{"assets":[],"author_link":"author\/bad-sector\/","author_name":"Bad Sector","cat":"LD #28","categories":["LD #28"],"comments":[],"epoch":1386735060,"event":"LD28","likes":7,"metadata":{"p_key":"80445","p_author":"Bad Sector","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"289455","p_title":"Mini Sprite Editor","p_cat":"LD #28","p_event":"LD28","p_time":"1386735060","p_likes":"7","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":null,"us_name":null,"us_username":null,"event_start":"1386892800","event_key":"20","event_name":"LD28"},"source_url":"2013\/12\/11\/mini-sprite-editor\/","text":"

Hi all,<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll try to make this my first LD after a while (if i don\u2019t feel tired as hell after this work heavy week :-P). I\u2019m not sure yet what i\u2019ll use as a base \u2013 probably my engine<\/a> or maybe my Free Pascal 2D framework<\/a> (note: the page is outdated, there are docs in the code). Or maybe use MMF2 that i\u2019ve got out of curiosity this week. Although it feels way too limiting and complex to do stuff not thought by its designers (i want to move a sprite 32 pixels at the left if it doesn\u2019t collide with something and i had to set up a whole page of conditions, etc for something that would be an oneliner in a 2d framework).<\/p>\n

This post, however, is mostly about a small tool i accidentally did a while ago in VB5. I was just messing around with it for a while, again out of curiosity, and somehow i ended up writing a sprite editor \u2013 and a quite good one, if i can say so :-P. At least it beats GIMP for simple sprite stuff, if only because of the tiled view and animations :-P.<\/p>\n

Here is an image:<\/p>\n

\"Mini<\/a>

Mini Sprite Editor<\/p><\/div>\n

It also works under Linux via Wine<\/a>, but i\u2019ve noticed that the BMP saving doesn\u2019t work properly (the custom format<\/a> \u2013 necessary for animations \u2013 work fine though).<\/p>\n

You can download it (with source) from here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At some point i plan on rewriting it in Lazarus<\/a> so it can be proper multiplatform, but so far i\u2019ve found the above to be just fine for my needs.<\/p>","time":"December 11th, 2013 4:11 am","title":"Mini Sprite Editor","title_was_empty":false}