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Generate unique sprites from text, bring them to life with AI-powered animation, and export game-ready sprite sheets in seconds. Create characters, items, and effects for your 2D games faster than ever - a sprite creator, animator, and sprite sheet packer in one tool.

Twelve asset types: **sprites, VFX sprites, horizontal and vertical tiling sprites, seamless textures, map tiles, parallax layers, UI assets, item icons, portraits, card art and logos**. You can create each of them **from scratch** with a text prompt or **upload** your own static image and animate that instead.

What kinds of assets can Ludo animate?

There are **four ways to drive an animation**: a **text motion prompt**, **drawn keyframes** (up to three: initial, middle and final), a **reference video** (around 4 seconds works best), or a **named motion preset**. Keyframe animation needs no motion prompt at all, because the motion is derived from the frames you draw.

How do I tell Ludo what motion I want?

No. Alongside text motion prompts, Ludo ships a library of **641 motion presets across 34 categories**, each with a video preview so you can see the motion before you apply it. Every preset is selectable in **5 camera perspectives** (Side, Isometric, Top-Down, Tactical and Hero) and **8 compass directions**, so one preset covers a full character controller with no motion prompt to write.

Do I have to describe every motion myself?

Yes. Draw up to **three keyframes** (initial, middle and final) and the character keeps its **proportions**, **style** and **details** across every frame in between. The dedicated **Change Pose** step lets you fix the starting frame before animating, so one source sprite stays on-model across a whole moveset. For pixel art, the dedicated **Forge Pixel** animation model preserves the pixel grid across every frame, so the exported sheet keeps the same pixel size and crisp edges as your source art.

Does the tool keep object permanence and style consistency?

Start from **one anchor image** that has the look you want, then make every other asset from it instead of prompting each one from scratch. In the Image Generator, **Generate with Style** takes the anchor as a style reference: the reference sets the style and your prompt sets the subject. **Edit Image** fixes an asset that drifts without regenerating it. For characters, **Change Pose** re-renders the same character in a new pose or camera view, and the Sprite Generator animates from that image as the first frame, so the animation keeps its look. The full workflow is in [How to keep a consistent art style across AI game assets](/docs/image-generator/consistent-style).

How do I keep a consistent art style across all my game assets?

Sheets come as square grids of **4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49 or 64 frames**. Frame sizes run from **32 to 384 px**, plus a **max-resolution** option that keeps the sprite at its full native resolution and an **AI 1.5x upscale** mode for extra sharpness. **Loop mode** trims the animation so it is loop-ready, and alongside the sheet you can take an **animated GIF**, the **individual frames**, or a sheet with the **background retained**.

How many frames do the animations have? At what resolution?

You can generate and animate sprites in **any art style**. From retro pixel art with large pixels, to highly detailed cel-shaded art with fine lines, and anything in between. The animations will strictly follow the art style of the image you upload. And if you generate your sprite with Ludo, we offer a vast number of art styles for you to choose from.

What are the supported art styles?

**Minimal to none**. Most sprites are generated with transparent backgrounds and are ready to drop directly into game engines. For more complex animations you may want to generate multiple versions and choose the best one. You can also **download** the **individual frames **in a zip file, or download a **video/GIF** of the animation.

How much manual cleanup is required after generation?

Yes. The free trial includes **30 credits**, which allows you to create approximately **6 to 7 animations** depending on your workflow.
Animation pricing is based on duration, so shorter animations cost less. The shortest start at **4 credits**.
**7 Animations** if you upload your own existing art and use the "Animate Sprite" feature.
**~6 Animations** if you generate a new static sprite from scratch (0.5 credits) and then animate it.

Is there a free sprite creator I can try before paying?

Yes. The tool is designed to produce **high-quality, professional** 2D assets suitable for **indie and commercial games**. It automates complex animation processes (like walk cycles or attacks) that usually require manual keyframing. **Thousands** of users import Ludo spritesheets directly into their games.

Does it generate professional quality animations?

