Art Resources
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This page lists resources that are available to help you with developing games on Playdate, both paid and free. It focuses on Art resources.
Sites
- https://jspaint.app/ - Online art program
- https://www.piskelapp.com/ - Online art program
- https://avatarmaker.com/ - Online portrait maker
- https://kaasiand.cool/tophat/ - For creating fonts for PlayDate
- https://dev.playdate.store/tools/gfxp/ - in-browser pattern editor
Various 1-bit conversion tools:
- https://kaasiand.cool/oven/
- https://www.pixelicious.xyz/
- https://potch.me/demos/playdither/
- https://29a.ch/ditherlicious/
- https://gazs.github.io/canvas-atkinson-dither/
Tutorials
- https://saint11.org/blog/pixel-art-tutorials/
- https://pixelparmesan.com/fundamentals-of-isometric-pixel-art/
- https://c6y.github.io/tilix-reference/
Programs
- BitCam - paid; a one-bit camera for iPhones
- PixelBasher - paid, a "kitbashing" program
- dotpict - free; for iPhone and Android
- OneBitDitherTool - free - PC
- Pixen - free with paid options; for Mac and iPad
- Article on using Pixen to create Playdate graphics
- aesprite - paid - multiple platforms - the "gold standard" of pixel art programs.
- https://twitter.com/Gogolitus/status/1634596725045198850?t=dwcjGHKH7IhUw0_LxkCQ8Q&s=19 add-on for Aseprite; dithering brushes.
- https://noesteryo.itch.io/aseprite-isometric-guidelines add-on for Aseprite; isometric guidelines
- https://github.com/dzuk-mutant/playdate-palette add-on for Aseprite; a playdate pallete.
Assets
A variety of assets available for use.
A lot more can be found at https://itch.io/game-assets/tag-1-bit , but here are some commonly used ones.
Fonts
- http://www.pentacom.jp/pentacom/bitfontmaker2/gallery/ - Online font-maker; has various bitmap fonts.
- https://kaasiand.cool/tophat/ - Converts font files into Playdate font format
- https://gingerbeardman.itch.io/st-din-playdate-font - Ready-to-use Playdate fonts
- https://crabaret.itch.io/8x8-fonts-for-playdate-pulp - two fonts for Pulp development
User Interface
- https://andelrodis.itch.io/1-bit-game-ui-pack
- https://minalien.itch.io/playdate-16px-input-icons
- https://kenney.nl/assets/1-bit-input-prompts-pixel-16
Tile Sets
- https://winglesspenny64.itch.io/playdate-platformer-tileset - Useful for platformers
Misc
- https://jayjay99.itch.io/1-bit-portraits - Portraits