RPG Type Retro: Top Down Urban Characters (Spritesheet)

LICENSING:
1. All assets can be used and modified for any personal and commercial project except as standalone "asset packs".
2. Credits NOT required.
3. Assets can not be sold or redistributed with or without modifications whether individually or as a pack.
4. Assets can not be used in any form of AI 

*This itch.io page serves as a thorough guide on how to manage and use this sprite sheet. Kindly read through everything first and download the free base files to test out the pack.

Theme: Modern / Urban

A 16x16 spritesheet for urban type human characters intended for top-down retro RPGs where sprites have 3-color palette restrictions. 

This asset pack comes in the following:

- 24 characters(unique and gender counterparts)
- Free to download

- Base pack + additional 24 characters (as of launch version 6/3/2025)
- Layered template sheet
- For a minimum support of $1 to help future development. All succeeding updates for this pack will be free to download.

SPECIFICATIONS

Style: Retro/Top Down RPG 

Palette: 3-color

• #071821 (GB Dark Shade)
• #5a5a5a (Dark Gray)
• #e0f8cf (GB Light Shade)

Grid Size: 16x16

File Type: Comes as a spritesheet (.png file)

ANIMATIONS

Simplified animations in all cardinal directions (North, South, East, West)

1. Idle 01 (Blink): 

4-frame (2~3 key frames, 1 repeat frame)

No blink animations for north direction and glasses/shades characters

Different south facing idle animation for glasses/shades characters 

2. Run/Walk:

4-frame (2~3 key frames, 1~2 repeat frames from Idle Blink)

3. Idle 02 (Raise Arm):

2-frame (1 key frame, 1 repeat frame from Idle Blink)

Intended usage: Differentiate NPCs with important events such as quest or required to talk to (i.e. you can add icons or speech bubbles above the sprite for added effect)

Check out my free animated speech icons to get an idea for usage: https://syyvvalia.itch.io/rpg-type-retro-16x16-animated-speech-icons

SPRITESHEET GUIDE

Frames in yellow are REPEATED as an animation guide and for fast prototyping 

Left and right view are mostly flipped aside from legs and some minor hair variations.

If your engine has frame limits, just remove the duplicate frames in yellow and mirror either the left or right view frames. Use engine code/logic to loop back to the repeat frames.

For additional information, you can also check out the FAQs.

UPDATE: 6/11/2025 

Deconstructed Template Spritesheet

The extra pack has been updated to include a template spritesheet that divides the each character into separate parts. Please read through the Devlog Update to learn more about how to use this template spritesheet.