Looking for a sprite maker

i was just wondering if there are any sprite makers out there, something like construct in that matter etc? like draw your character & impl bones & animation / 'add it or save to a PNG to use in construct?

I was going thru here in construct about something called "a powerful tool in the making" - containg just above what i mention, duno if that is already out or what

any advice is welcome

cheers

http://www.xpounded.com

They have a basic 2d sprite character creator program.It also depends on what type of sprites you want to create like 3d rendered sprites or just basic 2d rendered cartoon type sprites.

Draven, might want to check your links. That ones been gone several months.

The kit is basically a collection of pixel art sprites you can arrange and create a sprite sheet.

But its not available anymore.

There is Charas, a web based system that's similar.

As far as bones go, there's Anime Studio. Its got just about everything your looking for.

It's available as a demo, and a pay version.

There's also Synfig. It doesn't have bones, but it does have some very nice tweening.

I understand a bones system is in the works tho....

It's also open source, so it's free.

Why don't you just download Daz3d?.It's got motion captured animations and it can save animations as separate png files.You can also modify any 3d model with daz3d ,Especially the characters.http://www.daz3d.com

The Construct Help/Tech Support forum is for Help and/or Tech-nical Support with Construct.

Moving topic to Tools/Resources.

Adobe Flash

Bone-based: no

Key frame concept: yes

Sprite sheet rendering: no

OS: ?

Anime Studio software is used mainly for cartoons drawing.

Bone-based: yes

Key frame concept: ?

Sprite sheet rendering: no

OS: Win, Mac

ProMotion software is used for drawing of a detailed and pixel precise graphics. cosmigo.com/promotion/index.php

Bone-based: no

Key frame concept: no

Sprite sheet rendering: no

OS: ?

GraphicsGale is a simple raster animation editor for .gif and .avi animations. humanbalance.net/gale/us

Bone-based: no

Key frame concept: no

Sprite sheet rendering: no

OS: Win

ASE (Allegro Sprite Editor) is a pixel art raster sprite editor. aseprite.org

Bone-based: no

Key frame concept: no

Sprite sheet rendering: ?

OS: ?

Anatomy is sprite animation software for 2D game development. spritetools.com

Bone-based: yes

Key frame concept: yes

Sprite sheet rendering: yes

OS: all

List of drag and drop sprite sheets creators that use another sprite sheets or frames:

Zwoptex, $15 zwopple.com/zwoptex

Predator, $15 spritesheeteditor.com

Simple sprite editor sourceforge.net/projects/simplespriteedi

list of 2D Map rendering software:

Dungeon Crafter - is a small freeware program that lets you lay down walls, floors, doors, and objects. ww2.dungeoncrafter.com

Tile Studio - Tile Studio is a complete development utility for graphics of tile-based games. tilestudio.sourceforge.net

Tiled Map Editor is another free map editor. mapeditor.org

Good luck