Pixel Paperdoll: Character Creator & Sprite Sheet Generator

Your hero. Every animation. One click.

Pixel Paperdoll builds game-ready pixel-art characters for 2D platformers and 2.5D top-down RPGs. Pick a body, hair, face, outfit and weapon, or hit Randomize, and export complete sprite sheets for your engine. No drawing, no rigging, no clipping.

▶ Try the free demo above: 37 parts unlocked and every animation playing. The full version unlocks all 124 parts, 12 presets, any colour, and the one-click exports.

By the numbers

• 27 trillion+ different characters: the parts alone give almost 27 trillion combinations, before you even pick a colour
• 4 × 10³⁶ with the built-in colour swatches, plus any custom colour on top
• 211+ animation frames for every character you make
• 13 platformer animations + 7 top-down animations × 4 directions
• 124 pixel-art parts · 12 one-click presets · 3 camera views
• 0 art skills required

Every animation you actually need

2D side-view: Idle · Walk · Run · Jump · Fall · Land · Crouch · Roll · Attack · Cast · Hurt · Death · Climb

2.5D top-down (down / left / right / up): Idle · Walk · Run · Attack · Cast · Hurt · Death

The attack follows the weapon: swords, axes and hammers slash with a swing trail, spears and daggers thrust, bows draw and fire, staffs and wands cast a spell, and empty hands punch.

Customize everything

5 body types · 15 hairstyles · 10 eye styles · 6 brows · 8 mouths · 4 face marks · 10 beards · 15 hats & helmets · 7 eyewear · 11 tops · 8 jackets, armour, capes & cloaks · 10 bottoms (skirts too) · 7 shoes · 8 weapons.

Every item gets its own main + accent colour from 26 swatches or any colour you like, plus skin, eye and hair colours.

Nothing clips. In any frame.

Each character is built from body pieces that have their own depth in every view, and clothes are painted onto the piece they cover. Sleeves move with the arms, hats hide the hair underneath (and sit higher on an afro), skirts cover both legs mid-stride, and capes swing to the back when your hero turns around.

Engine-ready exports

One click gives you a ZIP with:

• PNG sprite sheets, side-view and top-down, one row per animation
• Aseprite-format JSON (frame rects + animation tags) for Phaser and the Godot / Unity Aseprite importers
• A PNG strip per animation and looping preview GIFs
• An import guide for Godot, Unity, GameMaker and Phaser

32, 48 or 64 px frames, scaled 1×–4×. Feet are anchored bottom-centre so nothing jitters when you switch animations. Optional baked ground shadow and mirrored left-facing rows.

The little things

• Eyes blink; faces react when attacking, getting hurt or dying
• Dust puffs on runs and landings; capes, ponytails and braids sway
• Soft coloured outlines and hue-shifted shading, the classic pixel-art look
• Runs 100% offline in your browser, nothing is uploaded
• Save and load your characters as build files

Licence

• Yes: use the characters you make in your own games, free or commercial, on any platform, and in trailers, screenshots and store pages for those games. Edit them however you like.
• No credit required. (A mention is always appreciated, but it's up to you.)
• No: sharing or reselling Pixel Paperdoll itself, or selling or giving away the sprites on their own (sprite packs, asset stores, NFTs, merchandise).

Full terms are in LICENSE.txt in the download.

FAQ

Do I need to install anything?
No. Unzip and open index.html in Chrome, Edge, Firefox or Safari.

Which engines does it work with?
Anything that reads PNG sprite sheets. Step-by-step notes are included for Godot, Unity, GameMaker and Phaser.

How do I face left?
Flip the sprite in your engine (one line of code), or tick "Add left-facing rows" before exporting.

Can I sell my game with these characters?
Yes. Commercial games are fine, with as many copies sold as you like, and no credit is required.

Can I edit the sprites afterwards?
Yes, they're plain PNGs. Open them in Aseprite, LibreSprite or Piskel.