The Aseprite 1.3 Update is a Literal Game Changer

Hey Pals! I got permission to share this sneak peek of an upcoming Aseprite update with a brand new Tilemap feature. Mate, I've been waiting for this feature since 2019. It's too good. You're going to love it. Make sure you check for news on the open beta at:
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P.S. First 1080p upload w00t!
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[@uheartbeast]

This is amazing! I'm super excited for this feature.

[@its_saval]

Woah its you :o

[@0candlestick0]

was low key worried you werent around anymore, you should def get a twitter btw, id love to see smaller snippets of whatever youre working on dude

[@guitarpaul1]

This looks awesome. I need it now! Haha

[@ikelldagay1801]

@@0candlestick0 I think he has one, but since one of his technique to focus on work it's avoiding social media, I'm pretty sure he just left temporary to focus in his project, but don't worry, he will be back in the future, all that we can hope it's the best for him

[@uheartbeast]

@@ikelldagay1801 I post on twitter, not super often but I do post there more than I post videos. @uheartbeast is my twitter handle.

[@rechronicle]

oh my, this is really a game-changer for any tiles artist. goosebumps when Adam starts to paint those multi grids simultaneously :O

[@lawyno81]

This!

[@openjcd]

Pyxel is now obsolete

[@joecreates]

​@@openjcd Pyxel still has tile instance offsets which ase doesn't and if you know how to use them they are a _real_ game changer. :)

[@openjcd]

@@joecreates understood

[@MereddynYT]

FINAAALLLLLYYYY!!! oh boy I am waiting for the tileset feature for years.

[@KotCR]

Same. Is it out then?

[@saultoons]

Can't wait for this it's going to be SOOOO good!

[@mikaelfarro]

Hey bud

[@saultoons]

@@mikaelfarro Howdy :)

[@andremarques4063]

love ur vids men :)

[@saultoons]

@@andremarques4063 Thanks! :D

[@thesansabasong-bird6947]

woah its saltoons

[@Baekstrom]

I'm sure there are thousands of pixel artists around the world who are going "Oh WOW! I've been needing this for my entire life! I can't wait!"

[@aftershower942]

This may be the day i switch from Pyxel Edit to Aseprite.

[@soulofkiran]

It is

[@robertb67]

Maybe. I'm so used to Pyxel Edit for tiles. This still looked a bit more cumbersome than Pyxel Edit, but since I own both Pyxel Edit and Aseprite, I'll play around with it and see if Aseprite wins me over for tiles.

[@aftershower942]

@@robertb67 You have a very good point! I have been using PyxelEdit my whole career, and I fear that switching will affect my production... But sadly we have not heard anything from the developer for 2 years now, and I am weary that it will stay that way...

[@robertb67]

@@aftershower942 Yeah, that's the problem with Pyxel Edit. The updates are very, very rare. Aseprite definitely is much better on that front. Pyxel Edit desperately needs some more basic features added, such as a basic hue and saturation editor and things like that. Aseprite has a ton more features. If Aseprite nails the tile system, it will be the go to pixel art software.

[@maiamaya6083]

:3 welcome to the club

[@tlilmiztli]

Wait, so this video is 2 years old and 1.3 is still in beta?!

[@fenston]

I really love the way you explains things. Thank you.

[@tyreldelaney]

If only there was this tile functionality for isometric tiles. Great functionality though, looking forward to it!

[@ZekariusZetorian]

Man, this looks ... I don't even have words. This is beyond anything I was even hoping for in Aseprite (which is already my pixel art program of choice.) Thank you for the amazing sneak peek video!

[@vanbeekster]

Man I'm excited for this update, been looking forward for a tilemap in Aseprite for a while now. Thanks for the video!

[@brootalbap]

Wow, that makes tilesetting easier than ever!