Minutes. The workflow is designed to be intuitive:
1) Describe/Upload,
2) Animate with a text prompt, drawn keyframes, a reference video, or a motion preset,
3) Export.
No prior artistic or animation skills are required, and it rarely takes more than a few tries to get a motion right.

How long will it take me to be proficient with the tool?

Yes. **API and MCP (Model Context Protocol) access is included on the Pro and Studio plans**, metered with the same credits as the web app. Sprite generation, text-prompt animation, keyframe animation, motion transfer from a video or a preset, pose and rotation, and the preset library are all callable from your own pipeline or from an AI assistant. Setup and pricing are on the developer page at ludo.ai/developers; **contact us** for Enterprise volume.

Does the tool offer a stable and affordable API for large-scale production?

The standard output is a perfectly formatted, **transparent PNG** sprite sheet.

What's the output file type?

Very easy. You can export animations as sprite sheets with **customizable frame counts, layouts, and sizes** in just a few clicks. These files are designed for a seamless "drop-in" experience for engines like Unity, Unreal, Godot, and GameMaker.

How easy is it to export the animation frames into a game-engine-ready sprite sheet?

Yes. Alongside the **transparent PNG** sheet, Ludo exports **atlas data** describing every frame, so **Unity, Godot, and GameMaker** can slice the sheet automatically instead of you setting frame boundaries by hand. The atlas ships as **JSON**. If your pipeline expects something else, you can also download the **individual frames** or a **GIF**.

Can I export a sprite sheet with atlas data (XML/JSON) for my engine?

Yes, absolutely. The Sprite Generator has an "Animate Sprite" tab specifically designed for this. You can **upload** your own existing character art (static images) and then use a text prompt to describe the motion you want (e.g., "walk cycle," "attack," "jump"). The AI will animate your drawing and generate a sprite sheet for you.
For the best results, it is recommended to upload an image that contains **only the sprite**, although the tool can automatically remove backgrounds.

Can I use Ludo as a sprite sheet creator for characters I have already drawn?

Skip the drawing board and start creating immediately. Describe what you want and let AI take it from text, to static sprite, to 2D animation. Characters, creatures, items, UI and VFX like explosions, shield pulses and magic auras all come out of the same prompt box, in whatever art style you pick.

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Create Unique 2D Animations with Ludo.ai's Text-to-Sprite feature

Go from a still image to a moving character by typing a plain command like "run cycle," "idle," or "sword attack." Animations run up to 4 seconds and the AI fills in every frame between, so you get a finished spritesheet without manual keyframing.

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Breathe Life into Characters and Objects by Describing the Motion

When a prompt is not specific enough, direct the action yourself. Draw up to three keyframes, an initial, a middle and a final one, and Ludo builds a spritesheet that moves through all of them in order. Keyframe animation works with no motion prompt at all: the motion is derived from the frames you give it. Supplying only a final frame gives you straight two-keyframe interpolation, and duplicating the first frame as the final one returns the animation to where it started.

Direct the Action with Up to Three Keyframes

Browse 641 motion presets across 34 categories, each with a video preview, and apply one to your character in a click. Every preset is selectable in 5 camera perspectives (Side, Isometric, Top-Down, Tactical and Hero) and 8 compass directions, so one motion covers a whole character controller. Or bring your own reference: upload a video, around 4 seconds works best, and Ludo maps that exact movement onto your sprite.

Borrow a Motion Instead of Describing It

A good animation starts with a good first frame. Take any sprite and restage it: pick a preset pose or describe your own, rotate the character on an arc from -90 to 180 degrees, or set the camera outright with an angle compass and an elevation control. The character stays consistent throughout, so one source sprite becomes a full character sheet.

Get the Starting Frame Right with Pose and Camera Control

Your animations are not final. Pick any spritesheet you have generated and type an instruction: restyle it ("give the knight a golden helmet") or change the motion itself ("make the swing faster and more exaggerated"). Two one-click fixes need no prompt at all: Fix Loop repairs animations that do not loop cleanly, and Fix Framing rescues characters drifting out of frame. Static sprites get the same treatment in the built-in image editor before you ever animate them.

