Top 9 C++ pixel-art Projects

aseprite

117 21,533 9.7 C++

Animated sprite editor & pixel art tool (Windows, macOS, Linux)

Project mention: Feedback for the new demo of my upcoming 2D parkour game | reddit.com/r/PixelArt | 2023-05-15

I used Aseprite to make the pixel art
LibreSprite

10 3,384 3.8 C++

Animated sprite editor & pixel art tool -- Fork of the last GPLv2 commit of Aseprite

Project mention: Great news, macOS users! 🍎 | reddit.com/r/LibreSprite | 2023-05-19

We're thrilled to announce that LibreSprite is finally available for macOS! 📷📷 A big shoutout to u/Booga y u/FManga for making this possible! Download LibreSprite for macOS
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Cytopia

1 1,707 6.7 C++

:deciduous_tree::house_with_garden::office::evergreen_tree: A city building simulation game

Project mention: Is there a way to reduce level of detail in 2d TileMap? | reddit.com/r/godot | 2023-02-13
slate

2 976 5.9 C++

Pixel Art Editor (by mitchcurtis)

Project mention: What’s a simple but non-trivial Qt code base I can look at? | reddit.com/r/QtFramework | 2023-03-10
mcmap

2 288 3.2 C++

Pixel-art map visualizer for Minecraft. Maps are drawn from an isometric perspective.

Project mention: A visualization of how much mining and caving I've done so far this year | reddit.com/r/Minecraft | 2022-09-18

I used a slightly modified version of https://github.com/WRIM/mcmap/releases (I modified it to properly render blocks in TMCW, as well as improved the algorithm used to only render explored caves, which is the most unique feature of this mapping tool). A more up-to-date version can be found at https://github.com/spoutn1k/mcmap/releases (this is actually the original repository, unfortunately, they removed downloads for older versions, and it is 1.13+ only).
SpookyGhost

1 230 2.7 C++

A procedural sprite animation tool made with the nCine

Project mention: A video tutorial on how to procedurally animate a tree with SpookyGhost | reddit.com/r/PixelArt | 2022-07-11

The tool is free and open source and it can be found on Itch.io or GitHub.
sprator

0 153 1.8 C++

A GUI application to generate random sprites and export as icon.
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MakeItPixel

1 29 7.2 C++

Image processing tool to make images look like pixel art

Project mention: Make It Pixel! - Make pixel art from any image | dev.to | 2022-07-17

Official documentation (wiki).
Pixel-Editor

0 6 0.0 C++

A Simple Pixel Art Editor For Zakar Game Engine

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020). The latest post mention was on 2023-05-19.