P1Xel Editor
Professional indexed pixel art editor for making content for Game Boy (Color) games.
Highly customize to my personal game engine. Can be easily adopted to any.
Download Shareware version here.
Version 1.x
This was the early, alpha-quality version. Used for Cortex Labs. I was updating it as the needs came in.
Version 2.x
This version was remade with all the knowledge gained. UI reworked. Was used to make Tombland DX, Fungus Foray DX graphics.
Includes
- Tiles Editor
- Sprites Editor
- Fonts Editor
- Level Editor
Version 3.x
Version 3 is not backward compatible. It represents updated workflow idea for all future productions. Finally supports meta-workflow for tiles and sprites.
Includes
- Tiles Editor
- Sprites Editor
- Fonts Editor
- Level Editor
- Worlds Manager
- Meta-tiles, Meta-sprites Manager
Features (2.x)
| Tile editor | 8×8 pixel, fill, and line tools for background tiles. |
| Sprite editor | 8×8 transparent sprites with colour-index 0 as transparent and abstract per-sprite flag bits. |
| Font editor | Edit the built-in exported glyph set — also 8×8 indexed images. |
| Libraries | Separate tile, sprite, and font libraries. Quick 3×3 slots for fast access while editing maps. |
| Indexed color | Each pixel stores 0..3; each image references one palette 0..7. Changing a palette color updates every pixel using it. |
| Palette banks | Three dedicated palette/map banks for biome or level-set workflows. Two map slots per bank. |
| Map editor | Tile stamping, fill, random-row, PATH9/LAKE9 auto-tiling, sprite placement, per-cell palette & flip attributes, selection copy/paste, zoom, pan, grid guides. |
| GB/GBC LCD simulation | Toggle to preview art closer to real GB and GBC screen colors. |
| RGBDS export | Binary data blobs + generated assembly include. Ready-to-build preview ROM included. |
| Four project slots |
F1–F4, stored as art_data-f1.p1x through art_data-f4.p1x. |
License
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Feature |
Shareware |
Full license |
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5-second waiting intro screen |
Yes |
No |
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Full featured program |
Yes |
Yes |
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Support |
No |
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Requirements
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Windows |
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Linux |
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Release
| Version included | 2.27, 3.0 |