Change Any Spritesheet by Describing What Should Be Different

Pixel art breaks when a general model treats it as a normal image and resamples it. Ludo runs a proprietary pixel-grid pipeline instead: every sprite is drawn on a true pixel grid, so pixel size stays uniform, the palette stays limited to its era, and edges stay hard with no half-pixels or blur. The grid survives motion too, because the animation stage runs on Forge Pixel, a dedicated pixel-art model that holds it frame by frame.

Real Pixel Art on a True Grid

Download your animations as perfectly formatted, transparent PNG sprite sheets, with JSON atlas data so Unity, Godot and GameMaker slice the sheet automatically instead of you setting frame boundaries by hand. Exporting a whole moveset? Animation Pack normalizes every sheet so your character is the same height across idle, run and attack, with snap-to-ground alignment and a live preview. Animation Sequence instead chains clips so the last frame of one meets the first frame of the next. Or take the individual frames as a ZIP, or a GIF.

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Export a Single Animation or a Whole Moveset, Engine-Ready

Visuals are only half the battle. Instantly generate and attach matching sound effects to your new animations directly within the tool. From heavy footfalls to magical chimes, create a cohesive audio-visual asset package that is ready for implementation the moment you download it.

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Complete the Experience with Integrated Audio Generation

Write a prompt to generate a new static sprite from scratch, or upload your own image.

Describe or Upload

Drive the motion four ways: write a text instruction, draw up to three keyframes, upload a reference video, or pick a named motion preset.

Animate with AI

Preview the animation, generate audio, and export a game-ready sprite sheet to use directly in your project

Export and Use

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AI Sprite Generator & Sprite Sheet Maker | Ludo.ai

Every sprite animation starts from one static frame, and there are four ways to say how it should move: a written motion prompt, drawn keyframes, a reference video, or a named motion preset from a library of 641 across 34 categories. Each lane below is a real generation, input on the left and the animated sprite sheet that came back on the right.

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Upload one image of a character and get an animated sprite sheet back, or start from a text prompt. Twelve animatable asset types, 641 motion presets.

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I'm shocked

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 Insane?!

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Amazed

Liking the output

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Generate and Animate Custom Sprites and Sprite Sheets for Your Games

Whether you’re prototyping, pitching, or exploring visual directions, the Image Generator helps you instantly visualize your ideas and build a rich creative reference library.

Start Visualizing Your Game Today

Bring your game world to life with Ludo.ai's Image Generator. Create stunning concept art, UI elements, textures, sprites, and more with simple text prompts or reference images. Experiment with art styles and find the perfect aesthetic for your game.

Game art across 20 asset types, from a text prompt or a reference image: scene and concept art, gameplay mockups, asset art, fixed, side-scrolling and vertical-scrolling backgrounds, parallax layers, game icons and item icons, UI elements, character portraits, card art, splash screens, textures, map tiles, logos, sprites, VFX sprites, and horizontal and vertical tiling sprites that repeat without a seam. Each can be generated in any of 32 art styles, and finished images export as PNG.

What can I create with Ludo.ai's Image Generator?

Yes. The integrated editor goes well beyond generation. Use Edit Image for broad changes to style, colors, or camera view, Edit with Mask to replace or edit a specific area, Erase with Mask to remove an object cleanly, and Remove Background to isolate a subject - all without leaving Ludo.

Can I edit images after generating them?

You can generate in 32 predefined art styles, including five tiers of pixel art from chunky 8-Bit to fine Hi-Bit, plus anime, hand-painted, watercolor, low poly, voxel, comic book, claymation, and photorealistic looks - so you can match your game's aesthetic from the start.

What art styles are available?

Yes. Upload a reference image and create new visuals that adopt its style, its subject, or both, or re-imagine it into something new. This keeps generated assets visually consistent with art you already have.

Can I generate images from a reference image?

Yes. The Remove Background action isolates your subject on a transparent background, and finished images export as PNGs - ideal for sprites, icons, and assets you need to layer over other artwork.

