Sprite Sheets

To create your own sprite sheets, first download and install GIMP.

Steps to make a sprite sheet:

• Open GIMP.
• Select GIMP, Settings, Folders, Scripts to see your scripts directory.
• Go to GitHub, Tilemancer.
• Download the code .zip file for the tilemancer script.
• Unzip in your scripts directory.
• Go to Filters > Script-Fu > Refresh Scripts to check if tilemancer is properly installed. You should see a tilemancer option under Filters > Animation > tilemancer.
• In GIMP, select File, New.
• Make a 100 x 100 file.
• Select a layer in the bottom right.
• Right click, add transparent layer.
• Add as many layers as you need.
• Right click to delete the solid background layer.
• Create your sprite - a different animation frame on each layer.
• Select Filter, Animation, tilemancer.
• For Shape, select One Row Per Layer Group.
• File, Export As, and save as a .png file. Use the naming convention, image-X.png, where X is the number of frames.