Retro Sketch

Retro Sketch is a pixel art design, drawing, and animation software for desktop. The app was originally developed for our game team to create pixel art for our games. So as we update the app to support the things we need for our games, we'll be releasing those updates for free for those who purchase the software. No subscriptions, no paid DLC; buy once and use forever.

Pixel Art Drawing

Here are just a few of the tools you can start drawing with

Brush tools

Draw precisely with brush tools like paint, dithering and erase

Color sample & fill

Sample any color on your canvas and flood fill that color

Sample multiple layers & fill

Easily fill the current layer while sampling all other layers for the fill area

Basic shapes

Draw helpful shapes with a box to tell you the length/size of your shape as you draw it

Color swapper

Quickly test out new color ideas by swapping all matching colors

Selection & nudging

Select areas of your drawing and nudge them around (or paint, fill, erase, etc)

Animation

Extensive animation tools to allow more creativity

Track/Frames window

Able to sort your frames in the order you choose for the perfect animation

Timeline window

Manage the big picture of how your animation is being composed

Animation preview

Check out a preview of your current animation (Settings allows you to show lower tracks here as well)

Sequence export

Export your animation out in a sequence of images, perfect to use in your games

GIF export

Share a GIF of your work with others

Atlas export

Compact your animations into a singular image to make it easier to use in games

Project Management

A lot of tools available for you to properly manage your projects

Color palette manager

Setup your colors for how you are going to compose your work (Save, rename, delete pallets of your choosing)

Layers options

Modify your layers however you choose, with many options available!

Frames options

Manipulate each frame to your liking so that you can have the perfect sequence you want

Export window

Export your work to whichever format you want! (PNG, SEQ, GIF, ATLAS)

Settings window

Change your settings to better suit your needs on working in your project

Project setup window

Create your project to your liking with the templates below or your own input; or import pngs or other projects and start from there

Other stuff

Windows has support for drag/drop file support for PXL and PNG files as well. You can open files from anywhere you have access to, even network drives.

Drag & Drop Files

Drag and drop files from anywhere you have access to them

Keyboard Shortcuts

Yes, we have those too...