SpriteStack Reviews

Very high potential, but abandoned soft with missing core features... should have a lot more of QoL enhancements.

As a casual pixel artist, over the last ten years or so I have always struggled with drawing 3d perspectives in a 2d constraint. It's hard. The moment I saw SpriteStack available I knew it was what I'd been looking for, and only a few hours in I have to be honest, I am 100% satisfied. I will say that the program feels a bit bare and some of the features I find myself looking for don't seem to be available, but from what I know of the developer, this program is still under development and I am anxious to see his future updates and improvements to the editor and animation features. Just for the rendering and drawing freedoms alone, this is an excellent tool. I'd also like to add that, while there are some missing features that I am familiar with from other programs, there are also several major features that I have only seen available in this software. I will definitely be supporting this developer in the future.

Abandoned by the dev without finishing, doesn't export .vox, removed 3D view, never updated and buttons don't work. Crashes and has many issues

it's looked promising, but as i see it's abandoned, so many functionalities dont work and drawing its much more difficult than it should be

i like the tool but ive looked everywhere and cannot find up to date documentation theres a bunch of hotkeys ive pressed without realizing, causing the application to seemingly brick (putting it into a state i cannot get out of because i dont know what hotkey i fatfingered) the help button in the tool just sends you to the programs site, asking you to buy it, finding the help page by GOOGLING showed hotkeys that are no longer in the tool as they are seemingly from an earlier version of the editor right now its not functional unless you made the tool, its neat to play around with but not worth it if you want to actually make things with it to dev: write some proper documentation, maybe make a video showing off features, hell even a .txt file with hotkeys would be enough.

Modeling layer by layer? interesting but ineffective. It's more of a learning tool than an editor & modeling, MagicaVoxel & Blender could get things done much faster, obviously, if you know how to. Recommend if you're trying to get used to 3D from 2D and need something in between. Unrecommend as design software, it lacks basic things like line/ellipse tool.

Its a shame, Spritestack clicked with me a lot. I found its user-interface really easy to understand and leverage. It has the ability to do color palette-swapping really easy, and its 3D preview window helps you build your sprites. I never tried to do animation just yet, but it doesn't seem too bad in its current form. Can't really recommend even though I want to. At this time it appears to be abandonware with some critical issues that haven't been solved. + .vox export was working at some point, now it doesn't. + Import slicesheet has chance to overwrite your existing file - really bad because it WILL wipe out all your work. + Inability to merge 2 spritestack .zip files. + Importing slicesheet is bugged. + Exporting sprites with shadow creates offset sprite. + Can't select vertical stacks of pixels. For these reasons, it's not really worth a buy at this time. Examples to bolster my perspective, I made the following: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2283451882 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2283450588

I had high hopes for this product and wanted to recommend it, but unfortunately, the creator seems to have abandoned the Steam version. They are now pushing people to pledge donations on their Patreon instead. The Steam version, which I paid for, never receives updates, and I still haven't received what I paid for. There are several basic and essential features that have been missing since I purchased the product years ago, and the software hasn't been updated since 2019. To make matters worse, it seems like the creator doesn't even make an effort to update their social media channels. It's really disappointing to see this product effectively become abandonware, especially considering how useful it could have been based on its initial promise. I suggest saving your money for a better alternative.

I know next to nothing about 3D modelling and within 40 minutes of using this I'm already in love A few suggestions - More export options (more angles, free look like in the preview, higher framerate gifs) - Transparent pixels/blocks if that's even possible - More official documentation

Missing some documentation on what tools do or how to use them. -UPDATE- Developer has been working hard to improve app and is doing great. They are really behind their product.