SpritePile

Inspired by similar software and pixel art tools, SpritePile is an attempt at creating the very best tool to create...

Sprite Stacks! It was developed for use with primarily 2D games.

I created this software while developing my own game which uses sprite stacks and found myself disappointed with the tools available to me. This was designed to do everything I felt was missing from other programs... and to do it better.

Features

The Basics

• Saving and loading projects (won't break between versions)
  
• An options menu with lots of helpful settings
  
• Shortcuts for all tools/symmetry/menu options (read documentation)
  
• Comes packaged with three sample projects
  
• You can easily import sprites from other software to SpritePile using slices

Drawing Tools

• Pencil
  
• Line
  
• Bucket
  
• Color Replace
  
• Translate
  
• Color Picker
  
• Selection

Symmetry

• None
  
• X
  
• Y
  
• X / Y

Canvas

• Supports powers of 2, up to 256x256x256
  
• Onion Skin, forwards and backwards up to 5 in each direction
  
• Grid/Axis can be toggled

Color Palette

• Use W, A, S, D to navigate around the palette without using your mouse
  
• Easily import new color palettes
  
• Add or remove colors from within the options menu
  
• Comes packaged with a few pretty color palettes to try out

Layer List

• Copy/Paste multiple layers
  
• Draw across all selected layers at once
  
• Add/Remove layers freely

Live Preview

• Move, rotate, and zoom the camera
  
• Auto-rotation can be toggled
  
• Render quality can be increased up to 4x
  
• Both 2D and 3D rendering

Export

• Sprite Sheet, scaled up to 8x and up to 64 angles
  
• Slices, generally used for sprite stacking in games
  
• Gif, scaled up to 8x and with 4 quality options
  
• OBJ (3D)

Import

• Billboard
  
• Slices