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What's in the pack

64x64 pixel art dialogue portraits: 36 ready-made characters, each in 8 expressions, and every expression with blink and talk frames. Plus 330 mix-and-match layers to make your own. For RPGs, visual novels, adventure, space and life-sim games.

Licence in one line: use it in your commercial games; do not resell the files. No credit required.

What you get

  • 36 ready-made characters in three genres. Fantasy: Knight, Elf Archer, Wizard, Dwarf Warrior, Orc Warrior, Cleric, Rogue, Queen, Bard, Innkeeper, Witch, Goblin Merchant. Sci-fi: Captain, Pilot, Engineer, Android, Alien Envoy, Medic, Marine, Hacker, Xeno Scientist, Bounty Hunter, Astronaut, Smuggler. Modern: Office Worker, Student, Detective, Doctor, Chef, Police Officer, Punk, Grandma, Barista, Gamer, Builder, Grandpa.
  • 8 expressions each: neutral, happy, sad, angry, surprised, thinking, scared, hurt. The elderly, orc, alien and android characters get all 8 too.
  • 4 frames per expression: still, blink, talk 1, talk 2. Loop the talk frames while your text types out. 1,152 frames in all.
  • 330 layers to build your own characters: 18 bodies (9 skins incl. green, blue and metal, round or pointed ears), eyes and mouths in 9 colours, 13 hair styles in 8 colours, 5 beards, 67 outfits (plate armour, leather armour, robe, tunic, noble dress, cloak, uniform, flightsuit, spacesuit, sci-fi armour, cyber jacket, tshirt, hoodie, shirt & tie, suit, sweater, leather jacket, labcoat, police, chef), 37 headwear (crowns, wizard hats, helmets, hoods, caps, headsets, goggles...) and 15 face accessories (glasses, eyepatch, monocle, cyber eye, scar, earrings, war paint, tusks, bandage).
  • compose.py: a short Python script that stacks any layers into one character sheet. Our ready-made characters are built from the same layers, and the build checks that compose.py gives the same pixels for every one of them.

Files

  • One sheet per character: 4 columns (still, blink, talk 1, talk 2) x 8 rows (expressions), 256x512 at 1x, with a JSON map of every frame.
  • Every frame as its own PNG (1,152 per scale). The layers: animated sheets for eyes and brows, single 64x64 images for everything else; layers.json with the slots and the order.
  • 1x, 2x and 3x (the 2x and 3x are scaled copies). Palette files (.hex, .gpl). README and LICENSE.

Why this pack

  • Talk and blink in every expression, not one talking face per character.
  • A layer kit, not just finished faces: make the rest of your cast in the same style. Layers never cover the eyes or mouth (the build checks every frame), except the accessories made to.
  • Fits our UI packs: the 64x64 cell sits in a 76x76 9-sliced frame of Gridwright Fantasy RPG UI, Sci-Fi HUD or Casual Game UI.

Good to know

  • The dialogue boxes and scenes in the screenshots are Gridwright Fantasy RPG UI, Sci-Fi HUD, Casual Game UI, Medieval Village, Sci-Fi Interiors and Modern People, sold separately. They are not in this pack.
  • Not included: side views or full bodies, backgrounds, RPG Maker faceset layout, engine project files. Front view only.

At a glance

Shelf
Characters & creatures
Grid
64x64 px
Contents
36 characters
Files
PNG, JSON
Engine files or notes
RPG Maker
Full pack
10 MB
Free sample
1.4 MB
Licence
Use it in your games, commercial ones too; the files themselves can't be resold or shared

Use it in RPG Maker

RPG Maker

  1. Copy the sheets into your project's img folder (tilesets or characters), as the README says.
  2. Set up tiles in the Database's Tilesets tab.

Guides for this pack

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