# AI Sprite Maker > AI Sprite Maker (https://aispritemaker.com) generates game-ready pixel-art sprites and animated sprite sheets. Describe a character, pick one of 21 pre-built motions from the motion library (walk, run, attack, cast, hurt, death...), choose 1, 4 or 8 directions, and export a looping sheet for Godot, Unity, Phaser, GameMaker or Aseprite. It also offers 32 free in-browser pixel-art tools, a REST API and a remote MCP server. The site UI is available in 12 languages. Key facts: - Pricing is per action in credits: still sprite 2, animation 10 per direction (flat, includes drawing the character), 4-dir turnaround 8, 8-dir turnaround 14, tileset 6, edit 2, custom motion 30, video-to-sprite 5 per second. Failed jobs refund automatically. - Every plan, including Free, includes commercial use, no watermark, and the REST API + MCP server. Plans differ only in credits, max frame size, concurrency, priority and storage time. - Plans: Free ($0, 10 credits/day + 30 on sign-up, 128 px), Starter $9/mo (1,000 credits, 256 px), Pro $19/mo (2,500 credits, 512 px), Studio $49/mo (7,500 credits, priority). Yearly billing about 20% off. Credit packs ($5/400, $15/1,300, $40/4,000) never expire. - Exports: PNG sheet, PNG + JSON, GIF, frames ZIP, Godot 4 SpriteFrames (.tres), Aseprite-style JSON with frame tags. - Outputs belong to the user, with a permanent commercial license on every plan. - Operator: AI Sprite Maker, hello@aispritemaker.com. Payments by Stripe. ## Product - [Sprite Studio (generator)](https://aispritemaker.com/create): make sprites, animations, turnarounds, tilesets and edits - [Motion library](https://aispritemaker.com/motions): the 21 pre-built motions and their frame counts - [Pricing](https://aispritemaker.com/pricing): plans, packs and the per-action credit table - [Styles](https://aispritemaker.com/styles): pixel-art style presets (16-bit, 8-bit, GBA, SNES, Game Boy, HD pixel, chibi, isometric, 1-bit, PICO-8) - [Gallery](https://aispritemaker.com/gallery): animated examples generated with the product ## AI tools - [AI Sprite Generator](https://aispritemaker.com/ai/sprite-generator): Any sprite from a prompt or reference. - [Character Generator](https://aispritemaker.com/ai/character-generator): Heroes, NPCs and monsters in your style. - [Sprite Animation](https://aispritemaker.com/ai/sprite-animation): Walk, run, attack, cast, die and more. - [4 & 8-Direction Sprites](https://aispritemaker.com/ai/8-direction-sprites): Top-down and isometric turnarounds. - [Tileset Generator](https://aispritemaker.com/ai/tileset-generator): Seamless top-down and side-scroller tiles. - [Items & Icons](https://aispritemaker.com/ai/item-icon-generator): Weapons, loot, potions and inventory icons. - [Game UI Generator](https://aispritemaker.com/ai/game-ui-generator): Buttons, bars, frames and HUD pieces. - [AI Sprite Editor](https://aispritemaker.com/ai/sprite-editor): Inpaint, recolor and fix any frame. - [Video to Sprite (AI)](https://aispritemaker.com/ai/video-to-sprite): Turn real footage into a clean pixel sheet. ## Free browser tools (no account, files stay on the device) - [Video to Sprite Sheet](https://aispritemaker.com/tools/video-to-sprite-sheet): MP4/WebM/MOV to frames, in your browser. - [GIF to Sprite Sheet](https://aispritemaker.com/tools/gif-to-sprite-sheet): Unpack any GIF into a clean sheet. - [Image to Pixel Art](https://aispritemaker.com/tools/image-to-pixel-art): Pixelate with a locked palette. - [Sprite Sheet Slicer](https://aispritemaker.com/tools/sprite-sheet-slicer): Cut a sheet into frames or a ZIP. - [Sprite Sheet Maker](https://aispritemaker.com/tools/sprite-sheet-maker): Pack frames into a sheet + JSON. - [Sprite Background Remover](https://aispritemaker.com/tools/sprite-background-remover): Clean transparent edges, no halo. - [Palette Swapper](https://aispritemaker.com/tools/palette-swapper): Recolor sprites with retro palettes. - [Animation Previewer](https://aispritemaker.com/tools/sprite-animation-previewer): Play any sheet at any FPS. - [Pixel Art Upscaler](https://aispritemaker.com/tools/pixel-art-upscaler): Crisp 2x–16x nearest-neighbor scaling. - [Pixel VFX Generator](https://aispritemaker.com/tools/pixel-vfx-generator): Fire, explosions, magic — 200+ effects. - [All 32 free tools](https://aispritemaker.com/tools) ## Developers - [OpenAPI 3.1 spec](https://aispritemaker.com/openapi.json): machine-readable API description - [REST API reference](https://aispritemaker.com/docs/api): async jobs, Bearer API keys (asm_live_...), every plan including Free - [MCP server](https://aispritemaker.com/docs/mcp): https://aispritemaker.com/mcp for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, VS Code - [Godot 4 addon](https://aispritemaker.com/docs/godot): generate dock + JSON to SpriteFrames converter, Godot 4.2+ (download: https://aispritemaker.com/downloads/aispritemaker-godot.zip) - [Aseprite extension](https://aispritemaker.com/docs/aseprite): generate inside Aseprite 1.3+ (download: https://aispritemaker.com/downloads/aispritemaker.aseprite-extension) - [Unity package](https://aispritemaker.com/docs/unity): Unity 2021.3+, pixel-perfect import, slicing, AnimationClips (download: https://aispritemaker.com/downloads/aispritemaker-unity.zip) - [CLI](https://aispritemaker.com/docs/cli): `aispritemaker` command-line tool (npm release pending) ## Guides - [How to make a walk cycle sprite sheet](https://aispritemaker.com/blog/how-to-make-a-walk-cycle-sprite-sheet) - [How to import a sprite sheet in Godot 4](https://aispritemaker.com/blog/import-sprite-sheet-godot-4) - [Sprite sheets in Unity: slicing and animation](https://aispritemaker.com/blog/unity-sprite-sheet-slicing-animation) - [Phaser 3 sprite sheet animation](https://aispritemaker.com/blog/phaser-3-sprite-sheet-animation) - [Pixel art palettes for games](https://aispritemaker.com/blog/pixel-art-palettes-for-games) - [Sprite sheet formats explained](https://aispritemaker.com/blog/sprite-sheet-formats-explained) ## Help and policies - [Help center](https://aispritemaker.com/help): credits, billing, commercial use, exports, prompts, jitter, palettes, directions, API keys, account deletion - [Comparisons](https://aispritemaker.com/compare): vs PixelLab, Sprite-AI and Ludo.ai (sources linked, checked November 2026) - [Terms](https://aispritemaker.com/legal/terms), [Privacy](https://aispritemaker.com/legal/privacy), [Refunds](https://aispritemaker.com/legal/refunds), [Commercial license](https://aispritemaker.com/legal/license) - [Changelog](https://aispritemaker.com/changelog) ## Optional - [Full product description for LLMs](https://aispritemaker.com/llms-full.txt)