"Predator" sprite sheet creator & sprite animation editor - now with support for the new Corona image sheet sprite API!

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Predator is a Windows tool for game developers we have had on the market for a while now that lets you create sprite sheets and define animations from your sprite assets. You can then export the sprite sheet image along with the definition files to the game framework of your choice. We have recently added support for the Corona framework, including generating sprite sheet LUA files as well as animation LUA files.

There is a basic edition of the program that is fully featured and FREE to use forever. We also have a professional edition on offer for $15 that adds advanced layout options, including an optimised sprite sheet layout.

We are constantly adding new features over the coming months and i would love to see what the Corona community thinks of the newly added support. Please try the program out and give us your feedback, good or bad, so we can make this the best editor out there for making your sprite sheets!

Try it out at http://spritesheeteditor.com/

-Louis, Inverse Square Root Software [import]uid: 135726 topic_id: 24376 reply_id: 324376[/import]

#2

Awesome. Any plans to make a Mac version? Your website says Corona export is coming soon. Any ETA? [import]uid: 31262 topic_id: 24376 reply_id: 98523[/import]

#3

Hi aaaron

The current version of Predator (version 1.2) supports the Corona framework for both sprite sheets and animation definitions.

We do not currently have plans to release a version for OSX. [import]uid: 135726 topic_id: 24376 reply_id: 99957[/import]

#4

Hey Xcalllibur, I finally got around to trying this and everything seems very easy to use, but when I try to use the outputted code in a sample app I get the following error in the terminal:

[text]
Windows simulator build date: Dec 9 2011 @ 14:01:29
Copyright © 2009-2011 A n s c a , I n c .
Version: 2.0.0
Build: 2011.704
Runtime error
error loading module ‘sprite_sprites’ from file ‘c:\new\dragplatforms\sp
rite_sprites.lua’:
c:\new\dragplatforms\sprite_sprites.lua:1: unexpected symbol near ‘ï’
stack traceback:
[C]: ?
[C]: ?
[C]: in function ‘require’
c:\new\dragplatfRuntime error: error loading module ‘sprite_sprites’ fro
m file ‘c:\new\dragplatforms\sprite_sprites.lua’:
c:\new\dragplatforms\sprite_sprites.lua:1: unexpected symbol near ‘ï’
stack traceback:
[C]: ?
[C]: ?
[C]: in function ‘require’
c:\new\dragplatforms\main.lua:1

[/text]
The error after I paste it here shows a ï symbol, but in the terminal the symbol looks like an upside-down U. I didn’t make any modifications to the sprite_sprites.lua file. Any ideas? [import]uid: 31262 topic_id: 24376 reply_id: 102903[/import]

#5

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#6

Hi all

Version 1.3.3.0 of Predator released today adds support for the Corona image sheet sprite API as discussed here. This new API gives improved sprite sheet performance and an improved API. You can generate sprite definitions as well as animation definitions that use the new API. Please give it a go and let us know how it works out for you. As always, you can ask questions and submit issues using our contact page here and we will get back to you as soon as we can. [import]uid: 135726 topic_id: 24376 reply_id: 110688[/import]