Does it support transparent backgrounds?

You can choose from several aspect ratios - including 1:1, 4:3, 16:9, 19:9, and portrait formats like 3:4, 9:16, and 9:19 - or leave it on Auto and let Ludo pick one based on the image type.

What aspect ratios can I generate?

Yes. Image generation, editing, background removal, and style-matched generation are all available through the Ludo API and MCP server, so you can wire them into your own tools and pipelines.

Is the Image Generator available via API or MCP?

Yes. Twelve of the 20 asset types can be animated into sprite sheets: **sprites, VFX sprites, horizontal and vertical tiling sprites, seamless textures, map tiles, parallax layers, UI assets, item icons, portraits, card art and logos**. Drive the motion with a text motion prompt, drawn keyframes, a reference video, or one of 641 motion presets, then export the sheet, an animated GIF, or the individual frames. The full workflow lives on the [Sprite Generator](/features/sprite-generator) page.

Can the images I generate be animated?

Pick a generation mode - generate new, from a reference image, or edit - choose an image type like art, sprite, icon, or background, and describe what you want.

Choose a Mode & Prompt

Ludo.ai generates image variations. Use the integrated editor to inpaint with a mask, change the style, colors, or view, erase objects, or remove the background.

Generate & Refine

Download finished images as PNGs - with transparent backgrounds when you need them - ready to drop straight into your game project.

Export Your Asset

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AI Image Generator for Game Art: Backgrounds, Icons, UI, Portraits, Card Art & Textures | Ludo.ai

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Generate game art from a prompt or reference image: backgrounds, parallax layers, icons, UI, portraits, card art and textures. 20 asset types, 32 styles.

AI Image Generator for Game Art

Experience the fastest way to get game-ready 3D assets. Sign up now and start building your library of AI-generated models.

Start Generating 3D Models Today

AI-assisted 3D modeling for game developers: describe what you need, or start from a 2D image, and get unique 3D models of characters, props, and environment pieces - downloadable in multiple formats, without any modeling. Then auto-rig what you built - a skeleton in about a minute, exported inside the GLB with any animations you saved.

It's an AI tool that creates **game-ready 3D models** from a text description, a 2D image, or an existing model. It supports three modes - **Text-to-3D**, **Image-to-3D**, and **Texture Generation** - so you can generate, convert, or re-texture assets without any 3D modeling experience.

What is the Ludo 3D Asset Generator?

Yes. The **Image-to-3D** mode converts a single 2D image - concept art, a character sprite, a sketch, or a photo - into a textured 3D model of that character or prop. You can also start purely from a **text prompt** with Text-to-3D, or describe the texture you want for an existing mesh.

Can I turn a 2D image into a 3D model?

You can download models as **GLB** (which includes the textures), or as **OBJ**, **STL**, **PLY**, and **OFF** (geometry only, without textures). GLB is the recommended format for dropping a fully textured asset into a game engine.

What file formats can I export 3D models in?

For the Texture Generation mode you can upload your own model in **OBJ, PLY, STL, OFF, GLTF, GLB, FBX, 3DS, DAE, CTM, or X3D** format, up to **15 MB**. The file should contain only the subject you want to texture.

What 3D file formats can I upload to re-texture?

Yes. Advanced settings let you set a **max triangle count** from 1,000 up to 200,000 (default 50,000) and an **adaptive decimation** level that simplifies the mesh without losing detail. You can also choose a texture resolution of **1024** or **2048**, and a texture type of **PBR**, **Color**, or **None**.

Can I control the polygon count and texture quality?

Yes. The **Optimize Model** tool re-topologizes a mesh to your target triangle count and texture resolution for better in-engine performance, and **Re-texture** generates fresh AI textures for a model you generated in Ludo or uploaded yourself.

Can I optimize or re-texture a model I already generated?

Yes. The **create3DModel** tool is available through the Ludo API and the **Ludo MCP server**, converting a 2D image into a GLB model with PBR textures. It returns a model URL plus snapshot images, costs **3 credits** per model, and typically completes in **60-120 seconds**.

