Hello. Just bought this pack and I have to say it's amazing. A little daunting at first with sheer amount of sprites, but after reading everything it's great. You've done some truly great work on the mana seed packs. So thank you.
I don't understand what "new character sprites" you're talking about, though. This pack hasn't had any new content added in a long time. The final update was in August of 2022. If you purchased it before that, and you can't download all of the files currently available, please clarify that is the case and I'll get you sorted out 👍
Is there any plan to reconcile this to match the format in the farmer base? I took a quick look and saw a few discrepancies here and there. I purchased both and would like to use both (I'm purely using the farmer base at the moment)
Excuse me if I am wrong, but I'm 90% sure I saw somewhere characters on horses, like the riding poses in "Mana Seeds" style. Was it yours and can I buy them somewhere?
hello! I am currently purchasing your product and making a game. Are there any clothing animations that are compatible with magin wand products? The magin wand seems to use the animation of the sword, but I'm curious if there is any wizard-like robe clothing that is compatible with the magic wand animation.
There are only 2 outfits included for the combat animations (Peasant Farmer and Forester). I recommend you reach out to another artist and hire them to draw you some custom outfits for the animations you need.
I bought the complete collection that says it includes the character base, but itch wants to charge me to download all these files. Is there a way I can get them without paying extra?
In my opinion, this asset has too many issues for it to be fixed in an update. I need to return to the drawing board for a fresh start, in order to make it a better product. So that's what I did. Please check out the Farmer Sprite System. There's a link at the top of the page.
The clothes are on separate layers. You'll need to look up a tutorial on how to build a "paper doll" system for your player sprite if you want to change outfits at runtime. Otherwise, just use an image editor (GraphicsGale is free) to flatten the layers into a single sheet.
Thank you. Even I understood how to wear the clothes to the character but don't have graphic programs as photoshops so I was worry how to solve this problem. Thank you!
I do offer some commissions, but the options are limited at this time. You can find more information by following the commission link at the bottom of one of my product pages 🙏
Hello! I can see in the gif you have attached where the player walks up to the slimes with the sword and shield on his back and then takes it out. I am having trouble locating where the animations are when it's on the character's back. Could you help me with this? I can see the character can sheath the sword but can't find the sprite sheet where they're walking around with it sheathed.
Such animations are not officially supported, sorry. That's just a demonstration of something you can do, but you'll need to setup sheathed-sword animations on your own. Just take the weapon sprites from the separated sheet and arrange them as necessary where you want them to be.
Words can't express how much I loved your work. Mana is one of my favorite titles and your packs bring me so much nostalgia and willingness to dive into game development.
By any chance you could add more hairstyles and weapons? Dagger and fist to be more precisely. I was thinking about something like Hawkeye and Kevin from Seiken Densetsu 3.
Hello, I liked your work and I want to use it in a college project to finish my course. Can I use it? I will mention you for the sprites that I use. Thanks!
Yes, that's fine in principle. Just check the Mana Seed User License to confirm the prohibited uses: https://selieltheshaper.weebly.com/user-license.html For example, if your class project is about NFTs, then the answer would be "no" 🤗
Oh so will be just fine, my work is an object of study, in wich I describe how a game engine works, and I will use the sprites just to accelerate the process to make the animations, this way I have more time to describe how de CG process works. Many thanks!
Hey Seliel, i was making my game and i'm using the spiky hairstyle, and i wanted to use a that hairstyle with the bow, spear and sword sprites... In which folder can i find the hair sprites?
Unfortunately, none of the add-on hairstyles are set up to work with the combat add-ons (as noted on the product page). However, you can probably copy/paste hairstyle sprites from the non-combat animations to work well enough with the combat animations.
Hi Seliel, wanted to say thank you for these amazing assets. I'm working on a JRPG on the Atari Jaguar and your assets allow us for great world building!
This is a very early build of the game and it runs in the BigPEmulator. Wanted to share the progress with you for a while since a lot of the work at display is yours, wasn't sure if this is a good place to share.
Good day. Is there a possibility if I could have a single character base sheet to see if I could work with it? I am planning to buy the full pack, but I want to be sure if I can work with the whole mana-seed collection.
So I've been pondering how to leave this review for a couple of days now. I figured I would leave it here on the page for the base, since that's the starting point for the entirety of Mana Seed.
