Agave Art Sweet - Alpha Launch

About Agave Art Sweet

The goal of this project is to combine features of all the pixel art tools I've developed into one useful application suite for myself and other creators and artists. It is meant to be fun, free, and generally easy to use.

Through my time coding I've made some pattern making tools, paint programs, cross stitch/latch hook rug tools and other image editing software that I hope to work into this suite, along with some new ideas. The Agave software suite is being released in an early "alpha" state so anyone interested can test it, use it, break it, and provide feedback as it develops.

This project was inspired by wanting a better asset pack browsing experience for my projects. I wanted something that keeps my settings and that can show me a whole folder of images in a format nice enough to create a gallery from - like the screenshots for this asset pack.

Personally, I am already using Agave to help me browse and create content, more examples below. 

Updates will be released when features are ready or when a bug needs to get fixed. Comments and any feedback are welcome.

Agave Art Sweet - alpha 1 - Release notes:

General

First part of suite added, the 'Image Browser'.

Technical Details

Currently runs in windowed mode at 1440x900.

Mouse & Keyboard controls.

Supports images larger than 1440x900 but is generally designed for images 800x800 and smaller. Agave may become unstable using larger images. [see Known Issues below]

Currently supports png, jpg, and imports the first frame of most gif images. [see Known Issues below]

Screenshot and Capture output is .png file format.

Known Issues

Opening/viewing some GIF files may crash Agave. If this happens you can either remove the GIF from the browsing folder and reload, OR, 'Reset Data' on the Main Menu and avoid the problem GIF(s) - this second option will reset all your user settings.

Loading extremely large images [300MB+] or many large images [hundreds of 10MB+] can cause Agave to become unstable.

Examples

By combining the browser's features you can create content like the examples below and attached.

Example showing the Pixel Mart asset pack by ghostpixxells using the 'Explore Folder' view mode and a custom image background [separate files]

Example of my Mouse Cursors [separate files]

Example showing the PIXEL FANTASY RPG ICONS - Letter Buttons asset pack by Caz [separate files]