S P A R T A N

When creating a video game, you put in a lot of time and effort to make sure every aspect is at the level you want it to be. The gameplay, the story, the design, everything needs to be perfect.

When looking at 2D games, the tiles are an important part of a game's design. If you plan on creating a video game in Procjam, then S P A R T A N is a great tool that can help you with it.

The program uses the pixel drawing method to help you make the perfect tiles for your video games.

If you have a creative mind and want your creations to be 100% original, then you can build the tiles from scratch. The application has various features to ensure they will look exactly how you want them.

If you want to be quick about it, you can also choose from the available preset templates. It has tile designs that can be used for various common levels, like underwater, desert, volcano and more.

If you want the tiles to look alive, S P A R T A N also allows you to add animations to them. This is a good way to make your game seem more dynamic.

The program is nice, but it has a couple of aspects that can make some people steer away from it. The main one is the fact that it only works with Procjam. If you plan on using other software to create your game, then it would be useless for you.

The second aspect is that it can be a bit "temperamental" and stop responding to commands. It can sometimes not generate a template or not let you edit a new tile sprite, and you may end up having to close and re-open it a few times.

The idea behind the program is great, but its tie to Procjam makes it kind of limited for a lot of people. This along with the fact that it stops working from time to time makes me believe that there must be better applications to use or this purpose.