I don't have much to criticize, to be perfectly honest. The artwork is beautiful, the characters are well animated and the animations are plentiful. There are even animations for fishing and farming, if you have an inkling to make a character catch a fish or harvest turnips.
I love these sets. I think they are spectacular. Sel;el has done a marvelous job.
Hey Seliel! Hope you're well! Was thinking how great it would be to get two-handed swings (for a great sword or the ax) and similarly how that would be good for tree chopping. I suspect the current ax animation is more akin to the Harvest Moon stick or log chopping than a tree, right? Or am I missing something? Thanks and great work as always!!
Hey Seliel, I suck at color palettes and want to start making characters for your tilesets, but dont want to mess up the colors. Could you provide the color palette used for your assets so we can use them when creating characters?
Thanks Seliel. I havent bought the assets yet doing it this weekend :) Im very glad to see the sword animations and new tilesets. They look sweet AF keep up the great work!
Please read the accompanying text files I provided to explain all that.
If you're still having trouble, come to my Discord server (link on the product page) and you can get some direct help from me or other devs who are using the Base in various game engines.
Would this be considered top-down view (buildings interiors etc?) im new to pixel art stuff and just wanted to ask someone who knows what their doing would appreciate a reply! :)
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Hello, is this character build in 4 direction or 8 direction ? thank you
4 directions
Hello, in the free version, what do I not have to do when I create a game for sale
What exactly am I not allowed to distribute?
You can use this resource for commercial or non-commercial purposes, but you do not have the right to transfer it to other users (send them to me)?
You can make and sell a game using the sprite sheets, but you can't give the sprite sheets away or sell them. Just the game you made.
Hello. Just bought this pack and I have to say it's amazing. A little daunting at first with sheer amount of sprites, but after reading everything it's great. You've done some truly great work on the mana seed packs. So thank you.
Thanks, I'm glad it's working for you!
I'm sorry, but I don't understand. Did you think you would get something for free?
I don't understand what "new character sprites" you're talking about, though. This pack hasn't had any new content added in a long time. The final update was in August of 2022. If you purchased it before that, and you can't download all of the files currently available, please clarify that is the case and I'll get you sorted out 👍
I noticed you have a new Farmer Sprite system rolling. Have you discontinued further development on this project?
Yes, quite some time ago:
https://seliel-the-shaper.itch.io/character-base/devlog/421763/final-update-prob...
Is there any plan to reconcile this to match the format in the farmer base? I took a quick look and saw a few discrepancies here and there. I purchased both and would like to use both (I'm purely using the farmer base at the moment)
Reconcile? They're completely different products with intentionally different formats. Please refer to the Farmer Sprite System FAQ: https://seliel-the-shaper.itch.io/farmer-base/devlog/523176/farmer-sprite-system...
thanks - this answers my inquiry, should have read the FAQs first!
No worries. The FAQ is kind of hard to find. I need to think of a way to make it more accessible for sure!
Excuse me if I am wrong, but I'm 90% sure I saw somewhere characters on horses, like the riding poses in "Mana Seeds" style. Was it yours and can I buy them somewhere?
You are correct! The character sprite with horse-riding animations is my "Farmer Sprite System" and you can find it here: https://seliel-the-shaper.itch.io/farmer-base
I will (hopefully) be publishing the horse itself in a few months.
Thank you so much! I wish you could make a horses sprites with walking/riding/jumping sprites!
Follow me to get updates on it! My plan is to begin work on the horse as soon as the Farmer Sprite System's v1.0 update is published.
I'm following you since the first Mana Seed release, so yup, gonna follow :) Thanks again, I'll try to be patient.
There are only 2 outfits included for the combat animations (Peasant Farmer and Forester). I recommend you reach out to another artist and hire them to draw you some custom outfits for the animations you need.
If I purchase your product, is it okay if I customize the character animation sprites inside and use it myself?
Yes, of course, you can make any changes you like 👍
For more information, you can read the user license linked at the bottom of the page.
I bought the complete collection that says it includes the character base, but itch wants to charge me to download all these files. Is there a way I can get them without paying extra?
On the $1 sale page, find the links to unlock all the "free sample" assets on the left side in the sale description.
I found it. There's a lot more content that I missed. Thank you for the quick reply and all the great work.
Happy to help! 🤗
Will this asset be updated to 2025? I feel like this character is the core of your entire collection.
