Hero CreatorPlatformer Character Creator
The Hero Creator makes side-view heroes for platformers, metroidvanias and action RPGs. It mixes 192 layers on a 48x48 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, watch all 13 animations, then export the sheets for your engine.
A first session
- 1Start from a ready-made hero or a bare body.
- 2Choose armour, a helmet, a cape and a weapon.
- 3Play the 13 animations to check every frame.
- 4Export the sprite sheets.
- It exports
- Sprite sheets (PNG)
- Demo edition and full edition
- Demo edition: the Knight and the Ranger and their layers. Full edition: all 192 layers and 16 heroes.
- Version 1.0. Runs in Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari; nothing to install.
- Can I use what I make in a commercial game?
- Yes. What you make with the tools is yours to use in your games, commercial ones too, under the Gridwright licence.
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