Hello ~ Mind to tell me some free tilemaking softwares?

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  1. Masochistic-Bipper
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    Hello! I am a pixel artist and I have been "spriting" all of my resources thusfar... except for my tilesets. Doing tilesets in MS Paint have proven very hard and I do have FireAlpaca, but that isn't a very "pixel-oriented" service.

    Does anybody know any free tileset creating softwares that could help me with this problem? I am tight on a budget right now for food and such, so, free is the only way to go right now!

    Thank you for your consideration~!  :guffaw:  

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    Sorry if this is in the wrong area, I'm still getting used to this place.
  2. tearsofthenight
    #2 Source
    I need to know to! I really want to make my own stuff so i can sell the game.
  3. Masochistic-Bipper
    #3 Source
    tearsofthenight said:
    I need to know to! I really want to make my own stuff so i can sell the game.
    I'm doing mine for school.

    It's voluntary, but if I win 1st prize in the art convention...

    well, I get lots of dinner money~!
  4. tearsofthenight
    #4 Source
    Xexkra said:
    I'm doing mine for school.

    It's voluntary, but if I win 1st prize in the art convention...

    well, I get lots of dinner money~!
    Yeah i hear ya i dont wanna be handed the graphics i wanna make em!
  5. Masochistic-Bipper
    #5 Source
    tearsofthenight said:
    Yeah i hear ya i dont wanna be handed the graphics i wanna make em!
    Exactly.

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    Now, I am using a tileset at the moment, just to show where the items will be, but I will replace it veeeerryyyy soon. Just gotta find that perfect software.
  6. Andar
    #6 Source
    Basically most people use GIMP (or photoshop, but that is not free)


    There are no specific "wonder-programs" for tileset construction, you'll need a program that can create and display a grid of guides - that's all.
  7. kiedisticelixer
    #7 Source
    Graphics Gale is probably what you're looking for. I just use photoshop, but I guess you can use this

    http://www.humanbalance.net/gale/us/

    Please stop writing like this  ;_;  
  8. StrawberryFlower
    #8 Source
    Paint.NET works as well. It's also FREE.


    Any program with layers will probably do wonders for you!
  10. Sharm
    #10 Source
    There's an older, unsupported version of Pyxel Edit you can download from their site for free.  It's hidden at the bottom of their Get page.  It's a bit buggy and you can't cut and paste anything but it makes it a whole lot easier to draw seamless tiles than most programs out there.
  11. Shaz
    #11 Source
    Moving to Program and Utility Discussion


    Photoshop is the tool I think that is used the most. GIMP and Paint.NET are free (Paint.NET has an interface similar to Paint and I find it easier to use than GIMP simply because there aren't so many confusing choices, but it can be a bit limited in some areas).


    Basically, anything that supports these things should be okay:


    - multiple layers


    - transparency


    - visible grid