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I feel like I need to shout out aseprite here: https://www.aseprite.org/ https://www.aseprite.org/ It's a really good pixel art tool, but I think their licensi

I feel like I need to shout out aseprite here: https://www.aseprite.org/ https://www.aseprite.org/ It's a really good pixel art tool, but I think their licensing strategy is particularly interesting to the hn audience. The tool is open source, but they don't distribute binaries for free. So if you just want to use it, you can buy a copy like normal software, but if you've got the technical ability to do so, you could just build a binary yourself from source. Always struck me as such a good compromise.

rmvt 4y ago
there's also libresprite, a fork of aseprite from when they changed their license
- bitwize 4y ago
  Except it hasn't been updated and Aseprite has.
  - sodapopcan 4y ago
    They say that's because they are re-writing it from scratch. That's just looking at their website, though, I'd never heard of it before and happy with Aesprite.
tmountain 4y ago
Aseprite recently added some truly unique features for creating tessellated tiles. I have always struggled with creating good looking tiles, and the process is much easier for me now.
- runevault 4y ago
  Is this in the beta branch? I feel like the main branch hasn't gotten a lot of updates in ages. I haven't used aseprite for a while but I did finally switch to the beta since it has been getting most of the love lately.
  - tmountain 4y ago
    Yes, the 1.3 beta branch has tile layers, and they are fantastic. I should have been more specific.
apwheele 4y ago
I picked up this book and enjoyed it just for the process, https://www.amazon.com/Make-Your-Own-Pixel-Art/dp/1593278861 https://www.amazon.com/Make-Your-Own-Pixel-Art/dp/1593278861. (Not an artist, just a programmer who has tried to make a few tiny pieces.) Uses aseprite.
omgjustletme 4y ago
Aseprite started out open source, went closed source and back to open source. It's nice to see them opensource again/ Libresprite was built out of Aseprite close sourcing future versions. I honestly wasn't aware it was open source again.
- omgjustletme 4y ago
  https://dev.aseprite.org/2016/09/01/new-source-code-license/ https://dev.aseprite.org/2016/09/01/new-source-code-license/ Here is the actual information. and a quote from it "Aseprite is non-free software from now on"

rmvt 4y ago

there's also libresprite, a fork of aseprite from when they changed their license

bitwize 4y ago
Except it hasn't been updated and Aseprite has.
- sodapopcan 4y ago
  They say that's because they are re-writing it from scratch. That's just looking at their website, though, I'd never heard of it before and happy with Aesprite.

tmountain 4y ago

Aseprite recently added some truly unique features for creating tessellated tiles. I have always struggled with creating good looking tiles, and the process is much easier for me now.

runevault 4y ago
Is this in the beta branch? I feel like the main branch hasn't gotten a lot of updates in ages. I haven't used aseprite for a while but I did finally switch to the beta since it has been getting most of the love lately.
- tmountain 4y ago
  Yes, the 1.3 beta branch has tile layers, and they are fantastic. I should have been more specific.

apwheele 4y ago

I picked up this book and enjoyed it just for the process, https://www.amazon.com/Make-Your-Own-Pixel-Art/dp/1593278861 https://www.amazon.com/Make-Your-Own-Pixel-Art/dp/1593278861. (Not an artist, just a programmer who has tried to make a few tiny pieces.) Uses aseprite.

omgjustletme 4y ago

Aseprite started out open source, went closed source and back to open source. It's nice to see them opensource again/ Libresprite was built out of Aseprite close sourcing future versions. I honestly wasn't aware it was open source again.

omgjustletme 4y ago
https://dev.aseprite.org/2016/09/01/new-source-code-license/ https://dev.aseprite.org/2016/09/01/new-source-code-license/ Here is the actual information. and a quote from it "Aseprite is non-free software from now on"