In my opinion, this asset has too many issues for it to be fixed in an update. I need to return to the drawing board for a fresh start, in order to make it a better product. So that's what I did. Please check out the Farmer Sprite System. There's a link at the top of the page.
How to wear the clothes to the characters?
The clothes are on separate layers. You'll need to look up a tutorial on how to build a "paper doll" system for your player sprite if you want to change outfits at runtime. Otherwise, just use an image editor (GraphicsGale is free) to flatten the layers into a single sheet.
Thank you. Even I understood how to wear the clothes to the character but don't have graphic programs as photoshops so I was worry how to solve this problem. Thank you!
Hi, Just wondering if the character could get 8 directional sprite animations...
BTW good work on the sprites. Secret of Mana (SNES) was and is still one of my favorite games
Sorry, no 8-direction updates are planned 🙏
no worries ^_^.
keep up the good work
does paying 20 USA give you access to all the files, or is it 20USD per?
One payment of $20 will unlock all the files 😊👍
wtf based developer? how would you price specific commissions? I.E a specific 4 frame animation and such for a pre-existing character sprite?
I do offer some commissions, but the options are limited at this time. You can find more information by following the commission link at the bottom of one of my product pages 🙏
alright thank you man :)
Super duper helpful, thanks so much for making this for us!!!
You're very welcome 🤗
Wait... does the character suddenly become right-handed when he is facing right?
(It probably doesn't stand out unless you're as semantically satiated as I am right now...)
The character is ambidextrous. Just like Link, in Link to the Past.
That makes sense!
The way I'm using the character, it's more like a conflict between lefties and righties. I guess that is the inevitable outcome anyway... ;)
Hello! I can see in the gif you have attached where the player walks up to the slimes with the sword and shield on his back and then takes it out. I am having trouble locating where the animations are when it's on the character's back. Could you help me with this? I can see the character can sheath the sword but can't find the sprite sheet where they're walking around with it sheathed.
Such animations are not officially supported, sorry. That's just a demonstration of something you can do, but you'll need to setup sheathed-sword animations on your own. Just take the weapon sprites from the separated sheet and arrange them as necessary where you want them to be.
Love the pack!! I was wondering if there's going to be a death animation implemented in the future.
Keep up the great work :3
It can be found in each of the three combat add-ons.
Hairstyle pack only support the base character?
I mean like does it support the sword and shield pack?
and how? I could find any hairstyle for that pack only the base ones!
As it says on the page: the 5 hairs in the optional hairstyle pack are only setup to work with the regular Base animations, not the combat add-ons.
is there any way to work around it?
There are a lot of animation frames in the Base. You can try copy-pasting the hairstyles into the combat frames where the head angle lines up.
This is wonderful! May I ask... Does this sheet have a version for diagonals or 8-dir (or do you plan to make one)?
No, it's only 4-directional. And no more updates are planned.
This is exactly what I've been looking for. For my 2.5D JRPG Project. That I'm going to make in Unreal Engine.
Words can't express how much I loved your work. Mana is one of my favorite titles and your packs bring me so much nostalgia and willingness to dive into game development.
By any chance you could add more hairstyles and weapons? Dagger and fist to be more precisely. I was thinking about something like Hawkeye and Kevin from Seiken Densetsu 3.
Thanks!
1) 21.10a - Forester Pointed Hat & Tunic 2.1 (BOW, ONE, POL)
- char_a_pONE3_1out_fstr_v03,
char_a_pONE3_1out_fstr_v04
Same file
2) 20.01c - Peasant Farmer Pants & Hat 2.1 (combat animations BOW, ONE, POL)
- char_a_pPOL3_5hat_pfht_v03,
char_a_pPOL3_5hat_pfht_v05
Same file
- Please fix the file
They've been fixed. Thanks! 👍
Hello, I liked your work and I want to use it in a college project to finish my course. Can I use it? I will mention you for the sprites that I use. Thanks!
Yes, that's fine in principle. Just check the Mana Seed User License to confirm the prohibited uses: https://selieltheshaper.weebly.com/user-license.html
For example, if your class project is about NFTs, then the answer would be "no" 🤗
Oh so will be just fine, my work is an object of study, in wich I describe how a game engine works, and I will use the sprites just to accelerate the process to make the animations, this way I have more time to describe how de CG process works. Many thanks!
