Edwin Zeng

Opus 5.5 can now turn a single character image into a playable 8-direction RPG character through MCP. AutoSprite has been in development for almost a year, and the workflow is getting pretty interesting for AI game dev. Give it one character and it can generate: > 8-direction isometric sprites > idle, walk and run animations > attacks + spells > custom animations > equipment across different directions > front + side views for consistency There's even Motion Control. You can film yourself performing an action and transfer that movement onto your sprite character. But the most interesting part is the MCP integration. Claude Code and Codex can connect directly to AutoSprite, generate the assets they need and then use those assets while building the game. The HD-2D demo shown here combines AutoSprite-generated spritesheets with Three.js particle effects built using Opus 5.5. So the workflow is getting pretty close to: one character image → Opus 5.5 → complete animated character → playable game Character consistency across 8 directions has always been one of the annoying parts of AI-generated game assets. Automating that entire pipeline directly from the coding agent is much more interesting than generating individual sprites.

Claude Code is helping build a cyberpunk pixel-art game where even the environments are generated through code. City of Animals mixes Monkey Island-style adventure with fast combat inspired by Huntdown and Replaced. The workflow is pretty interesting: > Unity + C# for the game > Claude Code writes most of the code > characters and bosses are drawn by hand > PixelLab creates animation drafts > Aseprite is used for frame-by-frame cleanup > Claude writes Python scripts that draw most backgrounds and props Claude is also kept on track between sessions using a `CLAUDE.md` file for rules and a `STATUS.md` file for the current to-do list. Around 785 commits after just a month of development.