[@DiegoLuqueC]

Omg! this is the little incentive I needed to buy this software! Also, thank you for always making such awesome vids

[@TheCrawl]

You're not exaggerating--it's a game-changer for sure. I'm eager to get my hands on the new version and up the tilesets for my own game. I haven't touched them in months because it was such a tedious workflow before, but this is so much better. Thanks for showing it off, and for the screen capture tip!

[@CaptainNow2]

Now then, that is very exciting indeed. This will speed things up significantly!

[@NoahWizard]

Oh that's so smart with the time lapse video taken from a separate window. I know this wasn't your point, and maybe people already do this but I tried doing a time lapse of some 3D work and it was a bit nauseating with the zooming and rotating. Recording a separate output window would make it seem like the changes were magically appearing, same as what you figured out in aseprite. Brilliant.

[@kevinmantao1357]

Your voice is really chill, I don't even use Aseprite but still watched the video haha.

[@nichegames9590]

Great video. I'm glad they're still improving Aseprite.

[@VincentHendriks]

Great to see this is a thing now. Thanks for the video! :)

[@33Ocelot]

Thank you so much, this as well as your whole channel, is very informative and clear. I wish you the best on your projects!

[@Songfugel]

This sounds amazing, I hope you will be doing an in-depth tutorial on that workflow :D

[@VectoRaith]

Whoawhoa whoa whoaa, this is really a game changer! In my project, this method may cut the tileset-making time up to 67%! No nerve-wrecking drag-and-drop to match tiles anymore! Thanks for the info and demo!

[@stealcase]

Thanks for this, and cool little workflow you showed with Tide, that's amazing.

[@salikabbasi5448]

That's brilliant to the n-th degree. Saves oodles of time creating and managing assets.

[@lordbrenno6354]

This is a incredible feature. Saves having to jump between pyxel edit as aseprite when testing tile-sets. Excellent video as always man 👍

[@JakeTheJay]

I was considering getting Aseprite before but now that this is coming, I'm gonna go get it asap!

[@ZuloYT]

omfg ive been waiting sooo long for this! POGGERS!

[@torq21]

I've been using Krita in a similar way recently, you can create clone layers of your tiles add a transform mask and move them so they are layed out in a way that you like. Then when you paint on the original all of your clones get updated. The tile brush in Aseprite is quicker obviously but Krita has its own advantages as well.

[@ThePixelExpedition]

This is bloody incredible! I was just thinking the other day that I would have to start using Pixel Edit for tilemaps. This is awesome! And recording the preview! I had no idea that's what others were doing! Thanks for that tip!

[@narutomoonkun]

I have to start working on a tileset tomorrow. Thank you so much! Have a great week!

[@narutomoonkun]

And I just realized it's not out yet. :facepalm:

[@jackkinsey]

That workflow is mind-blowingly awesome!

[@raptorswire7212]

wow, this is sick and the way they implemented it is really smart! Cool! Loving Aseprite even more!

[@fishingtrippy]

I feel like the idea behind this feature should be standard for most pixel art editors and should have come out a long time ago. Thank you for making videos!

[@grauwsaur]

I am also reaaally looking forward to this for years, and it being right around the corner now, I can’t wait until it’s publicly released! Thanks for the sneak peek video, very cool!

[@MyAteSpiders]

It's been many years since I dabbled in pixel work and holy jeebus it's so much less legwork thanks to programs like this. Awesome video

[@oskaradamzloch9269]

I've been using this feature with Pro Motion NG for some time now, ability to instantiate tiles is powerful. Now we just gotta wait for feature like components in design tools

[@Eddlm_v2]

I was just getting started with tilesets for my project. Thanks for showing this!

[@Algorhythmic]

This is great. I was just thinking of this type of feature in a tile editor but having it in aseprite is perfect!

[@VikingLord2000]

There is a saying about how taking the time to sharpen your axe will save you time on chopping the tree. Great job at finding a way to save time on making tilesets!!

[@holoexp8940]

1.3 beta out today, now I finally have a reason to revisit this video.

[@wulumgames]

Thanks, dude!!! Great one.

