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Description

Cartwheel is an innovative platform that transforms text into animations, enabling users to animate characters for a variety of projects including videos, games, apps, advertisements, social media, augmented reality, and virtual reality, all through simple text input. You can create comprehensive character animations just by typing, use these animations as initial drafts, and refine them further in your preferred 3D software. It is also an excellent tool for storyboarding, posing, and crafting background scenes. After animating your characters, you can easily import them into any game engine you prefer. Focus on playtesting, design, and development while we take care of the animation aspect for you. This platform is ideal for creating animated combat scenes, non-player characters (NPCs), animation lists, and cutscenes. Now, stunning 3D character animations for your advertisements can be achieved without breaking the bank. You can easily animate your mascot or spokesperson, while generating background characters and even crowds with minimal effort. In addition, you can swiftly produce expressive animations for social media content, presentations, or chats, allowing you to include captions, alter backgrounds, and create videos in mere seconds. Imagine quickly populating your neighborhood scenes with animated characters running around, giving a lively touch to your projects.

Description

SpriteFuse is an online AI platform designed for indie game developers, artists, and small teams to produce 2D character sprite animations. By simply describing a character and the desired action, or by uploading a reference image in formats like PNG, JPEG, or WebP, users can generate animations. These animations can then be previewed and examined on a frame-by-frame basis, allowing for adjustments via straightforward language instructions and retiming options before exporting. The downloadable assets consist of transparent PNG frames, a compiled sprite sheet, an animated GIF preview, animation metadata, and setup instructions for integration with Godot or Unity. Once exported, these assets can be further modified in a graphics workflow or directly imported into a game project. SpriteFuse enables the prototyping of various character actions, including attacks, spells, movement, and reactions, and aims to assist users in the creation and enhancement of sprite assets rather than serving as a complete game engine or ensuring art is ready for production. This tool ultimately streamlines the animation process, making it accessible for those looking to bring their characters to life.

API Access

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API Access

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Integrations

3ds Max Yes 
Blender Yes 
Cinema 4D Yes 
Godot Yes 
Houdini Yes 
O3DE Yes 
Unity Yes 
Unreal Engine Yes 

Integrations

3ds Max No 
Blender No 
Cinema 4D No 
Godot No 
Houdini No 
O3DE No 
Unity No 
Unreal Engine No 

Pricing Details

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Free Trial No 
Free Version No 

Pricing Details

No price information available.
Free Trial Yes 
Free Version No 

Deployment

Web-Based Yes 
On-Premises No 
iPhone App No 
iPad App No 
Android App No 
Windows No 
Mac No 
Linux No 
Chromebook No 

Deployment

Web-Based Yes 
On-Premises No 
iPhone App No 
iPad App No 
Android App No 
Windows No 
Mac No 
Linux No 
Chromebook No 

Customer Support

Business Hours No 
Live Rep (24/7) No 
Online Support Yes 

Customer Support

Business Hours No 
Live Rep (24/7) No 
Online Support No 

Types of Training

Training Docs Yes 
Webinars No 
Live Training (Online) No 
In Person No 

Types of Training

Training Docs No 
Webinars No 
Live Training (Online) No 
In Person No 

Vendor Details

Company Name

Cartwheel

Website

getcartwheel.com/home

Vendor Details

Company Name

SpriteFuse

Website

spritefuse.com

Product Features

Product Features

Game Development

2D No 
3D No 
Analytics No 
Animation No 
Asset Management No 
Drag & Drop No 
IT Asset Management No 
Network Management No 
Physics No 
Player Management No 
Prototyping No 
Virtual Reality No 
eCommerce No 

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