PixelForge

Photo → sprite sheet → playable motion

Turn family photos into retro game characters.

Upload a portrait. PixelForge generates a stylized RPG sprite pack: 4×4 sheets, transparent PNG frames, direction strips, and GIF previews.

Forge a $5 sprite pack See the family test
  • WaveSpeed GPT Image 2 Edit for source-photo generation
  • Deterministic magenta cleanup + frame extraction
  • Downloadable ZIP, GIFs, PNGs, and QA notes
live output preview
Four generated family character sprites walking

The loop

Not a filter. A tiny production pipeline.

01

Upload one photo

We preserve the stuff that reads at 48px: hair silhouette, glasses, shirt color, body shape, and expression.

02

Generate a strict 4×4 sheet

WaveSpeed GPT Image 2 Edit turns the reference into a top-down RPG sprite sheet with down, left, right, and up rows.

03

Forge the final pack

Python post-processing removes magenta, aligns feet, exports transparent sprites, direction strips, and walking GIFs.

Family bakeoff

Real people, messy photo, usable sprites.

The first test used one family photo and produced four playable-ish RPG characters. It exposed the exact pipeline shape: generate the sheet, then repair/extract deterministically.

Original family photo crops
Source crops
WaveSpeed 4x4 sprite sheet outputs for family members
Generated 4×4 sprite sheets

Brother

RightBrother sprite walking right
DownBrother sprite walking down

Bernard

RightBernard sprite walking right
DownBernard sprite walking down

Mom

RightMom sprite walking right
DownMom sprite walking down

Dad

RightDad sprite walking right
DownDad sprite walking down
Right walk GIF QA frames
QA: right-walk encoded GIF frames
Down walk GIF QA frames
QA: down-walk encoded GIF frames

V0 offer

$5 sprite pack beta.

Simple promise first: upload a photo, get a stylized RPG sprite pack. No giant editor, no account dashboard, no “metaverse asset platform” brain rot.