You're very welcome! 🤗
Hey Seliel, i was making my game and i'm using the spiky hairstyle, and i wanted to use a that hairstyle with the bow, spear and sword sprites... In which folder can i find the hair sprites?
btw, i'm loving this asset!<3
Unfortunately, none of the add-on hairstyles are set up to work with the combat add-ons (as noted on the product page). However, you can probably copy/paste hairstyle sprites from the non-combat animations to work well enough with the combat animations.
Hello there seliel
I was wondering if i buy it can i use the assets for a boardgame i'm making?
For the boardgame itself, yes. But not for secondary merchandise, like t-shirts, stickers, posters, etc.
Hi Seliel, wanted to say thank you for these amazing assets. I'm working on a JRPG on the Atari Jaguar and your assets allow us for great world building!
That's great to hear! Feel free to drop some screenshots of your game 💚
This is a very early build of the game and it runs in the BigPEmulator. Wanted to share the progress with you for a while since a lot of the work at display is yours, wasn't sure if this is a good place to share.
Looks awesome!
Thanks!
Simply Thank you <3 this is the start to something new for me :D im new to everything and this helps me learn alot
That's awesome, you're very welcome 🤗
Yo seliel i'm bored and i know you respond quick so, what is some advice on a good game?
Your one of the only pixel artist, who i'd actually willingly spend money on the art it's so detailed yet so simplistic.
How much do you make from all the pixel art, and what keeps you going as a pixel artist?
I make enough. I love it.
lol you sound like my mom when i ask her about her age
Your mom sounds cool 😎
lol
this is so cool! possibly one of the best asset packs i've seen on itch.io, will definitely be using this soon :DD
That's great to hear! 💚
I've never seen anybody sow seeds or water plants quite as aggressively as that naked man. Love it!
If you're gonna do something, do it with gusto 😎
Good day. Is there a possibility if I could have a single character base sheet to see if I could work with it? I am planning to buy the full pack, but I want to be sure if I can work with the whole mana-seed collection.
Thank you.
There currently is no free sample, but I'm considering it 🤷♀️
Alright, thank you. Once I have a sample, it would be easier for me to see if I can use it and if I can. I'd buy the whole collection.
There is now a free demo, check it out! 👍
Thank you very much, Seliel.
So I've been pondering how to leave this review for a couple of days now. I figured I would leave it here on the page for the base, since that's the starting point for the entirety of Mana Seed.
I don't have much to criticize, to be perfectly honest. The artwork is beautiful, the characters are well animated and the animations are plentiful. There are even animations for fishing and farming, if you have an inkling to make a character catch a fish or harvest turnips.
I love these sets. I think they are spectacular. Sel;el has done a marvelous job.
Thanks for the kind review! I'm glad you appreciate all my hard work 🤗💕
what program do you use to make the arts?
I use Aseprite, exclusively.
Hey Seliel! Hope you're well! Was thinking how great it would be to get two-handed swings (for a great sword or the ax) and similarly how that would be good for tree chopping. I suspect the current ax animation is more akin to the Harvest Moon stick or log chopping than a tree, right? Or am I missing something? Thanks and great work as always!!
Hey Seliel, I suck at color palettes and want to start making characters for your tilesets, but dont want to mess up the colors. Could you provide the color palette used for your assets so we can use them when creating characters?
Open the "color ramp samples.png" file included in this asset. It's got a bunch of suitable color palettes for skin tones and clothes you can use.
Same one from when you asked this last year 😅
Thanks Seliel. I havent bought the assets yet doing it this weekend :) Im very glad to see the sword animations and new tilesets. They look sweet AF keep up the great work!
Can you provide an underlay showing how to separate these?? Ugh, haha they are all on one sheet with no indication of which is walking, dashing etc.
I only see 3 Jumping frames and also 2 dashing? Am I missing something. I love it the art otherwise
Please read the accompanying text files I provided to explain all that.
If you're still having trouble, come to my Discord server (link on the product page) and you can get some direct help from me or other devs who are using the Base in various game engines.
Okay thanks for the reply
Would this be considered top-down view (buildings interiors etc?) im new to pixel art stuff and just wanted to ask someone who knows what their doing would appreciate a reply! :)
As opposed to side view, yes, I would say so 😊
Sorry if this has already been asked, but would this work for an RPG Maker MV game?
It was not made with RPG Maker in mind, so it would require some plugins to use to its full potential.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/32139093
Thank you so much for the fast reply and information!
Is there a pdf inside? Can I change it to custom?
The sprite sheets are PNGs. You can make edits.