Creature Creator Tool
A downloadable tool for Windows and macOS
This is the Creature Creator Tool.
Unleash your creativity and bring amazing 2D pixel art creatures to life!
Have you ever imagined being able to create your own creatures in pixel art, customizing every detail of your look? Now you can with Creature Creator, a tool that lets you bring unique and charming characters to life!
With Creature Creator, you have full control over the look of your creatures. Choose from a wide variety of body parts, from heads to tails, and combine them to create endless creatures. Want a three-eyed monster with bat wings? Or perhaps a robot with spider legs? The choice is yours!
Customize the colors of each body part to create a truly unique style. With just a few clicks, you can create a universe of pixel art creatures that reflects your imagination and artistic vision.
Once you've created your creatures, you can export them as PNG image files to use in your games.
--- Changelog ---
-> v1.1 :
- Some attack animations
- Some new sprites
- Some redesigned sprites
- Now exports spritesheets and individual sprites
- Gameplay test scene, so you can test the animations
- Some predefined characters. Instructions included in the download file
-> v1.0:
- 12 Horns
- 9 Hairs
- 22 Eyes
- 21 Mouths
- 10 Noses
- 10 Ears
- 6 Heads
- 9 Bodies
- 8 Hands
- 9 Legs
- 4 Wings
- 5 Tails
- 3 Animations (Idle, Walk, Death)
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-> LICENSE:
YOU CAN:
-> Use the sprites created by this tool as part of your project, even commercially. (Credit is not required, but is always appreciated.)
YOU CAN'T:
-> Resell the sprites as standalone characters, even modified.
-> Use the character sprites as part of a character creation tool.
-> Share sprites as part of open source projects, unless the user does not have access to the sprites.
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If you have any suggestions, please leave them in the comments.
If you like it, please, rate it!
I hope you enjoy!
Purchase
In order to download this tool you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $3.90 USD. You will get access to the following files:
Development log
- Creature Creator Tool v1.1 - Update3 days ago
- Creature Creator Tool v1.0 - First ReleaseMay 13, 2023
Comments
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Can you make a macos build?
Hi!
I don't have a Mac, but i'll try to test in a virtual machine, and if it works i release it.
Thank you very much! I don't know what technologies and frameworks you used for development, but if needed, I can help you with the packaging. I'm using an M1 chip.
I uploaded the MacOS version but haven't been able to test it yet. I'd appreciate it if you could give me feedback to let me know if it worked.
Great, I'll try it right now
It looks like it's working properly. I have a small suggestion: could you add support for setting left-right symmetry for arms and legs? Otherwise, the randomly generated monsters look a bit strange.
Yes, i'll fix it in next update. Thank You for your support.
Any plans for DLC or extra content? It's been a while without any updates and it'd be great to see future versions.
Yes! I will make new body parts and maybe new animations. I'll do it as soon as I have some free time.
Thanks!
Am I able to add my own bodies, eyes, etc. to this? If so, how do I go about doing that?
Hi!
Unfortunately not, sorry.
Hi, what size are the sprites? 16x16?
Hi! The export canvas size is 64x64 pixel, but characters have 16x16 pixels.
Thanks. Are you still working on this?
I haven't updated this tool yet, but I plan to do so as soon as possible.
Thanks. I will take a punt and purchase it :-)
Thank You!
Is there a possibility of making the creature's attack in this program?
It's hard to match monster body parts to make attack animations, or they would all have to have the same attack. For human characters it's easier because they have the same body base. I haven't been able to think of an efficient way to do this in this tool yet.
Got it, thank you very much for your attention.! ^^
You're welcome!
What about adding a Feature to select the Resolution/Pixels of your Character?
Hello! I totally agree with you!
I just need some free time to update this project and create new ones.
This looks great, any plans for MacOS support?
Hi @Innate Essence!
Not for now, sorry.
This project really does look like what i need apart from its platformer only ie left /right view. I would be happy to purchase it if it also had up/down. Pity
I want to improve the tool with 4 directions sprites in future, but need a lot of more work.
Are there any predefined sprites that come with the tool (like the cat/dog/ghost/duck/etc) ?
I was hoping to build on top of those but it seems we need to recreate it all?
Hi, adhemar1!
There are no predefined sprites in the tool, you will have to create them from scratch. Sorry.
Hi! It's crucial that the animations are laid out in a horizontal sprite sheet. That way, I can easily create animations with them in Unity. Right now I need to make the sprites then put them in sprite sheet.
Exporting animations to a spritesheet would save a ton of manual labor!
Hi! Thank you for your purchange!
I agree with you. It's always good to give varied options, because each developer likes to work in a different way.
I will try to implement this feature in the next updates.
Meanwhile, you can use ImageMagic program together with a .bat code to create a spritesheet with just 1 click.
https://www.imagemagick.org/
Code from the .bat file I use to create spritesheets:
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@echo off
set IM_PATH="C:\Program Files\ImageMagick-7.1.1-Q16-HDRI\magick.exe"
set INPUT_FOLDER="YOUR_SOURCE_FOLDER_HERE"
set OUTPUT_FILE="YOUR_DESTINATION_FOLDER_HERE\spritesheet.png"
%IM_PATH% montage %INPUT_FOLDER%\*.png -geometry 64x64 -background transparent -filter Catrom %OUTPUT_FILE%
echo Conversion completed.
pause
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1. Change "YOUR_SOURCE_FOLDER_HERE" with the folder path containing the separate sprites.
2. Change "YOUR_DESTINATION_FOLDER_HERE" with the folder path where the generated spritesheet will be saved.
3. Save the text file with a .bat extension.
I hope this helps you out for now, and thanks for your feedback!
Are you planning to add a hero character in future update?
(male and female)
Hello!
Not in this tool, because I already have a human character generator in partnership with 1up Indie2:
https://1up-indie2.itch.io/character-creation-tool-full
But I have plans to create a new version of the human character generator in the future, with a different character design and better animations.
My question is whether I do it in pixel art or vector art. I would like to know which of these two options developers prefer when creating their games.
I would appreciate it if you and others could leave your comments here so I have a sense of which way to go.
Sorry for the late reply, I prefer the vector style, but it's my opinion, I also like pixels, I think that based on the type of game devs will create, they set a certain style!
In any case I will wait the new character generator =)
Thank You very much for your feedback!
You're welcome!
is 64px the only export option or am I missing a setting?
For now this is the only option, but i can enable other resolutions in future updates.
If you or anyone else has suggestions for commonly used resolutions, just post them here in this comment.
I usually use 16 pixels and I thought that would be the most used, so I did it in that resolution.
this is so neat, I’d like a up down left right version
Thank You! :)
It needs a lot more work to draw each part. Maybe in a future update.
But I'll make a note of it. Thanks for the feedback!