That’s probably fair which is why I tried to be upfront that this is shilling. I figure some people might be like me, interested in sprites but not artsy enough to make them. You might start with an ai sprite and fix it via LibreSprite or another tool.
Like the comment above I split sprite sheets into grids with edges for NBP to follow. I have the option to add the canny edge map to the grid to enforce a lot of consistency as well. Then I specifically tailor the prompt to the task.
This is 100% true for artists. But I am not an artist, and I like pixel art stylistically. So when I make sites or games, I need to either: use my bad art, hire someone on fiverr, or use AI.
That’s a bit reductive. Some do, others don’t. I do a lot of AI development, and building. But I value the act of writing for clarifying my thoughts. And I value other people’s time when reading my writing.
I do agree it is one of those “if I had more time, I would write a shorter letter” situations.
But in this case the piece is wordier than a bad human writer would be. If they want to use ai for writing, so be it, but at least include “concisely” in the prompt.
We have been experimenting with adding Spacetime multi-player to our current threejs app. It was surprisingly easy to build the standalone demo but the full integration obviously is not as straightforward.
I built 8bitsmith.com as a tool to make controlled sprite sheets.
It was an experiment in vibe-coding and controlled asset creation, so pricing is basically a pass-through cost of using Gemini.
I needed some pixel art for a different project, so I made 8BitSmith, a simple pixel art & sprite generator.
I'm expecting it is pretty niche, but animations tend to be very time consuming for people like me, and getting quick sprites that I can drop into a platform is a big time saver.
Thanks for sharing!