[@x364]

Brilliant find! Also, thanks for the tutorial. I was having trouble with this new feature.

[@nextProgram]

Wow that’ll be really useful!

[@morphoice]

Your tiles are so beautiful! amazing work

[@sininenblue9161]

This is actually amazing, I've been hating the creation of tilesets for quite a while now mostly because it's too much of a pain to make in aseprite

[@kpopandnolifeu3015]

You saved my ass with this video. Thanks a lot

[@shushuva]

YESSSS this is gonna make game development much easier!

[@alevanderBatman]

Dayum! This does look like everything I wanted from a tile editor!

[@PS1Fan1991]

Thanks for the update mate. This is amazing news.

[@Ciopekwah]

im really glad aseprite received this feature, but actually (which a lot people don't know about) cosmigo promotion had this feature for years already :P

[@64jcl]

Very cool feature. Really looking forward to this one.

[@FREEZA_AKA_MR_COOLA]

Great work looks real professional! I use this to make more moves for mugen characters and it rocks!!!!

[@kingmandrake7824]

There should be an export option for tile layers. Like get a json export of all tile indexes within the scene, so we can easily import it into our projects like games

[@NathanHedglin]

Good idea. Maybe I’ll try to add that. Aseprite is open-source :-).

[@therealmegabros]

I've waited a long time for this update 🤩

[@tech6hutch]

2 years later, and it’s still not out 😔

[@_noize]

When can we expect it to be released? Edit: just saw on Twitter it will be available in ~ 2-4 weeks approx.

[@ivanpetrov4917]

Thanks!

[@bluethumbbuttoneek9465]

Is it here

[@_noize]

@@bluethumbbuttoneek9465 not yet

[@bluethumbbuttoneek9465]

@@_noize damn guess I'll wait a couple more years

[@shadow-of-horror6629]

Instead of releasing the 1.3 update they released more bug fixes.

[@kymccool3909]

I should not have watched this video I’m just starting out and seeing this feature I don’t wanna work without this feature hahaha

[@rolitae]

I can't wait! I always struggle with tiling, I think this update might help me wrap my head around it a bit better 😊

[@PuliDevYt]

Awesome feature & awesome video, thanks!

[@ivanmoren3643]

That movement between programs is super impressive from a unix philosophy perspective! Thank you for a great overview of 1.3!

[@pixelplacebostudio]

Very cool video! Just curious, does this have isometric support?

[@markvador6667]

The best pixel artist on the best pixel art tool. Awesome feature, thank you Adam

[@Jaxru]

That workflow is the exact same workflow I've been using in Pyxel, it's going to be fantastic to have it all within aseprite

[@kingofarnor1430]

Amazing feature. Can"t wait for it to come out!

[@allluckyseven]

That's pretty fantastic, and I'm super happy that it has finally arrived. And I'm mind blown by that feature that identifies identical tiles that you demonstrated by grabbing a Tiled screen... But what if you want to make a copy of a tile and alter it just a little bit? I'm guessing that you can duplicate tiles and have the new one have a different index.

[@LordJonRay]

Looks like it's a year later and I just got Aseprite, but it is still showing ver. 1.2.40 did something happen with the 1.3 release?

[@AdamCYounis]

Version 1.3 is available, though still in beta (has been for over almost two years). The easiest way to access it is, if you have the steam version, to go to the steam properties for the app and select the "Betas". The app will auto-update to the latest beta releases automatically after that.

[@LordJonRay]

@@AdamCYounis Yep I have the Steam version. Thanks for the info.

[@anssilehtimaki3841]

Good to hear this. So far I like the software and the only bug I've ran into is with the use of "ALT" that does not seem to work when I try to quick pick a colour but after I changed to "CTRL" there was no problem. I'm linux user

[@SharmClucas]

I was excited just knowing that it was going to have tile support, but now I'm extremely anxious to get it! The way that it handles copy and pasting for the tilemap layer is not only so smart, but it's going to make some things faster, easier, and more organic. The only thing I'm now unsure about is if there's a way to duplicate a tile and change only one for things like testing iterations.

