Piskel
Free online editor for animated sprites & pixel art
Piskel is a free, open-source browser-based tool for creating pixel art, animated sprites, and game tilesets. It supports real-time animation preview, export to GIF and PNG spritesheets, and also offers offline desktop applications for Windows, macOS, and Linux. A child-friendly version called Piskel for Kids is available for educational use.
Users open the web-based editor in a desktop browser to draw, animate, and export sprites as GIFs or PNG spritesheets, with an optional offline desktop app available.
game developers, pixel artists, kids, teachers, and parents
Background.
- Status
- launched
- Business model
- free
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