SpriteSplitter

Simple QoL tool for splitting a spritesheet image into separate images to be used in Scorpion Engine. This allows user to save time when updating spritesheets by automating this process.

How to use:

spritesplitter.exe [args]

Example: spritesplitter.exe -columns 4 -rows 4 -input "platform_assets\amiga_ocs\player_walk.png"

This will split player_walk.png into 16 sprites (columns * rows) named player_walk_00x00.png, player_walk_01x00.png etc.

Check out the included readme.txt for more ways to use SpriteSplitter.

Tip:

Make a batch file with multiple calls to spritesplitter to quickly split multiple spritesheets and update the sprites for Scorpion Engine. Just run the batch file and then run/compile the game.

You can also use the -file parameter (available from 0.4) to specify a text file which contains a list of command operations.

Road map:

Right now this tool is filling my needs when working with Scorpion Engine, but I will develop this further and add more functionality.

Possible future updates: 

• Parameter for keeping original palette's index order.
• Let the user control the file output numbering

Update history:

0.4

• Added a -file parameter which let you specify a text file which contains a list of command operations. This is much faster than calling SpriteSplitter multiple times.

0.3

• Added a -region parameter which let you extract a sprite of arbitrary size and location.

0.2

• Changed to named parameter/value pairs for clarity.
• Added from and to parameters which let you specify range of sprites to be split/separated out from the spritesheet. This is very useful if you have a large unified spritesheet and you want to grab ranges from it and save to different places.
• Changed so that when output is not specified SpriteSplitter uses the input as a base for the output instead.