Nine Realms Midgard Village Characters
A downloadable asset pack
Nine Realms Midgard Villager Pack
Welcome to Midgard, the Middle World.
This is the land of humans, mortals of incredible variety and passion whose short lives are defined by blood and toil. And yet... they are also defined by courage, honor, and resilience. These traits give humans an edge in their own world and their villages will soon spread from horizon to horizon... who will we find there?
This asset pack is for creators looking to work in the fantasy genre but with the aesthetic of Norse mythology (vikings!) as a primary influence.
The pack includes a diverse set of character sprites with 4-directional, 3-frame walking cycles ready for your game project. The pack is top-down perspective and scaled at 16x16 by default. This pack can be used in just about any game engine, though creators may need to make modifications to the size and orientation of sheets. It also includes fully RPGmaker (MV/MZ) compatible sheets that plugnplay with RPGmaker's native resource importer.
This pack mixes together the warm colors and slightly bleak vibes of the comfy52 palette by bess.
What Does It Include?
This pack includes 40 Total Character Sprites w/basic, 3-Frame Walk Cycles. Includes:
- 8 "Hero" Characters w/ additional variants (16 sprites in all).
- 6 Child Villagers
- 12 Adult Villagers
- 6 Elder Villagers
Will There be Updates?
This pack is launching complete but I will update with error fixing and there will be a lot more character packs in this theme to come!
UPDATE: v2 Character Sprites + two BONUS characters
UPDATE v2.1 SIX NEW SPRITES!
UPDATE v3 "Weapon Update"
The pack organization has been entirely redone to bring it in line with other more recent asset packs I have released on itch. This means all of the characters mentioned above, from the v2 and v2.1 updates, are also included in the v3 .zip file.
For fun, I have also included some new variants for a few of the "hero" characters which include weapons in their walk cycles.
Also stay tuned for a similar update for the other Nine Realms character packs.
Can I Make Requests?
Yes! If you would like a unique character sprite(s) done in this style for your personal project, please contact me using the below information. I will do these for pretty cheap and to your specifications, so please inquire!
Licensing
Please note, by purchasing and downloading this product, you are agreeing to the following licensing terms:
What You Can Do:
- Use the assets in commercial and non-commercial video games and personal projects and related promotional materials.
- Edit the assets as much as you like for use in projects.
- Publish work using these assets on websites relating to art, games, and similar.
What You Cannot Do:
- Resell, repackage or redistribute the assets in original or modified form.
- Use the assets or derivatives in logo, trademark, or service mark.
- Include these assets in game making tools or code templates.
- Use the assets to train AI image generators.
- Use the assets for the creation or promotion of NFT, cryptocurrency, blockchain or web3 projects.
- Use the assets in any printed media or physical products.
Contact & Support
I appreciate questions, suggestions and feedback and am quick to respond to comments here. I am always looking forward to seeing what YOU make with my assets.
For inquiries including commissions or more complex tech support for my packs, I am best reached through email: hedgewizardgame@gmail.com
Purchase
In order to download this asset pack you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $3.99 USD. You will get access to the following files:
Comments
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Hi, I like it, will this series be updated?
Yes. There is an update in the works. It’ll be free for anyone who has previously purchased the pack.
There is also an update coming for the Dwarven tileset as well as a Light Elf tileset to go with the characters.
Progress on Nine Realms content has been slow as I’ve been focused on other projects but I’m eager to update this theme as I love working on it!
I love this...reminds me of Harvest Moon on SNES and RPG Maker 2000/2003, always loved those little pixel ppl. Any chance to have more animations for heroes, like using items or sth?
Thank you! I am hoping to expand more along the lines of what you’re suggesting. It takes time, a lot for me, but I’ll eventually add more animations once I figure out the right approach.
It’s interesting to think about someone using the Nine Realms content for a Stardew Valley game. In the tileset, I have a few prop sprites that represent common medieval Scandinavian crops and a “growth cycle” from tilled earth to the full plant. Some kind of general interaction animation with some additional item/icon sprites might be all someone needs to at least START a Harvest Moon/SDV style game with these assets.
Thank you. Yeah, they look perfect for me, trying to make a good HM Snes remake with some new vibe.
Cool. Can you elaborate on the kinds of animations a project like yours would need? It will help me to have a note about it so that I can focus my efforts when I start adding things. I may even get going sooner instead of later, pushed on by your interest haha.
I'm afraid to ask for much, because I know it's not that simple thing, but adding an animation with his hands up for standing and running (as you carrying something) and a "swing" as if with an axe/pick would be very helpful. The first animation probably speaks for itself, while in the case of the second one you could add a hoe/sword/axe/pick and other "swinging" tools with ease.
I hear you. You’d basically like a way to, SDV-like, show an item the character is carrying once they’ve picked it up. Some of which, they’d be picking up by swinging a tool at it like cracking a rock or cutting down a tree.
The main thing would be selecting which characters to provide animations like that for. How do you feel about editing sprites – say you had an animation template w/ a blank sprite and you could mix and match whatever body/clothes art and hair/face you liked from my stuff? I have been wondering if it would help my customers to have templates but I’ve also been reluctant to sell templates as I’ve heard some horror stories about what people wind up doing with them haha.
I may need to find a use for these. I love them so muc
I am waiting more cyberpunk pack :)
More coming! I’m just slow.
Next up will likely be a vehicle pack, but I ran into some issues w/ it and it’s taken longer than expected. Soon!
Wound up doing another character pack. Still not satisfied with the vehicle designs yet, but working on them.
Everything Retro Cybercity is on sale for another week, too, and I have some freebies coming soon.
Good job!
Thanks!!
these are really great looking!
Thanks!!!