CharacterCaptain Candor Vane
Your characters, alive in pixel art
Choose a picture or describe a character, then choose what they do or type it. Each move comes back as a looping sprite with a Discord emoji.
10 Gold a move. The base sprite and downloads are free.
Click anyone
Heroes, shopkeepers, monsters in boxes
Fifteen pictures from the CharGen gallery. Choose a move on a card to play it, or open the card to see how it was made and what you download.
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MonsterThe Last Oni Standing
NPCThe Sunlit Tankard
MonsterThe Violet Parasite
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MonsterGelatinous Torchway
NPCBrannoch, Sunwrought Cleric
MonsterThe Grave Bell Ringer
From portrait to pixels
Three short films made from real output. The drawing wait is cut. A first set of four takes about a minute.
Take them to the table
Put the sprites where your group already plays: in chat, on the map and in your notes.
G
GM
The chest in the corner moves.
B
Bubblespark
M
Minstrel
I'll play it a song 
Discord
An emoji for each move, small enough for Discord's 256 KB limit.
Your battle map
Animated tokens for virtual tables. The big GIF stays sharp when you zoom in.
SESSION 14 · THE SUNLIT TANKARD
The innkeeper poured three ales before anyone asked, then charged for four.
The bard played until the oni stopped glaring.
Notes and recaps
A GIF works in recaps, handouts and any note app that shows pictures.
Animated GIFFine pixels at full size, for pages and overlays.
Big GIFFour times larger and still sharp, for maps and slides.
Discord emojiSquare and animated, ready for your server.
Sprite sheetAll 8 frames in a row, for game engines.
Your character next
Start from your own picture, or describe a character and CharGen draws the portrait first for 3 Gold.
What happens next
- Choose a picture of one character, or describe one.
- Choose up to 10 moves: Idle, Hello, Attack, Cast and the rest, or type your own.
- CharGen draws them in about a minute. You can leave the page while it works.
- Each move
- 10 Gold
- Base sprite and downloads
- Free
A move that does not draw gives its 10 Gold back.
Gold is CharGen's credit for pictures, video and sprites. Every plan includes Gold each month, from 900 Gold with Plus at £9.99. Free accounts get 10 Gold a day, up to 100. See plans
Questions
What is a pixel sprite?
A small piece of pixel art of your character. Each move is a short loop, such as a wave or a spell, saved as a GIF.
What is Gold?
Gold is CharGen's credit for pictures, video and sprites. Every plan includes Gold each month, from 900 Gold with Plus at £9.99. Free accounts get 10 Gold a day, up to 100. One move costs 10 Gold.
Is the base sprite the same as Idle?
No. The base sprite is a still picture of your character, and it is free. Idle is a looping move where the character breathes and shifts, and it costs 10 Gold like any other move.
Can I type my own move?
Yes. Any move in an order can be one you type, at the same 10 Gold. Write what the character does, for example “pours ale from a jug into a tankard”. An order has at most 10 moves.
Does it work for monsters and creatures?
Yes. Anything with a body works: a chest with teeth, an eel, an owlbear, a cube of jelly. Use a clear picture of one creature.
How long does it take?
About a minute for a first set of four. You can leave the page. The moves keep drawing and wait for you in your sprites.
What if a move does not draw?
Its 10 Gold comes back to you.
Make your party next
One picture each, then 10 Gold a move.
Free accounts get 10 Gold a day, enough for one move.