Sprite and Tile editors and tools for Mac or PC

[Ribrob]

Hi there,

I'd be very interested in hearing software recommendations on tools that people have found work well in conjunction with MMF for game design, specifically;

• Sprite design
• Sprite animation
• Tile design
• Tile map editor / level designers

Ones i know about are...

PC...
Cosmigo Pro Motion - http://www.cosmigo.com/promotion/
GraphicsGale - http://www.humanbalance.net/gale/us/

MAC & PC...
GraFX2 - http://code.google.com/p/grafx2/
Dame Editor - http://dambots.com/dame-editor/

MAC...
Pixen - https://github.com/philippec/Pixen

Any other recommendations from folk?

Rob.

[JimJam]

Hmmm. I think this topic should go in the "Open Topic Community Forum". Regardless, its a good topic.

I've heard lots of good things about Graphics Gale. I haven't given it much time myself.

I am actually in the process of making a Game Art tool for MMF2 users. Its kind of in BETA right now. But its totally functional. I personally use it all the time. I've got lots of pictures for it too.

Its called Pix Army Knife, its on my site:
http://www.crimsontheory.byethost6.com/pix.php

(please excuse the website design for now. I'm currently in the process of converting everything to WordPress.)

Here are some of its functions:

• Tiled background designer.
• Basic Pixel/Bitmap editor.
• Easy Color Replace feature, for making palette swaps.
• Sprite Outlining tool to automatically add drop-shadow or outlines to your sprite (of any color!).
• Very nice, extensible palette loading feature.

Another invaluable tool I use often is Complex Software's Color Manager:
http://complex.ovh.org/?p=./products/en_color_manager_more.htm&PHPSESSID=db7a597be2a4d3 56ad58781ecf4c04b7

Its great for organizing color schemes across many applications. For example, I'll often find a color scheme I like on a website, and use it for a game Sprite by copying the colors to Color Manager.