Pyxel Art Forge
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Pyxel Art Forge, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Pyxel Art Forge's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Pyxel Art Forge | $9.90, paid once | Windows download · minimum purchase $9.90 USD · $9.90 USD or more; 45% off the $18.00 price |
The facts
Each one read from Pyxel Art Forge's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Animation
- Sprite mode includes a timeline, onion skinning, animation playback, and a preview window.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Development status
- The maker says the application is in a completed state but still has bugs and has more features planned.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Download
- The purchase includes a 2.4 MB ZIP file, and the page also offers a 3.2 MB Windows demo installer.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Editing modes
- It has Image, Sprite, and Tileset editing modes.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Godot integration
- The sprite exporter creates a PNG and .pyxelsheet file that the included Godot plugin can import to create a sprite resource.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Guidance and support
- The maker says tutorials are not yet available, a getting-started readme is included, and Discord is available for bug reports, feature requests, and sharing art.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Image tools
- Image mode includes eight editing tools, custom brushes, palettes, layers, and seven customizable effects.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Importing
- The product page describes image, sprite, and tileset importers, plus importing a scene into a tile project and converting it to a tileset.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The maker’s page tags the tool for 2D, animation, drawing, pixel art, sprites, tilemaps, tilesets, and Godot.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- The maker describes Pyxel Art Forge as a pixel art application for game developers.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Tilesets
- Tileset mode supports animated tiles, autotiles, collision polygons, and exporting a .gmap file for import into Godot using the custom plugin.checked 11 Oct 2026
Money
- Other planned features
- The maker lists more effects, layer folders, and plugin support as planned, and says an iPad or Android version is a possibility.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Planned platforms
- The maker lists Mac and Linux versions as planned for full release and says they will not require another purchase.checked 11 Oct 2026
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