sdl2-sprite
A Haskell library for rendering sprites and a commandline tool for previewing them
Commandline use
Create a horizontal sprite like this:
The size of the intended result image is 220x130, so provide that:
sdl2-sprite blue-fish.png 220x130 --fps 15
This will open a window animating that sprite:
The animation repeats indefinitely at the desired framerate.
Using Haskell API
Use load
to load in a sprite for a Renderer
:
load :: MonadIO m => Renderer -> FilePath -> V2 CInt -> m Sprite
To render the sprite at a given position use render
:
render :: MonadIO m => Sprite -> V2 CInt -> m ()
To advance the sprite's frame to the next frame (or loop), use
animate
:
animate :: Sprite -> Sprite
This is a pure function, so you can use it in a loop. See the source
in app/Main.hs
of this repository for an example.
How to make sprites in Inkscape
Choose the size of your intended result e.g. 220x130 and then setup the grid in Inkscape to show that size (see the Spacing X/Spacing Y fields):
It'll look like this, which is handy:
When you want to make a new frame, use Ctrl-D
to duplicate the
selection and use the Transform tool to move it exactly 220 pixels to
the right and hit Apply.
Make sure that your document dimensions are your width x your frame count.
Finally, export your image with the right "Image size" - make sure the size is 130 so that the width scales right:
Now you're good to go! Hit Export.