Gridwright Studio

Tools for pixel art games

30 tools that open in the browser, no install. Each opens as a demo, no account needed, to see how it works on our example; buy the ones you keep, each paid once, from $9.99.

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Build levels

Maps, autotiles and 3D scenes, ready for your engine.

  • Isometric Builder screenshot

    Isometric maps and scenes

    Paint isometric levels with every Gridwright isometric pack loaded: floors, walls, props, characters and their shadows, stacked by real heights. Bring your own PNGs too.

    Exports PNG · Animated GIF · Godot scene · Tiled map

    Demo edition: the sample pieces of each pack, PNG with a small mark. Full edition: all 20 isometric packs, 1,160 pieces, and every export. Version 1.14.

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  • Tile Modeler screenshot

    Low-poly 3D models and levels from 2D tiles

    Build 3D models and levels out of any pixel-art tileset: draw tiles on any plane, stack blocks, bend vertices into slopes and roofs, add billboard sprites, then export for Godot, Unity or Blender.

    Exports GLB / glTF · OBJ · PNG render

    Demo edition: save and export up to 200 tiles. Full edition: no limit. Version 1.0.

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  • A 10 x 6 tile scene with its 16 px grid

    The right sprite, tile and canvas sizes

    Work out pixel art sizes for your game: pick a resolution and a tile size and see the tiles on screen, the whole-number scale and black bars on 720p, 1080p, 1440p and 4K, a character size, and the Godot settings.

    Exports Size sheet (.txt) · Godot 4 project.godot lines · Unity Pixels Per Unit and Pixel Perfect Camera values

    Try the demo on our example, no account needed. Your own files and every download come with the tool, bought once.

  • The same little scene blurry with the Linear filter and crisp with Nearest

    Crisp, jitter-free pixel art in Godot 4

    Set up Godot 4 for pixel art: a checklist with live demos of blurry against crisp and jittery against snapped, then the project.godot settings and a pixel-perfect camera script for your game's size, in one ZIP.

    Exports project.godot settings · Pixel-perfect Camera2D script (GDScript) · README with the checklist

    Try the demo on our example, no account needed. Your own files and every download come with the tool, bought once.

  • Dungeon & Map Generator screenshot

    Dungeon, cave and overworld maps

    Generate dungeons, caves and overworlds as pixel-art tile maps from a seed, then open them in Tiled or Godot with collision and spawn points already set.

    Exports PNG (1x to 8x) · Tiled .tmx and .tmj · Godot 4 scene and TileSet · JSON room graph

    Demo edition: dungeon mode up to 64x64, PNG export. Full edition: caves and overworlds, maps up to 256x256, Tiled and Godot export, a JSON room graph, your own tileset, batches of 50. Version 1.0.

  • Autotile Builder screenshot

    Complete autotile sets from a small template

    Draw one small template and get a full 47-tile autotile set, with a seam check and ready files for Godot, Tiled and RPG Maker.

    Exports PNG + JSON · Godot 4 TileSet (.tres) · Tiled wang set (.tsx) · RPG Maker-compatible A1/A2 sheets

    Demo edition: one terrain, the blob47 atlas as PNG and JSON. Full edition: sides16 and corners16, Godot and Tiled files, RPG Maker-compatible sheets, 2-3 frame animation, several terrains in one atlas. Version 1.0.

Make characters, effects and sound

Mix the layers of a pack into your own heroes, farmers, ships and planets, and make your own effects and sound.

  • Farmer Generator screenshot

    Farming RPG characters with every animation

    Mix hair, clothes and tools on the Farm RPG farmer, preview every animation in 4 directions and export ready sprite sheets with a JSON map.

    Exports Sprite sheets (PNG) · JSON

    Demo edition: the Farmer and the Farm Girl and their layers. Full edition: every layer in Farm RPG. Version 1.10.

  • Hero Creator screenshot

    Side-view platformer heroes

    Mix 192 layers (bodies, hair, armour, helmets, capes and 6 weapons) on a 48x48 side-view hero or start from one of 16 ready-made heroes, watch all 13 animations, and export the sheets.

