Sprite Fusion

What is Sprite Fusion?

Sprite Fusion is a free tilemap editor and game design tool for creating 2D maps. Tilemaps are grids made up of small, repeating images called tiles, and Sprite Fusion lets you build these maps in the browser and export them to popular game engines like Unity and Godot, or any other engine you prefer.

It works for many game styles, from platformers to RPGs with large worlds. For Unity users, maps can be exported as native Unity packages for easy integration. For mobile development, it offers native map export for Defold. For retro projects, it includes built-in helpers for GB Studio, simplifying the creation of classic Game Boy games.

Other features include:

• Collision support: Set up layers to handle collision detection.
• Auto-tiling: Speeds up terrain map design.
• Easy tileset import: Drag and drop image files or paste them from your clipboard.
• Multiple export formats: Unity packages, Godot Scenes, or JSON files.
• Web-based: No downloads required, and it runs on most modern devices without needing powerful hardware.
• Free for commercial use: No payment or permission needed for commercial projects.

Who created Sprite Fusion?

The specific individual or team behind Sprite Fusion isn’t documented here, but the tool itself is a free, web-based tilemap editor designed for 2D game development across mobile and retro platforms. A desktop version is reportedly in development.

What is Sprite Fusion used for?

• Designing 2D game maps: The core function, for building visual game environments.
• Exporting to game engines: Unity, Godot, Defold, GB Studio, or other engines.
• Mobile game development: Native map export for Defold.
• Retro game design: Built-in helpers for GB Studio and Game Boy-style games.
• Terrain design: Auto-tiling accelerates creating terrain maps.
• Commercial projects: Free to use without licensing restrictions.

How to use Sprite Fusion?

Because it’s web-based, getting started requires no installation: open the site, import a tileset by dragging and dropping files or pasting from the clipboard, paint your map on the tile grid, then export to your engine of choice — Unity package, Godot Scene, or JSON.