andrewrcollins / 8-bit-monster-studio

8-Bit Monster Studio: From bits to bestiary, crafting digital beasts with pixel magic.

8-Bit Monster Studio

A tiny but powerful editor for monsters.

Used to create 8-bit style graphic elements for games developed with Phaser.

Inspired by the classic role-playing video game for the TI-99/4A home computer!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnels_of_Doom

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TODO

Make a model with a migration

• Monster model
• monsters table

Make a command

• Extract monster data from game save file
• Output monster data to console
• Save monster data to monster.json
• Export bitmaps in piskel format

https://github.com/rostok/piskel-converter

The command starts from an ancient game save file decoder I wrote years ago.

Make a seeder

• Seed monsters table from monster.json

Make a view

• View a Monster

Store bitmaps in piskel format

• https://github.com/piskelapp/piskel

Embed bitmap editor

• https://github.com/piskelapp/piskel-embed