MonoGame.Aseprite

MonoGame.Aseprite is an extension for the MonoGame Framework that allows you to import Aseprite *.ase/*.aseprite files into your game project using the MGCB Editor (also known as the Content Pipeline Tool).

No need to export a sprite sheet from Aseprite and have to deal with a PNG image file and a JSON file. With MonoGame.Aseprite the import process takes the single Aseprite file and generates a AsepriteDocument object, containing a Texture2D generated sprite sheet and all the data you need to animate those sweet pixels in game.

MonoGame.Aseprite also provides an out-of-the-box AnimatedSprite class that can be used with the imported AsepriteDocument to get you started quickly if you prefer this as well.

Getting Started

MonoGame.Aseprite is distributed via NuGet as a NuGet package. It can be installed into your existing MonoGame game project using NuGet Package Manger in Visual Studio.

Package Manager CLI
Install-Package MonoGame.Aseprite -Version 2.0.4.1

.NET CLI
dotnet add package MonoGame.Aseprite --version 2.0.4.1

For MonoGame 3.7.1 (.NET Framework >= 4.5) users, please refer to the installation documentation here.

For MonoGame 3.8 (.NET Core) users, please refer to the installation documentation here.

For those that are migrating from version 1.2.2 to version 2.0.3 you can find the migration documentation here.

Example Usage

The following is a quick example of using MonoGame.Aseprite in your game.

Add Using Statements

//  Add using statements
using MonoGame.Aseprite.Documents;
using MonoGame.Aseprite.Graphics;

Load the Content

//  Load the AsepriteDocument
AsepriteDocument aseDoc = Content.Load<AsepriteDocument>("myAseFile");

//  Create a new AnimatedSprite from the document
AnimatedSprite sprite = new AnimatedSprite(aseDoc);

Update the AnimatedSprite Instance

sprite.Update(gameTime);

Drawing the AnimatedSprite

sprite.Render(spriteBatch);

What Next?

• Read the documentation.
• Join the Discord to ask questions or keep up to date.
• Submit an issue on GitHub.
• Follow me on Twitter @aristurtledev.

Sponsor On GitHub

Hi, my name is Christopher Whitley. I am an indie game developer and game development tool developer. I create tools primary for the MonoGame framework. All of the tools I develop are released as free and open-sourced software (FOSS), just like this Monogame.Aseprite library.

If you'd like to buy me a cup of coffee or just sponsor me and my projects in general, you can do so on GitHub Sponsors.

License

Copyright(c) 2022 Chris Whitley

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