Sprixel
Create retro pixel sprites, animate them frame by frame, and export ready-to-use sprite sheets — all in a fast, native macOS editor.
Sprixel is a pixel sprite editor built for retro game developers and pixel artists. Create, animate, and export sprite sheets with a streamlined workflow designed for small-format sprites (8×8 to 64×64).
Features
- Layer-based editing with per-layer color assignment
- Mixed mode for free-form painting with any color
- MSX color palette support alongside full RGB
- Frame-by-frame animation with playback preview
- Tiled texture preview for single-frame sprites
- Eyedropper tool for quick color picking
- Sprite sheet export with JSON atlas metadata
- PNG and GIF import with auto-detection of strips, grids, and animations
- Multiple sprites per project
- Undo/redo, flip, mirror, and shift tools
- Lightweight native macOS app