    Exports Sprite sheets (PNG)

    Demo edition: the Knight and the Ranger and their layers. Full edition: all 192 layers and 16 heroes. Version 1.0.

  • Ship Builder screenshot

    Modular pixel spaceships

    Click hulls, cockpits, wings, engines and weapons onto a 16x16 grid in 4 factions, with damage and flame colours, or press Random. Built ships are shaded as one piece.

    Exports PNG (1x, 2x, 4x) · 4-frame flame sheet · Recipe JSON

    Demo edition: 27 parts in 2 factions. Full edition: all 66 parts in 4 factions. Version 1.0.

  • Planet Generator screenshot

    Rotating pixel planets

    Pick any of 62 rotating planets, roll a new seed, choose 32 to 256 px, shift the hue, switch clouds and rings on or off, and export the turning sheet.

    Exports Sprite sheet (1x, 2x, 4x) · Single frame · Settings

    Demo edition: 8 planets. Full edition: all 62. Version 1.0.

  • Five shading ramps and a slime shaded with one of them

    Shading ramps and palettes for pixel art

    Make a pixel art palette with shading ramps in your browser: pick base colours, get ramps with hue shifting and a saturation curve, see them on a sprite, and save .hex, .gpl, a PNG strip or Godot gradients.

    Exports .hex palette · .gpl palette (GIMP, Aseprite, Krita) · PNG strip and ramp swatches · Godot 4 Gradient (.tres) per ramp

    Try the demo on our example, no account needed. Your own files and every download come with the tool, bought once.

  • A slime being drawn on a pixel grid, with a palette beside it

    Pixel art drawn in your browser

    A pixel art editor in your browser that works with a mouse: pencil, lines, shapes, fill, mirror, layers and frames with onion skin, then save a PNG, a sprite sheet with JSON or a GIF. Nothing to install.

    Exports PNG at 1x to 8x · Sprite sheet PNG + JSON atlas + Godot SpriteFrames · Animated GIF

    Try the demo on our example, no account needed. Your own files and every download come with the tool, bought once.

  • Sound Effect Generator screenshot

    Game sound effects, from retro to sci-fi

    Make game sound effects in the browser: pickups, lasers, explosions, UI clicks and more from presets, then shape the wave, envelope and filters and save a WAV.

    Exports WAV (8 or 16-bit, 11 to 48 kHz) · JSON preset · Share string · ZIP of variations (full edition)

    Demo edition: 8 sound types and every setting, one WAV at a time. Full edition: up to 4 layers, 16 types, 6 styles, 10 variations as a ZIP, loudness matching and a saved library. Version 1.0.

  • Particle FX Baker screenshot

    Looping pixel-art effects

    Make pixel-art fire, smoke, magic, weather and explosions with live sliders, and bake them into seamless sprite sheets for any engine.

    Exports PNG sheet + JSON · ZIP of frames (full edition) · GIF (full edition) · Godot SpriteFrames (full edition)

    Demo edition: 2 emitters, 15 presets, a canvas up to 64x64, PNG sheet. Full edition: unlimited emitters, all presets, a canvas up to 256, our pack palettes, dither, GIF and Godot export, preset files. Version 1.0.

  • 3D Sprite Rotator screenshot

    4, 8 and 16 direction sprite sheets

    Draw a front, side and top view or paint voxels, then get a pixel-art sprite sheet at 4, 8 or 16 directions from one model.

    Exports PNG sheet · JSON + frames ZIP (full edition) · GIF (full edition) · Godot 4 (full edition) · .vox (full edition)

    Demo edition: models up to 32 per side, 4 angles, PNG sheet, 5 samples. Full edition: up to 128 per side, 8, 16 or up to 64 angles, JSON, frames ZIP, GIF, Godot 4, .vox import and export, project files. Version 1.0.

  • Chiptune Composer screenshot

    Chiptune music and loops for your game

    Write chiptune in the browser: a piano roll with scale lock, pulse, triangle, saw, wavetable and noise voices, patterns and a song chain, saved as a WAV.

