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Hero Creator

Your platformer hero is still a coloured rectangle? Mix 192 layers on a 48x48 hero or start from 16 ready ones, and watch all 13 animations before you export.

Side-view platformer heroes, in your browser.

Use it: 3 days for $1 Included in Gridwright with all 31 tools and every pack, $17 a month.

In your browserNothing to installYour work saved to your accountOpens on any device you sign in on

Hero Creator at work
Hero Creator at work in your browser.

What Hero Creator does

A platformer hero needs a run, a jump, an attack and ten more animations before the game even feels like a game. The Hero Creator mixes 192 layers on a 48x48 side-view hero: bodies, hair, faces, armour, helmets, capes and six weapons, each weapon with its own attack.

Start from one of 16 ready-made heroes or build your own for a platformer, a metroidvania or an action RPG, play all 13 animations to check every frame, and export the sheets.

How it works

  1. Start from a ready-made hero or a bare body.
  2. Choose armour, a helmet, a cape and a weapon.
  3. Play the 13 animations to check every frame.
  4. Export the sprite sheets.

What you get out

  • Sprite sheets (PNG)
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Packs to use it with

Side-View CharactersCharacters & creaturesCat AdventurersCharacters & creaturesIsometric Hero CreatorCharacters & creaturesPixel DragonsCharacters & creatures

More tools to make the cast

Farmer GeneratorFarming RPG characters with every animation3D Sprite Rotator4, 8 and 16 direction sprite sheetsShip BuilderModular pixel spaceshipsPixel Art EditorPixel art drawn in your browser

FAQ

Is Hero Creator free?

Hero Creator is part of Gridwright: every tool and every asset pack for $17 a month, and you can start with 3 days for $1. It runs in your browser, with nothing to install.

Can I download Hero Creator?

No. Hero Creator runs inside Gridwright, in your browser, and what you make there is saved to your account, so it is on every device you sign in on. What it exports (your sprites, maps, sounds and engine files) downloads to your computer and stays yours.

What does Hero Creator export?

Hero Creator exports Sprite sheets (PNG).

Does Hero Creator work with Godot?

Yes. Everything it makes is a standard file (PNG and friends) that Godot, Unity and every other engine opens.

Can I use what I make in a commercial game?

Yes. What you make with the Gridwright tools goes into free and commercial games on any platform.

Your game, looking finished

Every Gridwright asset pack, made to fit together, and all 31 tools for the fiddly work, with every new release, for $17 a month. Try it in your own game first: 3 days for $1, cancel any time.

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