RPG Maker creators, meet Tileset Builder — a serious pixel art editor built for your projects, now available on Steam.
Purpose-built for creating tilesets and character sprites, Tileset Builder brings everything you need for RPG Maker asset creation into a single tool: pixel-perfect drawing, autotile checking, character animation playback, and plugin-based extensibility.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4691700/RPGMZ__Tileset_Builder/
Dual-Pane Workspace
A two-panel layout that places your source image and your working tile side by side. Draw while referencing, trace, or pull colors directly — every part of asset creation made simple.
A Complete Drawing Toolkit
- Pen / Eraser / Eyedropper / Rectangle Select / Fill / Magic Wand / Lasso Select / Gradient / Outline
- Symmetry drawing (horizontal / vertical / four-way / diagonal) to build characters and icons fast
- Flip (horizontal / vertical / both), per-tile filters, and color adjustment
- 1x–16x zoom (mouse wheel supported) with a cursor that scales to your brush size
Built for RPG Maker
- A1–A4 autotile connection preview — see how patterns link together in real time
- Tileset & character image support — cover every asset type in one tool
- Animation playback preview — check character walk cycles on the spot
- MZ-compliant export — load your finished tilesets straight into RPG Maker MV/MZ
Color & Layers
- Layer support to keep your pixel art organized and separated
- Color replace / palette extraction — generate palettes automatically from existing assets
- Add, remove, and drag-to-reorder color palettes
- Trace (reference overlay) to use another image as an underlay
Make It Your Own
- Dark / Light themes
- Multi-language UI — Japanese, English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, and Polish
- Plugin extensibility — sample plugins included. Add your own tools, panels, and export formats
Who It's For
- Creators making original assets for RPG Maker MZ / MV
- Anyone who wanted RPG Maker–specific features in a general pixel art tool
- Anyone struggling with A1–A4 autotile specifications
- Anyone who wants to turn a large library of materials into tilesets efficiently
- Development teams that need original assets for commercial projects
- Advanced users who found existing tools limiting and want to extend their own
Supported Projects
Compatible with the tileset and character image specifications of RPG Maker MZ and RPG Maker MV. Output files can be placed directly into your project's img/tilesets / img/characters folders.
Give it a try — Tileset Builder is here to support your map and character creation.
*This product includes tilesets, character walk/damage sprites, and object images from "RPG Maker MZ," "RPG Maker MV," the "RPG Maker MV Trinity Resource Pack," the "FES Resource Pack," the "DS+ Resource Pack," and the "DS Resource Pack."