Sprite Animation Presets

Choose the preset by name inside Ludo's sprite animation tool: bring in the sprite you want to animate, pick the motion from the library instead of writing a motion prompt, then set the camera perspective and compass direction. The tool renders the animation as a sprite sheet in a square grid of 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49 or 64 frames.

Yes, for presets that carry a 3D clip. Send a preset to a static sprite and Ludo returns an animated sprite sheet; apply one to a model rigged with Ludo's humanoid skeleton and Ludo retargets that same motion onto the rig and hands back an animated GLB for your engine. Two switches matter on the 3D side: trim the clip to its clean loop, and strip out the net travel so the character moves on the spot where the engine drives locomotion.

Yes. Every one of the 641 presets in Ludo's motion library ships with a short video preview, and the full set plays on this page and its group pages. Watch the motion, check its duration, and only then take the preset name into the animation tool.

Ludo's library holds 641 motion presets, organised into 34 categories across seven groups: weapons, movement, combat, poses, social, interaction and creatures. Weapons is the largest group and creatures the smallest. Each preset is a distinct named motion, so a reload, a crouch walk and a two hit combo are separate entries, each with its own video preview.

Every preset in Ludo's motion library renders from five camera perspectives: Side (side-on at eye level), Isometric (diagonal top-down with 3D depth), Top-Down (directly overhead), Tactical (a steep high angle looking downward) and Hero (a low angle looking slightly downward). Each perspective can face any of the eight compass directions, N through NW, so one preset serves a platformer and an isometric RPG alike.

No. In Ludo, a named preset is one of four ways to drive an animation, alongside a text motion prompt, drawn keyframes (up to three: initial, middle and final) and a reference video of around four seconds. Choosing a preset replaces the prompt entirely: the motion is already defined, so the only decisions left are perspective and direction.

Yes. Ludo's loop mode trims the generated sheet for looping, so cycles like walks, idles, dances and work motions come back loop-ready. The finished animation can also be exported as an animated GIF or as individual frames, and the sheet can keep its background when a game needs it.

Yes. Ludo pairs its preset library with Forge Pixel, a dedicated pixel-art animation model that preserves the pixel grid while the motion plays, so a low-resolution character keeps its crisp pixels through every frame. Any of the 641 presets can drive a pixel-art sprite the same way it drives any other sprite.