[@SharmClucas]

@@yogurtroyale831 Hmm. It's much faster in Pyxel Edit.

[@yogurtroyale831]

@@SharmClucas yes but it is still in beta and actively being worked on

[@SharmClucas]

@@yogurtroyale831 Yeah, I've been pretty excited about it.

[@yogurtroyale831]

i deleted my original comment, it's actually just as simple as using the second editing mode. sorry for missinformation.

[@SharmClucas]

@@yogurtroyale831 Haha, it's fine. That does sound easier.

[@lv99redchocobo37]

has this feature been released? when I go to layer there isn't an option for tilemap layer o3o

[@lostsauce0]

This is what quality software looks like

[@ClutchGen]

Fantastic, thanks Adam!

[@bantinggamer4962]

lol, i find the part where you say that you think the developer doesn't even know about this supper funny. becasue lets be honest nothing happens on its own :P but i get it, you love the feature. and after seeing you demo this im sold. getting into 2 sprite creation doesn't seem that daunting anymore. thanks for the upload.

[@lopp3]

wow that tileset feature really is incredible. I feel like this is a watershed moment, there's no going back to the old workflow now.

[@evickaklierova3107]

Awesome, I can't wait!

[@torq21]

The copy paste feature is pretty neat!

[@deathxy]

the first 2 minutes were very distracted cuz of the song, I love baroque virus

[@bigthor6706]

I would love to give this video more than one like, OMG A lot of useful information

[@hershmysson]

I'm always using tiled and it's amazing

[@ennizodev]

Thanks! I just see it & new knowledge for beginner like me🙋🙏🏻

[@Skyefaux]

about freaking time

[@ddaymace]

it looks like 1.3 is still in beta??? looks awesome!

[@rcookie5128]

Exciting!

[@SnowPeaGames]

Crazy to think it's been two years and this still hasn't been *officially* released. I had to work with animated tiles today and it was a nightmare process involving exporting from Aseprite into Tiled, linking the animated tiles together using a random Polish dude's unofficial plugin, making the map in Tiled, and then exporting it back into Aseprite using another awesome plugin from some random German dude. Would love support for animated tiles because that workflow just isn't scalable.

[@JakeLondonRivers]

I'm a simple man, I see an AdamYounis video, I click I like I save before I even watch

[@paulbenedictjabines2261]

nice! you are also using tiled. i am trying to just use aseprite for everything but i think i need to use also tiled for my game. i hope it will be introduced to aseprite so that i can use only one software but imo, that would be too specific for aseprite to have.

[@zackfair_og]

Getting into Pixel Art and I'm loving it. A lot of people suggested Asperite to me so this video will literally either convince me to buy it or pass it up. (Will update when I finish it)

[@prosotangibah3121]

grateful pick aseprite!

[@GrrrVahrrr]

Omg. I can't wait!

[@randomrandom450]

Holy mother of pixel art, this will be so useful !

[@marcosadrian65]

Damn can't believe that you can take samples in game and aseprite will recognize the tiles that's amazing

[@KiwiGalaxyDev]

This is pretty exciting!

[@saharaf.2670]

This feature looks so cool! :D

[@banish4cost]

glad i picked this up when it was only 14$ has been the best pixel software with no setup required to quickly jump into pixel art

[@lokwak7428]

I love you (and Aseprite of course)

[@bro2917]

It amazes me how long this took to implement for aseprite, Pyxel Edit has had this function for years and it is a one man project that barely gets updates anymore xD

[@Manas-co8wl]

Oh wow finally

[@NorthGameStudio]

legit, blowing my mind

[@RialuCaos]

Nice, I've been waiting for this as well. No need for Pyxel Edit now. Now if only we can get some isometric tiling tools....

[@jessekcooley530]

fuggin awesome

[@DrFross09]

Just want to tell you, before you disappear like brackeys, thank you for all of the help.