    Exports WAV · JSON project · Share string · Loop WAV (full edition) · Stems ZIP (full edition) · MIDI (full edition)

    Demo edition: 4 tracks, 8 patterns, one WAV of the song, project files and share strings. Full edition: 8 tracks, no pattern limit, seamless loop WAVs, stems as a ZIP, MIDI, tempo changes and a saved library. Version 1.0.

  • Pixel Tree & Plant Generator screenshot

    Pixel-art trees and plants, with wind

    Generate pixel-art trees and plants from a seed, adjust them with sliders, watch them sway in the wind, and save them for your game.

    Exports PNG · Wind sheet + JSON (full edition) · GIF (full edition) · Godot 4 (full edition) · Batch ZIP (full edition)

    Demo edition: oak, pine and bush in summer, up to 64 px, one PNG at a time, wind preview. Full edition: all 25 kinds and 4 seasons, up to 256 px, saved wind loops of 4-16 frames, sheets and batches as ZIPs, GIF, Godot 4, plant files. Version 1.0.

Convert and finish

Turn pictures into pixel art, light sprites, cut sheets, dress screenshots.

  • Pixelator screenshot

    Pixel art from any picture

    Turn renders, paintings, photos and 3D screenshots into clean pixel art on an exact grid: a limited palette, dithering, hard transparency and outlines, with one palette shared by every frame of an animation.

    Exports PNG 1x-8x · Sprite sheet + JSON · GIF · Palette (.hex, .gpl)

    Demo edition: everything, saves up to 64x64 px. Full edition: any size. Version 1.0.

  • Normal Maps screenshot

    Normal maps for 2D lighting

    Make normal, height, specular and occlusion maps for sprites, sheets and tiles, snapped to clean pixel-art light bands, with a light that follows your mouse.

    Exports Normal, height, specular, AO maps · Lit GIF

    Demo edition: everything, saves up to 64x64 px. Full edition: any size. Version 1.0.

  • CRT Filter screenshot

    Retro screen looks for screenshots and trailers

    Show pixel art on a simulated arcade cabinet, home TV, VGA monitor or handheld LCD: scanlines, phosphor masks, curved glass, glow and signal noise, for screenshots, GIFs and trailers.

    Exports PNG · Video (MP4 / WebM) · GIF

    Demo edition: every effect, PNGs up to 640 px wide. Full edition: full size, up to 4096 px wide. Version 1.0.

  • A sprite sheet ready to cut

    Single frames from a sprite sheet

    Split any sprite sheet into frames by cell size or by rows and columns, preview the animation and download every frame with a JSON map and a Godot SpriteFrames file. Nothing is uploaded.

    Exports PNG frames (zip) · JSON · Godot SpriteFrames

    Try the demo on our example, no account needed. Your own files and every download come with the tool, bought once.

  • One sprite in four team colours

    New colours for any sprite or sheet

    Recolor pixel art in your browser: lists every colour in a sprite or sheet, then swap them by hand, turn the hue, or fit a palette file. Make several team colours at once. Nothing is uploaded.

    Exports Recoloured PNGs (zip) · .hex and .gpl palettes · JSON colour map

    Try the demo on our example, no account needed. Your own files and every download come with the tool, bought once.

  • Loose frames packed into one sprite sheet

    One sprite sheet from many frames

    Combine images into a sprite sheet in your browser: drop your frames, lay them out in a grid or pack them tight, and download the PNG with a JSON atlas for Phaser and PixiJS and a Godot SpriteFrames file. Nothing is uploaded.

    Exports PNG sprite sheet · JSON atlas (TexturePacker JSON Hash: Phaser, PixiJS) · Godot 4 SpriteFrames · Animations from file names

    Try the demo on our example, no account needed. Your own files and every download come with the tool, bought once.

  • One sprite at 1x, 2x and 4x, crisp at every size

    Bigger pixel art without blur

    Upscale pixel art without blur in your browser: sprites, sheets or whole folders 2x to 16x by whole-number nearest neighbour, with their JSON or Godot data scaled to match. Nothing is uploaded.