Is the 3D generator available through an API or MCP?

**No.** The generator handles meshing, texturing, and optimization automatically from your prompt or image. You preview the result in an interactive 3D viewer and export a ready-to-use file, with no sculpting, retopology, or UV-mapping skills required.

Do I need 3D modeling experience to use it?

Yes. Use the **Rigging** tab in the 3D Asset Generator, or hit **Rig** on any generated model card. It works on models you generated in Ludo and on meshes you upload yourself (**OBJ, PLY, STL, OFF, GLTF, GLB, FBX, 3DS, DAE, CTM, or X3D**, up to **15 MB**). There's no **T-pose** requirement and it isn't limited to humanoids, and rigging takes about **a minute**. Re-rigging saves a fresh variant, so your original model is never lost.

Can Ludo automatically rig my 3D model?

Yes, two ways. **From Preset** applies a ready-made animation from a library of 640+ motions - locomotion, idles, melee and ranged combat, spellcasting, emotes, dances and more - to any model rigged with the **Humanoid** rig type. **From Prompt** generates motion from a short text description like "waving hello". Either way you preview the result on your model, and every animation you save is included in the download as a named animation track.

Can I animate a rigged model?

**GLB.** The GLB download includes textures, rigging, and any animations you saved. **STL**, **PLY**, **OBJ**, and **OFF** export the static mesh only, without textures or a skeleton.

Which export format keeps the skeleton and animations?

Yes - the GLB you download is a standard glTF binary with textures, the skeleton, and your saved animations in one file. **Godot** and **Blender** import GLB natively, and **Unity** imports it through the official glTFast package. If you only need the static mesh, **OBJ** and **STL** exports work everywhere 3D software runs.

Will the models work in Unity, Godot, and Blender?

Auto-rigged skeletons use **SMPL** joint names by default. Through the **Ludo API and MCP server**, the rig endpoint's **joint_naming** option relabels the same skeleton to match the convention your pipeline expects: **Mixamo** (Unity's humanoid auto-mapper), **HumanIK** (Maya, MotionBuilder, FBX pipelines), **Unreal** (the UE mannequin), **Godot** (SkeletonProfileHumanoid), **Rigify** (Blender), or **VRoid** (VRM). Only the names change - the skeleton is identical - so humanoid retargeting tools can map your character automatically.

What bone naming convention does the rig use?

Game-ready means you can drop it into an engine without a cleanup pass: a single **GLB** with **PBR textures**, a polygon count you chose, and - if you rigged it - a named skeleton and animation tracks. Ludo gives you control at each step: set the polycount and texture resolution at generation time, run **Re-topology** to optimize a mesh that came out heavy, re-texture without regenerating geometry, and add the rig only when a model actually needs to move.

What makes a model "game-ready"?

Write a text prompt or upload a 2D reference image, and the AI builds a textured 3D mesh you preview instantly in an interactive viewer.

Generate the Model

Set max triangle count and texture resolution, optimize the mesh, then download as GLB with PBR textures or as OBJ, STL, PLY, or OFF.

Optimize and Export

Add a skeleton in about a minute, animate it with ready-made presets or a text prompt, and download the rigged GLB with your saved clips.

Rig and Animate

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AI 3D Model Generator - Image to 3D for Games | Ludo.ai

The same motion library that drives these clips, browsable by group, each preset with a video preview of the motion.

Every preset, with a video preview

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AI 3D asset generation for games: create game-ready models from text or a 2D image, then auto-rig and animate them - GLB export with PBR textures, polycount control, no modeling skills required.

AI-Powered 3D Asset Generator for Game Developers

Populate your game world with professional audio assets. Sign up to start generating music, SFX, and voice acting today.

Complete Your Game’s Soundscape

Generate studio-quality game sound effects, music, and voice acting assets with AI. Create specific SFX from a text description, compose loopable music tracks and ambiances, and design unique human or monster voices for your game characters.

