Gridwright Studio

Ship Builder

Modular pixel spaceships

The Ship Builder snaps top-down spaceship parts together on a 16x16 grid: hulls, cockpits, wings, engines, weapons and utility pieces in four factions, each also in a damaged version.

Built ships are shaded as one piece with one clean outline, and the flames animate. Use it for shoot 'em ups, space roguelites and fleet battles.

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Ship Builder: screenshot 1Ship Builder: screenshot 2

A first session

  1. 1Pick a faction and a damage level.
  2. 2Click parts onto the grid, or press Random for a new ship.
  3. 3Choose the flame colour and check the animation.
  4. 4Export the ship as PNG at 1x, 2x or 4x, with its flame sheet and recipe.
It exports
  • PNG (1x, 2x, 4x)
  • 4-frame flame sheet
  • Recipe JSON
Free and Pro
Free: 27 parts in 2 factions. Pro: all 66 parts in 4 factions.
Version 1.0. Runs in Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari; nothing to install.
Can I use what I make in a commercial game?
Yes. What you make with the tools is yours to use in your games, commercial ones too, under the Gridwright licence.

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