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Ship Builder

Every enemy in your shooter is the same ship in another colour? Click hulls, cockpits, wings, engines and weapons together in 4 factions, or press Random until one looks right.

Modular pixel spaceships, 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

Ship Builder at work
Ship Builder at work in your browser.

What Ship Builder does

A shoot 'em up needs a fleet, and drawing each ship from nothing is slow. The Ship Builder snaps top-down ship parts together on a 16x16 grid: hulls, cockpits, wings, engines, weapons and utility pieces in four factions, each also in a damaged version.

A finished ship is shaded as one piece with one clean outline, and its engine flames animate. Press Random for a new ship, pick the flame colour, and export the PNG at 1x, 2x or 4x with its flame sheet and its recipe, for shooters, space roguelites and fleet battles.

How it works

  1. Pick a faction and a damage level.
  2. Click parts onto the grid, or press Random for a new ship.
  3. Choose the flame colour and check the animation.
  4. Export the ship as PNG at 1x, 2x or 4x, with its flame sheet and recipe.

What you get out

  • PNG (1x, 2x, 4x)
  • 4-frame flame sheet
  • Recipe JSON
Ship Builder: another view

Packs to use it with

Space ShooterGenre kitsFarm RPGGenre kitsChess & Board GamesGenre kitsFish & FishingGenre kits

More tools to make the cast

Hero CreatorSide-view platformer heroesFarmer GeneratorFarming RPG characters with every animation3D Sprite Rotator4, 8 and 16 direction sprite sheetsPixel Art EditorPixel art drawn in your browser

FAQ

Is Ship Builder free?

Ship Builder 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 Ship Builder?

No. Ship Builder 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 Ship Builder export?

Ship Builder exports PNG (1x, 2x, 4x), 4-frame flame sheet, Recipe JSON.

Does Ship Builder 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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