Retro Cybercity Street Characters

Retro Cybercity Street Characters

Street samurai making side alley deals. Corporate ninjas hunting down a data thief. Regular people keeping their heads down while the world falls apart around them. Kids playing in broken streets. Androids slowly integrating with human civilization even as it grays out.

What kind of people might you expect to find in the decaying, busy streets of a futuristic dystopia?

This asset pack is for creators who are looking to try a cyberpunk or futuristic scifi aesthetic that takes cues from the analog era of the 1980s and 90s. Think Blade Runner or Ready Player One with an SNES/SEGA Genesis style color palette.

It includes a diverse set of character sprites with walk cycles ready for your game project, united by a "city streets" theme. The pack is top-down perspective and scaled at 16x16. It can be used in various game development engines, including Unity and RPGmaker. The pack uses the palette BLKNX64 by @blkirl.

Housekeeping Notes:

Unless otherwise indicated, all materials are offered in PNG format.

I DO NOT use AI for any part of my creative process -- all of my work is hand-made in Aseprite.

All character sprites are presented with 4-directional movement and 3-frame walk cycles. 

What Does It Include?

This pack includes 40 Total Character Sprites w/basic,  3-Frame Walk Cycles. Includes:

• 6 "Hero" Characters (now 10 with several variants included)
• 4 Android characters
• 4 Kid characters
• 2 Mechanic characters
• 2 Street Samurai characters
• 2 Corporate Ninja characters
• Various diverse civilian characters
• and more!

Will There be Updates?

This pack is launching complete but there will be more additional character packs in a range of subthemes eventually. I will update this pack with fixes as needed.

UPDATE 1:

• Corrections on a few sprites that had flipped elements improperly flipped. They are now flipped properly. So don't flip out.

UPDATE 2:

• MASSIVE update with v1.5 designs for ALL included characters. Each has far more detail now, animated elements such as hair or clothes, etc.
• I have also added FOUR new "hero" characters incl. one human w/ three variants and three new android designs
• v1 will remain in the pack in case anyone prefers that version!

UPDATE 3:

• Another MASSIVE update with BETTER v2 designs for all included characters. These incorporate the same detail that was added previously in the update I am now calling "v1.5" to be even more confusing.
• This version also has sprite sheets set up to be more compatible with RPGmaker, though you will still need to add $ or ! (or both) to the filename depending on your needs.
• These new TRUE v2 designs include left-facing variants where applicable -- I used to universally flip the sprites for traditional reasons (laziness) but not anymore.
• This update brings this pack in line w/ all other character sprite assets in my shop so that they are consistent and can still be used together if you don't mind the color palette shift or recolor them yourself.
• As usual, I am still including the "legacy" versions of these sprites for those who prefer them. If you want to use the new stuff, use the "TRUEv2" version.

An example of the new versions, from the rear where a lot of changes were made even compared to other angles on the sprites:

UPDATE 4: RPG Maker Update

Due to oversights, the newer version of this pack (True v2) did not include proper naming conventions for the png files. This is because you need to add an "$" to the beginning of the filename in order to make RPG Maker engines recognize the non-standard spritesheet dimensions. I have corrected the pngs so that they will import properly to RPG Maker.

With 16x16 artwork like my assets you either have to mess with RPG Maker's resolution (which can be quite tricky) or upscale the art 3x so that it fits the default 48x48 pixel dimensions used by the newer engines. I have also included 3x upscaled versions of the sprites for folks who stick to the default resolution/sprite scale settings.

Folks who use RPG Maker should consider redownloading this pack!

Licensing

Please note, by purchasing and downloading this product, you are agreeing to the following licensing terms:

What You Can Do:

• Use in commercial and non-commercial games, personal projects, or public domain projects.
• Sell works created using this asset, eg: a video game.
• Modify assets for your own use in personal or commercial projects. For example, reorganizing tile sheets, adjusting size, or mixing and matching assets, recolors.
• Publish work using this asset on websites relating to art, games, and similar.

What You Cannot Do:

• Resell the original or any modified version.
• Use the assets or derivatives in logo, trademark, or service mark.
• Use these assets for AI anything, generators, code-based art tools, or NFTs.

Contact & Support

I am open to suggestions and feedback and am quick to respond to comments here. I am always looking forward to seeing what YOU make with my assets. 

I am best reached through email: hedgewizardgame@gmail.com or by commenting right here on itch. Especially if I don't check my email enough!  You can find me on tumblr where I post art almost daily. I make other art as side projects or for fun. Any time I really get a bug to make game assets outside of my own projects and commissions, I'll probably put them on it

ch! If you'd like to commission my work or are simply curious to see more of it, please check out my tumblr or my Artstation page. I usually appreciate feedback, so please feel free to comment.