This project appears abandoned. Unless word is heard from the developer after this post I don’t think you should consider purchasing this software as it is incomplete and highly buggy to have such an egregious price of $30.
This looked very promising and I would really like to see development continue. Hopefully this gets some form of response so we know what the state of the project is. I understand life happens, but radio silence is not the way to handle it.
The developer does have a web app that appears to have some similar functionality to this paid app some people may find useful. There are no links on their site to it and I had to crawl to find it.
Supported this early on so I got what I got for pretty cheap but it's been in limbo for a long time now and so I don't think it's rude to recommend another project that seems slightly less in limbo but for 1/4th-1/2 the price called Smack Studio. This app is more PICO-like while Smack Studio is just a pixel editor with some neat rigging and rotation features. In my own bored journey I've moved past both apps to slicing SDFs in plugins like Mudbun or Clayxels. That way you can just render a 3D object and assign 2D sprites to points in your 3D graph and render them Daggerfall or Mario Kart style depending on the angle you're looking at them. Theoretically you could do way more angles than either of these programs support out of the box. We're talking about buying abandonware here cause it has its usefulness (try it on steam, return it if you don't like it). Smack Studio isn't abandonware and Mudbun and Clayxels are professional rendering plugins.
hi. is the program dead? will there ever be an update? I bought the game in steam, I follow the news here... the program seems interesting to me, but it bothers me that nothing happens to it... everything is fine?
Hi, I am reaallyyy new in game development and love sprite stacking. But I'm not sure if this app is what I'm looking for... Is there any place where I can download a demo or something? or even a discord where I can talk to other people who use this tool? (I don't wanna buy without making sure that's what I am looking for... I live in Brazil so $24 USD is equivalent to $100 for Brazilian cash (R$118,02 actually))
I am struggling with this are there any tutorials or a PDF with instructions on how to use this? I found a tutorial YouTube but it is 3years old. Also the Spritestack.io site doesn't seem to be working as I keep getting a connection timeout error from cloudflare.com showing spritestack.io has an error.
Just picked this up, really enjoying it so far, feels far more intuitive than other voxel editor software IMO! Really looking forward to the new version, and subbed to the Patreon - keep up the awesome work!
Heya. Bought this earlier this year, never really spoke up about this until now. There's a pretty big visual glitch with the editor. It flickers in/out whenever I change my cursor position in the viewport. Not too sure if there's a patch soon(tm) that'll fix this?
Welp, I've waited about two weeks and there still isn't an option to claim a Steam key on the download page. Did something go screwy because I purchased during a sale?
I read a lot about it being an abandonned project. But I can see in the devlog that it's not, he's made an article on the his patreon as well to show the progress. So I believe it's still on track. I'm downloading it right now, can't wait to give it a try!
Hi, thanks. Yes I had a rough time and went a little overboard with the scope but never stopped to work on it :) Just please take a note that my recent showreels are not released yet and you are still getting this 2 years old version. I recognize your name by the way - I am using your mech models for testing purposes.
Dude awesome to hear this isn't dead! Hope the broken things are fixed soon and the software continues to grow, it has a crazy amount of potential. Cheers!
The creator has seemingly abandoned this product. I advise you to go with MagicaVoxel or the much more difficult to learn Qubicle.
The button for exporting to .VOX is broken, it just does absolutely nothing. Exporting sprite sheets is almost non-configurable in regards to changing desired formatting for importation into Gamemaker or other software. A cool piece of software but unfortunately the creator has abandoned whatever potential it had.
The last update to the Steam version at least was 24/09/19. There's a forum post where the dev replied to similar concerns on Jan 2021 to say its not dead. Seems there have been difficulties of some kind and the project is still going to be maintained, though it read to me at least that it may be a long time coming.
I'd recommend grabbing it as it is good for what is here, its just lacking a lot of quality of life tools and options.
Cool program, but the export .vox file button is broken, and appears to have been broken for some time. Are there any newer fixed versions floating around somewhere?
someone in an older comment said running the program as administrator fixes the export. could you let me know if that works? I'm interested in buying this
I was wondering if it's somehow possible to change the colours via hex values or maybe import a colour pallet. We are trying to use it for a project and not being able to use exact coluors is creating a tedious workflow of exporting -> importing into aseprite -> changing colours into intended colours on aseprite.