The Audio Generator covers the full soundscape of a game: **sound effects** (combat, UI, movement, magic), **music** in any genre or mood, **character voices** (human and non-human), **narrated speech**, and **seamless looping ambiances** for your levels. Each mode is driven by a simple text description.

What kinds of game audio can I generate?

Yes. You can generate instrumental tracks in any genre, or bring your own **lyrics** and have the AI compose a full track with vocals around them.

Can the music include vocals or my own lyrics?

Yes. Both **ambiance soundscapes** (forests, cities, underwater levels) and **sound effects** (footsteps, crackling fire, magical incantations) can be generated as **seamless loops**, ready to attach to levels or sprites in your engine.

Can I create looping sound effects and ambiance tracks?

Design a voice once by describing the persona - or generate one you like - then **clone it** to produce any number of new dialogue lines with the same voice. This works for human characters as well as monsters, robots, and other non-human voices.

How do I keep a character's voice consistent across many lines?

Generated audio downloads as **MP3**. Sound effects and ambiance loops run up to **10 seconds** (or Auto), music durations are chosen automatically or set manually, and audio remixes can run from **10 up to 180 seconds**. Everything is ready to import directly into your game engine.

What audio format do I get and how long can clips be?

Yes. The **preset voices** turn text into speech with control over **emotion** (happy, sad, angry, fearful, surprised, neutral) and a range of **languages** including English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, and Korean. You can also clone a voice from your own audio sample for fully custom narration.

Can I generate speech in different languages and emotions?

Yes. With **audio transform**, upload an existing track and guide it with a text prompt - for example "make it sound like an 80s synthwave track" - controlling how strongly the original is modified. It's a fast way to restyle music or create variations of a theme.

Can I remix or restyle audio I already have?

Yes. Every audio mode - sound effects, ambiance, music, voices, speech, and audio transform - is available through the **Ludo API** and the **Ludo MCP server**, so you can generate game audio programmatically or directly from AI coding tools like Claude.

Can I generate audio through an API or MCP?

Choose sound effects, music, ambiance, a character voice, or text-to-speech, then write a plain-text description, dialogue line, or set of lyrics. Music tracks can include your own lyrics, and voices can be human or non-human.

Pick a mode and describe the sound

The AI synthesizes the asset from your prompt. Tune the result by adjusting the description and duration, cloning a voice you like for consistent dialogue, or remixing an existing track with a transform prompt.

Generate and refine

Listen to the preview and download the finished MP3, ready to drop into Unity, Godot, or any game engine. Sound effects and ambiances can be generated as seamless loops.

Preview and download

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Generate custom sound effects, music, character voices, and seamless audio loops for your game. Describe the sound you need and download a studio-quality asset in minutes - no recording equipment, no stock-library hunting.

AI Game Sound Effects & Music Generator

Bring a new dimension to your creative process. Sign up to start generating dynamic videos from your text and images.

See Your Ideas in Motion

Bring your ideas to life with Ludo.ai's Video Generator. Go from a text prompt or static image to a short, animated clip in seconds. It’s the perfect tool for visualizing gameplay, animating assets, and creating eye-catching content for your game.

Two modes. **Text to Video** generates a clip from a written prompt alone, while **Image to Video** animates a source image (uploaded or generated in Ludo) guided by a **motion prompt** describing the action or camera movement. You can also set a **custom final frame** so the AI interpolates between your start and end images.

What inputs does the Video Generator accept?

Clips are short and the available durations depend on the model. The Blitz model supports **2 to 12 seconds**, while the Eagle models go from **1 up to 15 seconds**. You pick the exact duration before generating.

How long can the videos be?

Videos are produced as standard **MP4** files that you can download and drop straight into trailers, social posts, or prototypes. Each result returns a video URL and its duration in seconds.

What format is the output?

Yes. After generating a clip you can create **AI sound effects or music** that match the video from a text prompt. One model, **Eagle with Audio**, generates video with a native audio track directly.

Can I add sound to my video?

Go from a simple text prompt or static image to a short, animated video with sound in seconds.

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