Sprite Anchor Animator

Sprite Anchor lets you import your game's sprites and create Anchor Points. You can then import that data into your game and do all kinds of things, like draw accessories for your character, create effects, manage hitboxes, or anything you might think of that requires you to attach data to your character's animations!

How does it work?

Sprite Anchor is designed to work with Game Maker projects. First, you export your sprite as a strip. Then you import the strip into Sprite Anchor. Then, you set up your anchor points and any other kind of data you want to attach to your animations, and export the data!

Back in Game Maker, you add the data to your project, and use one of the included functions to draw sprites or retrieve animation data in real time!

Features:

• Import all your animations into a single project.
• Create an unlimited amount of anchor points.
• Add additional data to your anchor points, like rotation, scaling and depth.
• Fully-featured timeline to easily navigate your animations.
• Modify your anchor points with an intuitive interface. Zoom, drag and scale with just your mouse!
• Use onion skinning to help you place your points consistently!
• Create your own Custom Data variables to tie additional data to each animation frame, and read it in your project in real time!
• Included scripts to make implementation as easy as possible. Draw sprites with added accessories with only a single function!
• Learn how everything works with an included tutorial and sample project!

What's Included:

When you buy Sprite Anchor you get a .zip file with the following:

• The Sprite Anchor Animator application.
• A sample GameMaker project already complete with Sprite Anchor implementation within a simple platformer game.
• A Local Package for GameMaker with several included scripts.
• A link to the manual. (You can also get it here)

Additionally, you can download a Demo free of charge! Test a fully-featured version of Sprite Anchor with saving/exports disabled, or try the interactive tutorial!

Contact:

Find a bug? Have a suggestion? Or even just a question? Feel free to reach out! You can talk to me directly on Discord (user: khao), to my email (santochoclo@gmail.com) or just by messaging me on the GameMaker Community (user: Khao). If you find any issues I'll be sure to fix them as fast as I can!

Made with Sprite Anchor:

This is a list of games that used Sprite Anchor for one or more of its systems, along with a short explanation on what exactly was powered by the tool. If you use Sprite Anchor in your project, let us know to have it added to the list!

• Generic Fighter Maybe: Hitbox Management.
• The Amazing Crackpots Club!: Equippable Masks, Powerups and Accessories.