Hi, I was wondering if we could get version 3.21 added to the downloads page? Love the program. Some features I needed/used a year ago like .vox export and import aren't working in the latest version.
I want to know how to use the renderer in the game? I like the style very much and you mentioned the renderer and I'm using godot to develop my game, so how to make this effect in the 3d game scene? I just have some experiences in writing the shader script of Opengl ES.
As an intermediate solution please create a FREE patreon account and let me know your username. I will unlock the online version for you. Sorry but that's the only thing I can do until the next release.
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This project appears abandoned. Unless word is heard from the developer after this post I don’t think you should consider purchasing this software as it is incomplete and highly buggy to have such an egregious price of $30.
This looked very promising and I would really like to see development continue. Hopefully this gets some form of response so we know what the state of the project is. I understand life happens, but radio silence is not the way to handle it.
The developer does have a web app that appears to have some similar functionality to this paid app some people may find useful. There are no links on their site to it and I had to crawl to find it.
https://spritestack.io/studio/
Supported this early on so I got what I got for pretty cheap but it's been in limbo for a long time now and so I don't think it's rude to recommend another project that seems slightly less in limbo but for 1/4th-1/2 the price called Smack Studio. This app is more PICO-like while Smack Studio is just a pixel editor with some neat rigging and rotation features. In my own bored journey I've moved past both apps to slicing SDFs in plugins like Mudbun or Clayxels. That way you can just render a 3D object and assign 2D sprites to points in your 3D graph and render them Daggerfall or Mario Kart style depending on the angle you're looking at them. Theoretically you could do way more angles than either of these programs support out of the box. We're talking about buying abandonware here cause it has its usefulness (try it on steam, return it if you don't like it). Smack Studio isn't abandonware and Mudbun and Clayxels are professional rendering plugins.
Where is this Smack Studio app? I cant in it here on itch or anywhere else.
Smack Studio - A sandbox fighting game
It appears to also be a game, but you can use it similar to this program, I guess.
hi. is the program dead? will there ever be an update? I bought the game in steam, I follow the news here... the program seems interesting to me, but it bothers me that nothing happens to it... everything is fine?
Pretty sure it's dead
Hi, I am reaallyyy new in game development and love sprite stacking. But I'm not sure if this app is what I'm looking for... Is there any place where I can download a demo or something? or even a discord where I can talk to other people who use this tool? (I don't wanna buy without making sure that's what I am looking for... I live in Brazil so $24 USD is equivalent to $100 for Brazilian cash (R$118,02 actually))
the program has not shown signs of life for a very long time ... I do not recommend buying it.
I am struggling with this are there any tutorials or a PDF with instructions on how to use this? I found a tutorial YouTube but it is 3years old. Also the Spritestack.io site doesn't seem to be working as I keep getting a connection timeout error from cloudflare.com showing spritestack.io has an error.
Just picked this up, really enjoying it so far, feels far more intuitive than other voxel editor software IMO! Really looking forward to the new version, and subbed to the Patreon - keep up the awesome work!
Heya. Bought this earlier this year, never really spoke up about this until now. There's a pretty big visual glitch with the editor. It flickers in/out whenever I change my cursor position in the viewport. Not too sure if there's a patch soon(tm) that'll fix this?
Rezoner is working on a completely new version. I think the one available to download is abandoned. More info on SpriteStack discord.
What happened to the Steam keys? Not seeing it in the downloads.
Lemme check. Maybe I need to add new ones.
edit: It says I still have 66 keys on Itch, but I have asked for new ones so maybe that solves a problem. However it can take up to a few days.
Welp, I've waited about two weeks and there still isn't an option to claim a Steam key on the download page. Did something go screwy because I purchased during a sale?
Email me and I will send you the key manually - rezoner1337 / gmail
Thank you very much for that.
I read a lot about it being an abandonned project. But I can see in the devlog that it's not, he's made an article on the his patreon as well to show the progress. So I believe it's still on track. I'm downloading it right now, can't wait to give it a try!
