ex doesn't have a depth attachment
-    // gl.enable(gl.DEPTH_TEST);
-    // gl.enable(gl.BLEND);
-    // gl.blendEquation(gl.FUNC_ADD);
-    // gl.blendFunc(gl.SRC_ALPHA, gl.ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA);
-
     renderer.draw(gl);
   }
   hasPendingDraws(): boolean {
diff --git a/src/engine/Particles/GpuParticleEmitter.ts b/src/engine/Particles/GpuParticleEmitter.ts
index f37912813..1a1fa965a 100644
--- a/src/engine/Particles/GpuParticleEmitter.ts
+++ b/src/engine/Particles/GpuParticleEmitter.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
-import { Actor, clamp, Engine, ExcaliburGraphicsContextWebGL, GraphicsComponent, ParticleRenderer, Random, vec, Vector } from '../';
+import { Engine } from '../Engine';
+import { Actor } from '../Actor';
 import { EmitterType } from './EmitterType';
 import { ParticleEmitterArgs, ParticleTransform } from './Particles';
 import { GpuParticleConfig, GpuParticleRenderer } from './GpuParticleRenderer';
+import { GraphicsComponent } from '../Graphics/GraphicsComponent';
+import { Random } from '../Math/Random';
+import { vec, Vector } from '../Math/vector';
+import { clamp } from '../Math';
+import { ExcaliburGraphicsContextWebGL } from '../Graphics/Context/ExcaliburGraphicsContextWebGL';
+import { ParticleRenderer } from '../Graphics/Context/particle-renderer/particle-renderer';
 
 export class GpuParticleEmitter extends Actor {
   public particle: GpuParticleConfig = {
diff --git a/src/engine/Particles/GpuParticleRenderer.ts b/src/engine/Particles/GpuParticleRenderer.ts
index dc3a47b58..cc7974ee0 100644
--- a/src/engine/Particles/GpuParticleRenderer.ts
+++ b/src/engine/Particles/GpuParticleRenderer.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { TwoPI } from '../Math/util';
+import { randomInRange, TwoPI } from '../Math/util';
 import { ExcaliburGraphicsContextWebGL } from '../Graphics/Context/ExcaliburGraphicsContextWebGL';
 import { GpuParticleEmitter } from './GpuParticleEmitter';
 import { ParticleConfig, ParticleTransform } from './Particles';
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { Random } from '../Math/Random';
 import { Sprite } from '../Graphics/Sprite';
 import { EmitterType } from './EmitterType';
 import { assert } from '../Util/Assert';
+import { vec } from '../Math/vector';
 
 export interface GpuParticleConfig extends ParticleConfig {
   /**
@@ -164,6 +165,10 @@ export class GpuParticleRenderer {
     let countParticle = 0;
     for (let i = startIndex; i < endIndex; i += this._numInputFloats) {
       const angle = this._random.floating(this.particle.minAngle || 0, this.particle.maxAngle || TwoPI);
+      const speedX = this._random.floating(this.particle.minSpeed || 0, this.particle.maxSpeed || 0);
+      const speedY = this._random.floating(this.particle.minSpeed || 0, this.particle.maxSpeed || 0);
+      const dx = speedX * Math.cos(angle);
+      const dy = speedY * Math.sin(angle);
       let ranX: number = 0;
       let ranY: number = 0;
       if (this.emitter.emitterType === EmitterType.Rectangle) {
@@ -174,15 +179,13 @@ export class GpuParticleRenderer {
         ranX = radius * Math.cos(angle);
         ranY = radius * Math.sin(angle);
       }
-
+      const tx = this.emitter.transform.apply(vec(ranX, ranY));
       const data = [
-        this.particle.transform === ParticleTransform.Local ? ranX : this.emitter.transform.pos.x + ranX,
-        this.particle.transform === ParticleTransform.Local ? ranY : this.emitter.transform.pos.y + ranY, // pos in world space
-        this._random.floating(this.particle.minSpeed || 0, this.particle.maxSpeed || 0),
-        this._random.floating(this.particle.minSpeed || 0, this.particle.maxSpeed || 0), // velocity
-        this.particle.randomRotation
-          ? this._random.floating(this.particle.minAngle || 0, this.particle.maxAngle || TwoPI)
-          : this.particle.rotation || 0, // rotation
+        this.particle.transform === ParticleTransform.Local ? ranX : tx.x,
+        this.particle.transform === ParticleTransform.Local ? ranY : tx.y, // pos in world space
+        dx,
+        dy, // velocity
+        this.particle.randomRotation ? randomInRange(0, TwoPI, this._random) : this.particle.rotation || 0, // rotation
         this.particle.angularVelocity || 0, // angular velocity
         this._particleLife // life
       ];
diff --git a/src/spec/images/GpuParticlesSpec/particles-wrapped.png b/src/spec/images/GpuParticlesSpec/particles-wrapped.png
index 7c7761942..b6aa65c5b 100644
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diff --git a/src/spec/images/GpuParticlesSpec/particles.png b/src/spec/images/GpuParticlesSpec/particles.png
index 797ed1000..83a048011 100644
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