diff --git a/include/SimpleEffect.h b/include/SimpleEffect.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e3b6315
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/SimpleEffect.h
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#pragma once
+#include "Effect.h"
+#include "prototypes.h"
+
+class SimpleEffect : public Effect {
+protected:
+    Window* window = &Window::window_full; // Use a full screen window per default.
+    boolean _fade_out = false;
+    boolean _random_colors = false;
+    boolean _cycle_color = true;
+    uint8_t _color = 0;
+    String _name;
+    simple_effect_t _method;
+public:
+    SimpleEffect(String name, simple_effect_t method): _name { name }, _method { method } {};
+    SimpleEffect* with_fadeout() { _fade_out=true; return this;}
+    SimpleEffect* with_random_colors() { _random_colors=true; return this;}
+    SimpleEffect* with_static_color(uint8_t color) { _cycle_color=false; _color=color; return this; }
+    void loop(uint16_t ms) override;
+    String get_name() { return _name; };
+    boolean can_be_shown_with_clock() { return true; }
+
+};
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diff --git a/include/effect_confetti.h b/include/effect_confetti.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 604d7f3..0000000
--- a/include/effect_confetti.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-
-#include "Effect.h"
-#include "my_fastled.h"
-
-class ConfettiEffect : public Effect {
-protected:
-	virtual CRGB _getColor();
-public:
-	void loop(uint16_t ms);
-	boolean can_be_shown_with_clock();
-	String get_name() override { return "confetti"; }
-};
-
-class RandomConfettiEffect : public ConfettiEffect {
-protected:
-	CRGB _getColor() override;
-	String get_name() override { return "random_confetti"; }
-};
-
diff --git a/include/prototypes.h b/include/prototypes.h
index 9788871..4327e99 100644
--- a/include/prototypes.h
+++ b/include/prototypes.h
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <Arduino.h>
+#include "my_fastled.h"
 
 extern uint8_t baseHue;
 extern char hostname[30];
@@ -31,3 +32,5 @@ typedef struct {
     uint16_t x;
     uint16_t y;
 } Coords;
+
+typedef std::function<int8_t(accum88, uint16_t, uint8_t, uint8_t)> simple_effect_t;
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diff --git a/src/SimpleEffect.cpp b/src/SimpleEffect.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2193f2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/SimpleEffect.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#include "SimpleEffect.h"
+
+void SimpleEffect::loop(uint16_t ms) {
+    if (_fade_out) window->fadeToBlackBy(3);
+    accum88 t = millis() * 0x100 / 1000;
+    for(uint8_t x=0; x<window->width; x++) for(uint8_t y=0; y<window->height; y++) {
+        uint16_t i = y*window->width + x;
+        int8_t r = _method(t, i, x, y);
+        
+        if (_fade_out && r==0) {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        CRGB color;
+        if (_random_colors) {
+            color = CHSV(random8(), 255, abs(r)*2);
+        } else {
+            color = CHSV(_cycle_color ? baseHue : _color, r<0?0:255, abs(r)*2);
+        }
+        
+        window->setPixel(x, y, &color);
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/effect_confetti.cpp b/src/effect_confetti.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 3caccf6..0000000
--- a/src/effect_confetti.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-#include "effect_confetti.h"
-#include "config.h"
-#include "functions.h"
-#include "prototypes.h"
-
-void ConfettiEffect::loop(uint16_t ms) {
-	window->fadeToBlackBy(3);
-	for (int i=0; i<settings.effects.confetti.pixels_per_loop; i++) {
-		CRGB color = _getColor();
-		window->addPixelColor(random16(LED_COUNT), &color);
-	}
-}
-
-CRGB ConfettiEffect::_getColor() {
-	return CHSV(baseHue + random8(64), 255, 255);
-}
-
-CRGB RandomConfettiEffect::_getColor() {
-	return CHSV(random8(), 255, 255);
-}
-
-boolean ConfettiEffect::can_be_shown_with_clock() { return true; };
diff --git a/src/effects.cpp b/src/effects.cpp
index e0221b8..0f911fa 100644
--- a/src/effects.cpp
+++ b/src/effects.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 #include "effect_matrix.h"
 #include "effect_twirl.h"
 #include "effect_cycle.h"
-#include "effect_confetti.h"
 #include "effect_snake.h"
 #include "effect_fire.h"
 #include "effect_firework.h"
@@ -26,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "effect_lightspeed.h"
 #include "effect_diamond.h"
 #include "effect_tpm2_net.h"
+#include "SimpleEffect.h"
 
 Effect* current_effect;
 
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ EffectEntry effects[] = {
 	/* 10 */ {"rainbow_matrix",        true,  [](){ return new RainbowMatrixEffect(); }},
 	/* 11 */ {"cycle",                 0,     [](){ return new CycleEffect(); }},
 	/* 12 */ {"twirl",                 true,  [](){ return new TwirlEffect(); }},
-	/* 13 */ {"confetti",              true,  [](){ return new ConfettiEffect(); }},
-	/* 14 */ {"random_confetti",       true,  [](){ return new RandomConfettiEffect(); }},
+	/* 13 */ {"confetti",              true,  [](){ return (new SimpleEffect("confetti", [](accum88 t, uint16_t i, uint8_t x, uint8_t y)->int8_t{return random8()>252 ? 127 : 0;}))->with_fadeout();}},
+	/* 14 */ {"rainbow_confetti",      true,  [](){ return (new SimpleEffect("rainbow_confetti", [](accum88 t, uint16_t i, uint8_t x, uint8_t y)->int8_t{return random8()>252 ? 127 : 0;}))->with_fadeout()->with_random_colors();}},
 	/* 15 */ {"snake",                 true,  [](){ return new SnakeEffect(); }},
 	/* 16 */ {"firework",              true,  [](){ return new FireworkEffect(); }},
 	/* 17 */ {"gol",                   true,  [](){ return new GolEffect(); }},
@@ -68,8 +68,9 @@ EffectEntry effects[] = {
 	/* 31 */ {"child",                 0,     [](){ return AnimationEffect::Blinker("/child.pia", 300, 0xFFFF00); }},
 	/* 32 */ {"diamond",               true,  [](){ return new DiamondEffect(); }},
 	/* 33 */ {"tpm2.net",              0,     [](){ return new Tpm2NetEffect(); }},
+	/* 34 */ {"slow_blinking",         true,  [](){ return new SimpleEffect("slow_blinking", [](accum88 t, uint16_t i, uint8_t x, uint8_t y)->int8_t{return sin8((t>>3) + ((((x+1)*(y+1)*i*15) >> 2) & 0xFF))-128;});}},
 };
-const uint8_t effects_size = 34;
+const uint8_t effects_size = 35;
 
 
 Effect* select_effect(const char* name) {