Hi, thanks. Yes I had a rough time and went a little overboard with the scope but never stopped to work on it :) Just please take a note that my recent showreels are not released yet and you are still getting this 2 years old version. I recognize your name by the way - I am using your mech models for testing purposes.
Oh Really? That's an honor for me :). I'm looking forward to see the net update, keep up the great job!
Dude awesome to hear this isn't dead! Hope the broken things are fixed soon and the software continues to grow, it has a crazy amount of potential. Cheers!
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PLEASE READ BEFORE BUYING 4/24/2021
The creator has seemingly abandoned this product. I advise you to go with MagicaVoxel or the much more difficult to learn Qubicle.
The button for exporting to .VOX is broken, it just does absolutely nothing. Exporting sprite sheets is almost non-configurable in regards to changing desired formatting for importation into Gamemaker or other software. A cool piece of software but unfortunately the creator has abandoned whatever potential it had.
How to get .VOX export:
1. Install from itch.io app
2. Click the options button right of launch and click "manage"
3. Click "Switch to another version" and choose 3.21. That's the last version it worked on before it broke.
Unfortunately not working in MacOS 11.0.1 (Big Sur). Requires notarization.
Does this program still recieve updates? I want to buy it with the bundle but i'm afraid it turns a waste when i can use the web version for free :/
pls anyone help it seems the dev won't/can't answer
The last update to the Steam version at least was 24/09/19. There's a forum post where the dev replied to similar concerns on Jan 2021 to say its not dead. Seems there have been difficulties of some kind and the project is still going to be maintained, though it read to me at least that it may be a long time coming.
I'd recommend grabbing it as it is good for what is here, its just lacking a lot of quality of life tools and options.
Hope this helps.
An amazing tool.
It seems like the gif export gets cut off, is there a way to change this?
Cool program, but the export .vox file button is broken, and appears to have been broken for some time. Are there any newer fixed versions floating around somewhere?
someone in an older comment said running the program as administrator fixes the export. could you let me know if that works? I'm interested in buying this
Sadly run as administrator doesn't fix it
F. thanks so much for responding. the devs twitter's hasn't posted in like a year
Expensive but worth it (I didnt buy it cuz im broke but If I could I would)
It’s in a bundle at the moment!
im still to broke
Vox export does not work on Version 3.24 in windows.
Can you please at least add an option to download an older version of spritestack where the .vox export function is still working on itch.io?
Did you ever find an older version? I'm in the same boat
an older comment says they fixed this by running the program as administrator. could you let me know if that works, I'm interested in buying thi
You can use the itchio desktop app to download older versions of this app. Vox export works on version 3.21
Hi!
I was wondering if it's somehow possible to change the colours via hex values or maybe import a colour pallet. We are trying to use it for a project and not being able to use exact coluors is creating a tedious workflow of exporting -> importing into aseprite -> changing colours into intended colours on aseprite.
@rezoner, Sorry to have to comment on this board but I cannot find contact information for you.
I purchased the software and it will not save or export any work. Can you please refund the money I spent purchasing the product?
Thanks.
UPDATE: So I seem to have gotten the export working. Key is you have to run as administrator.
Hi, I was wondering if we could get version 3.21 added to the downloads page? Love the program. Some features I needed/used a year ago like .vox export and import aren't working in the latest version.
Hope you're doing well and staying safe.
Hello! Is spritestack abandoned? It's been quite a long time without news and it'd be a real shame, specially considering the upcoming update.
sorry for asking, but when is the new version gonna release?
The function to export .vox file does not work.
v3.21 was the last version it worked in
I want to know how to use the renderer in the game? I like the style very much and you mentioned the renderer and I'm using godot to develop my game, so how to make this effect in the 3d game scene? I just have some experiences in writing the shader script of Opengl ES.
Hiya, sorry to hear that.
Does the online version works for you ?
https://SpriteStack.io/studio
As an intermediate solution please create a FREE patreon account and let me know your username. I will unlock the online version for you. Sorry but that's the only thing I can do until the next release.
As rude as this answer is - No. :D
I mean it's so huge any estimation I make gets delayed. For sure earlier than April 2020.
ps: I have unlocked browser based spritestack version for your patreon account. It may take a while for the system to recache users.