Aseprite
Aseprite is a dedicated tool for creating pixel art and animated sprites. It provides a timeline editor, onion skinning, and a customizable grid system—making it ideal for 2D game development. In the TAP program, students use Aseprite to create characters, backgrounds, icons, and UI elements that power their interactive media projects.
🎮 What Students Have Created with Aseprite
In PixelArcade, students designed retro-themed characters, tilesets, and collectible icons, all animated frame by frame using Aseprite. Pizza Heist featured stealth-inspired character movement and sprite-based transitions created entirely within Aseprite’s timeline editor.
Aseprite supports exporting sprite sheets and GIFs, which students then import into Unity, Godot, or Scratch for use in actual gameplay.
🔗 Useful Resources
Aseprite gives students full creative control over their game’s look and feel—teaching them to animate, iterate, and express ideas at the pixel level.
TAP Projects Using This Technology
FALL 2024: Pixel Arcade , Pizza Heist