    Exports PNG at 2x to 16x · ZIP for many files or a folder · Scaled JSON atlases, Tiled tilesets and Godot .tres

    Try the demo on our example, no account needed. Your own files and every download come with the tool, bought once.

  • A sprite on white, then the same sprite with its background made transparent

    Transparent sprites from a flat background

    Remove a white or solid background from pixel art sprites and sheets in your browser: it finds the colour on the edges, keeps hard pixel edges, cleans the halo and does many files at once. Nothing is uploaded.

    Exports Transparent PNG · ZIP of every picture · Hard edges: every pixel fully solid or fully clear

    Try the demo on our example, no account needed. Your own files and every download come with the tool, bought once.

  • A walking knight with onion skins, and its six frames

    Your animation played, checked and lined up

    Preview a sprite sheet animation in your browser: set the grid or drop frames, play it with fps, ping-pong, flip and onion skin, line up off-centre frames, and save the sheet, a GIF and a Godot SpriteFrames. Nothing is uploaded.

    Exports Sprite sheet PNG (lined up if you like) · Animated GIF · Godot 4 SpriteFrames (.tres)

    Try the demo on our example, no account needed. Your own files and every download come with the tool, bought once.

  • A knight's sword attack, from a GIF's frames to a sprite sheet

    Sprite sheets and frames from animated GIFs

    Turn an animated GIF into a sprite sheet in your browser: every frame as the GIF plays it, at its own delay, in a grid or a strip, with the frames as PNGs, a JSON atlas and a Godot SpriteFrames. Nothing is uploaded.

    Exports Sprite sheet PNG (grid, row or column, 1x to 8x) · Every frame as its own PNG · JSON atlas with each frame's duration · Godot 4 SpriteFrames (.tres) with each frame's duration

    Try the demo on our example, no account needed. Your own files and every download come with the tool, bought once.

  • A row of item icons and the palette taken from them, each colour's share shown

    The palette of any picture, with pixel counts

    Extract a color palette from an image in your browser: every colour of your pixel art with how many pixels use it, or the 2 to 64 colours that stand for a painting or photo, saved as .hex, .gpl, .pal, PNG, JSON and a Godot gradient. Nothing is uploaded.

    Exports .hex palette (Lospec, Aseprite) · .gpl (GIMP, Aseprite, Krita) and JASC .pal · PNG strip at 1x and swatches at 8x · JSON with every colour's pixel count · Godot 4 Gradient (.tres)

    Try the demo on our example, no account needed. Your own files and every download come with the tool, bought once.

  • A farm map on its 16 px grid, and the tileset taken from it, every tile once

    The tileset of a map picture, and the map to rebuild it

    Extract a tileset from a map image in your browser: it finds the tile size and grid, keeps every unique tile once, and gives you the tileset PNG with a Tiled map and a Godot TileMapLayer that rebuild the picture. Nothing is uploaded.

    Exports Tileset PNG (columns, margin, spacing, extruded edges) · Tiled map (.tmx) and tileset (.tsx) · Godot 4 TileSet (.tres) and a TileMapLayer scene (.tscn) · The map as JSON, with each tile's uses · Every tile as its own PNG

    Try the demo on our example, no account needed. Your own files and every download come with the tool, bought once.

  • Seamless Texture Maker screenshot

    Seamless textures from your photos

    Turn a photo into a seamless game texture: crop it, remove the seam, give it a pixel-art look, and save a PNG. Your photo stays in your browser.

    Exports PNG · Maps ZIP (full edition) · Atlas + JSON (full edition) · Batch ZIP (full edition)

    Demo edition: one texture up to 256 px, straight crop, all three seam methods, photo and pixel-art looks, PNG. Full edition: 4-corner perspective rip, patch quilt, up to 2048 px, PSX and hand-painted looks, height, normal, roughness and occlusion maps, atlas + JSON, batch ZIP. Version 1.0.