Sprite Something is a drawing, animation and tilemap application for pixel artists and game developers. Draw multiple frames individually, then quickly drag and drop frames into an animation, or use your frames to draw tilemaps for your game levels. Export your creations to PNG, animated GIF's and CSV files (tilemaps).
For documentation, visit http://terriblegames.com/spriteSomething to download the Sprite Something Manual.
Sprite Something is also now available on the Mac App Store.
Features
- create spritesheets / tiles for use in games
- edit frames individually and conveniently
- multiple layers for drawing (spritesheets only)
- animation: drag and drop animation frames
- tilemaps: draw using frames to create large maps
- iCloud: sync spritesheets, tilemaps, palettes across all your devices
- Photo Library: Import/Export spritesheets to/from your Photo Library
- GIF export: save and email gif previews of your animation
- Autosave
- HSB/RGB color select
- Recent colors list
- scalable preview to see your pixel work at multiple sizes
- onion skinning for easy tracing or cloning frames
- place photos from your library behind editing area
- add custom GIMP color palettes, or create palettes from your drawings
- assignable three and four finger swipe gestures (changeable in Settings)
- add new or save out your drawings through iTunes
- export via email
- export individual frame images
Tips
- touch and hold to select color when using pencil, line or fill
- touch the onion skin button once for relative frame difference, twice for locked onion skin frame
- when exporting individual frames, limit exported frames by creating a list of comma separated numbers or number ranges (i.e. 1,3,5-8,12)
Videos
Learn tools and tips about Sprite Something: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE9903D1642039E69
Drawing supports PNG files up to 1024x1024, tilemaps up to 200x200.
Follow @mattfox12 on Twitter for latest news. Sprite Something is also available on the Mac App Store.
In fairness, there is a good amount of things that this app does right/well that I wish other apps offered. It should be mentioned that If you're going to use this app for making sprites and animations FOR ACTUAL GAME USE, then this app is ideal for people on the go. However .....-There are some glitchy quirks with the images saving correctly. -There are some functions and features that are not very clear or intuitive and can become confusing. -No rescale options and no option to "save as" (alternate picture save)I would note If you're looking for a sprite app as a drawing outlet to create sprite art then I would suggest you look else where for something that's not as pricey.Again this app is really more for game design/users, more so than sprite enthusiasts and artists.
Keeps freezing and crashing since last iOS update
Neomedia74
On any given day, I would rate Sprite Something 5-stars. It’s truly the BEST program to draw and animate 2D sprites for game development. Unfortunately, since the most recent iOS update - Sprite Something now has random freezes/crashes that completely wipe the progress you’ve made on a sprite. When these freezes/crashes don’t occur, it’s a fantastic program worth the asking price. I have been using Sprite Something for quite some time on my iPhone 11 Pro Max, and I don’t want to switch to another sprite creation app. Please, please — fix the issues plaguing this release! By the next major iOS upgrade (if no fixes ever materialize to address the aforementioned issues), I fear Sprite Something will end becoming another broken app that was once considered great, but could have been so much more.
Was great…until no longer able to export your art work
Chip Gregory
Been using this app for indie 2D game art for 6 years! It has been great for what I use it for, HOWEVER the app does not appear to be updated anymore by its developer! Now you cannot export your art work at all anymore. The email export no longer works and the drop box export no longer works at least not with IOS 13 and newer which excludes anyone with I phone 8 and up!
A little pricier than other sprite apps but...
JacksonTheGoodKid
Current Version review:It's not letting me open most any files made over 2 weeks ago. It wont show their thumbnail and will load infinitely when I click on the . Please fix this. I'd like to not loose weeks of work. Normal review:This is by far the best pixel art app I've seen. I've gone through several other ones, but this one is beats them all. It's simple, easy to use, and making animation is a breeze (assuming you're good at animating).Most pixel apps feel really hard to make anything other than gimmicky 8-bit looking sprites, but with this app I can easily make much more complex sprites. I love it!If you're into making pixel art, get this app. My only major request is a way to group sprites into folders.
Wow, this program has been out for 15 years! Updated to work with modern iOS devices. Dropbox integration has been removed, as it has not been working for a long time. Sorry, but Flashpunk and Flixel have also been cut.
Version 2.15
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Information
Seller
Terrible Games
Size
4.1 MB
Category
Productivity
Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.6 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 15.6 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 15.6 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 15.6 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 12.5 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
