Is it possible to extract pictures from tilesets in game?

GDevelop general
#1

Hi, I am a total beginner. To start learning GDevelop, I download some free assets from Itch.

For character sprites and background assets on Itch, always it is in the form of “tilesheet”. As I understand, GDevelop does not support “tilesheets”. So, I need to manually split up all the tiles into individual PNG files?

Is there any way, within GDevelop, that i can extract just the tiles i want to use?

Thank you very much

#2

You can try Split image online just upload you spritesheet and select how many blocks you want.
Also you can do this with shoebox
Check here for more tools Resources [GDevelop wiki]

#3

If you have the time, you can also just import the sprite sheet into piskel and crop it for each frame.

If your animation is all in a single line/frame/etc, you can also import that sprite sheet.

http://wiki.compilgames.net/doku.php/gdevelop5/tutorials/piskel-sprite-sheets

#4

Thank you for the advice. I will try it, thank you

#5

For now, i have found a method i find convenient:

  1. open ‘edit with piskel’
  2. open my tileset in MS Paint
  3. copy from MS Paint
  4. paste onto Piskel

So this way, i can easily select just the tiles i want to use.