Sprytile

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• Sprytile is 4! Please Give To Relief
  April 02, 2021 by Jeiel Aranal

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  I wish I had more to celebrate the fourth anniversary of Sprytile with, but this year has been a lot. I'll always be grateful to see people creating art with Sprytile, thank you so much for sticking w... Continue reading
• Philippine Typhoon Relief
  November 16, 2020 by Jeiel Aranal

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  #typhoon relief, #charity, #donations, #disaster relief

  The Philippines, which is where I am from, has been hit by a series of typhoons in recent weeks with the worst damage being done by Typhoon Vamco / Ulysses a few days ago. In addition to my personal... Continue reading

  
• Sprytile 0.5 Quick Start Video Tutorial
  October 04, 2020 by Jeiel Aranal

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  #tutorial

  There is now a video tutorial for the Sprytile quick start guide. This is just a basic tutorial, a more advanced guide will come later. If Sprytile is useful to you, donations through the itch page or... Continue reading
• Sprytile v0.5.20 - Documentation and Bugfix Release
  September 26, 2020 by Jeiel Aranal

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  #Documentation

  Hey folks! This month's Sprytile work was focused on updating the written tutorial to reflect the current state of Sprytile. An updated video tutorial will be coming soon, but I've always prioritized... Continue reading
• Sprytile 0.5.15 for Blender 2.90
  September 06, 2020 by Jeiel Aranal

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  Blender just released version 2.90, and Sprytile has a new release alongside it! For this version, I focused on cleaning up the UI/UX issues that I encountered working with Sprytile, which means this... Continue reading

  
• v0.5.10 - Minor bugfix release
  August 09, 2020 by Jeiel Aranal

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  Hi folks! This is a minor bugfix release, just to cleanup some small issues from the porting to Blender 2.8. Floor to grid command fixed Added setup viewport command to edit mode panel Swap rotation s... Continue reading

  
• Official Blender 2.8 Release
  July 04, 2020 by Jeiel Aranal

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  Hi folks! Sorry for the long long long delay, but finally the official release of Sprytile for Blender 2.8 is out! Sprytile test in Blender 2.8, using the Azul tileset All of the work porting Blender... Continue reading

  
• Mesh Decal Layer Release
  August 28, 2018 by Jeiel Aranal

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  #Release, #features, #decal

  I'm excited to announce the mainline release of Sprytile's decal layer feature! Use the updater to get this new release. Unfortunately, I could only implement the decal mesh functionality for this rel... Continue reading

  
• Upcoming Feature: Decal Layers
  August 04, 2018 by Jeiel Aranal

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  #beta, #decal, #wip

  Hi folks! Sorry for the long radio silence, but I'm here to announce the next big feature for Sprytile's release! The next release of Sprytile will add a decal layer on the meshes you create. Initiall... Continue reading

  
• Sprytile Tutorial, Bugfix Release
  March 07, 2018 by Jeiel Aranal

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  #tutorial, #bugfix

  If you've been hesitating getting into Sprytile, Mort has created an excellent tutorial for Sprytile that also covers Blender basics which might help you get started easier! Mort has more tutorials on... Continue reading
• All Quiet On The Development Front, Until…
  February 24, 2018 by Jeiel Aranal

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  #release, #high-res

  It's been all quiet on the Sprytile dev front. Too quiet. So here's a quick dev update. High Res Tilesets, Baby! I was fretting over implementing high resolution tilesets because I thought my code was... Continue reading

  
• The Adventurous Undersea Friendos!
  November 12, 2017 by Jeiel Aranal

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  #art, #diorama, #donations

  Just wanted to post an 3D diorama that I just completed using Sprytile! These are the Undersea Friendos, three friends in search of adventure and soggy sandwiches. If you'd like to see a WIP and the S... Continue reading

  
• Bug fix for Load Tileset
  November 04, 2017 by Jeiel Aranal

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  #bugs, #donations

  This is a small teeny tiny release to fix a bug with loading tilesets. Use the updater to get the latest version or download the latest version on itch to manually update Sprtyile. If you encounter bu... Continue reading
• Closing Time…
  November 03, 2017 by Jeiel Aranal

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  #donations, #open source

  Hey gang! I'm writing this devlog to give people a heads up on the future of Sprytile. First off, don't worry. Sprytile is not going anywhere and development won't be stopping. However, by December I'... Continue reading

  
• Automatic Padding, and Patreon Launch!
  October 26, 2017 by Jeiel Aranal

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  #padding, #features, #patreon

  Hey there, pals! There's a new version of Sprytile out today, with a few features that enhances the Sprytile workflow. To get the latest version of Sprytile, you can use the updater found in Sprytile'... Continue reading

  
• Bug fixes
  October 12, 2017 by Jeiel Aranal

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  #bugfix, #release

  Yet another bugfix release, what fun! This release fixes an occasional bug that happens with a blank mesh and joined multi tile building and an error that was introduced with the tileset loader when u... Continue reading
• Material Setup: Simplified
  October 08, 2017 by Jeiel Aranal

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  #material, #texture, #interface

  This release is a minor update that makes loading tile sets a lot easier and fixes some under the hood bugs with regards to material setup. A texture setup bug was reported on the forum (thanks zer-o... Continue reading

  
• Blender 2.79 Bugfix Release
  September 28, 2017 by Jeiel Aranal

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  #release, #bugfix, #Blender 2.79, #opensource

  If you've tried using Sprytile with the latest version of Blender (2.79) you may have noticed that the Workflow panel is not displaying. This minor release should fix this bug. Thanks to MasterBeany f... Continue reading

  
• Discord Weekly Challenges
  September 25, 2017 by Jeiel Aranal

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  #challenge, #discord, #community

  Hi folks! To build up the community, we're running weekly art challenges in the Sprytile Discord server. We'll be figuring out the format as we go along, for now it's all just for fun and the winner g... Continue reading

  
• Community Chatroom
  September 13, 2017 by Jeiel Aranal

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  #community, #chat

  Hi folks! Sorry for the delay in updates to Sprytile, life events have made it difficult to work on Sprytile but I hope to be able to resume work on it ASAP. In the meantime, a suggestion has been bro... Continue reading
• Sketchfab Texture Explorer
  August 22, 2017 by Jeiel Aranal

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  #sketchfab, #tool, #collaboration

  I took a little detour from Sprytile documentation and development because I got interested in making a tool to make it easier to look at the textures in a Sketchfab model and to load a different text... Continue reading
• Documentation, Showcase, and a Patreon
  August 09, 2017 by Jeiel Aranal

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  #Documentation, #Showcase, #Patreon

  Documentation Hi there! I just made an update to the written documentation for Sprytile that clarifies some steps I've overlooked and updates some of the instructions for new workflows and features. I... Continue reading
• Multi-tile Selection is Here!
  July 29, 2017 by Jeiel Aranal

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  #startrekenterpriseisactuallygoodokay, #features

  It's been a long road, getting from there to here. It's been a long time, but multi tile is finally here. Look, I just have a lot of nostalgic fondness for Star Trek Enterprise okay? I've been tal... Continue reading
• Source all the tile sets!
  July 08, 2017 by Jeiel Aranal

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  #Sprytile, #Tiled, #Assets

  There hasn't been too much in the way of Sprytile development because I've been focusing on getting some art created with Sprytile actually finished. The scene I have planned isn't completed yet, but... Continue reading
• Always Be Refactoring
  June 11, 2017 by Jeiel Aranal#release

  Release 0.4.0 Okay, no, the post title is terrible advice, don't always be refactoring. In the previous blog post, I had mentioned that I wanted to work on Multi-tile Painting for the 0.4.0 release. I... Continue reading
• Paint mode preview and fixes
  May 23, 2017 by Jeiel Aranal#Release

  Release 0.3.93 - Paint Mode Improvements This minor release focuses on improvements to Sprytile's paint mode. Most notably it enables previews for paint mode, making usage of the paint tool easier. It... Continue reading

  
• Developing Sprytile
  May 22, 2017 by Jeiel Aranal

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  #Open Source, #Decisions

  For the first Sprytile devlog, I'll be talking about what motivated me to create Sprytile and why I'm building it as an opensource tool. If you don't know what Sprytile is yet, it's a set of tools for... Continue reading