General
New save system implemented
The new save system is now implemented.
ShippedRoadmap & Updates
What we're building
A living timeline of what's shipped, what's in the works, and what's coming. No corporate roadmap here, just what we are actually doing.
A trail of things to come
General
Assets Marketplace is live!
The new asset store is open. Browse pixel-art sprites and animations, collect free assets, and download your collection from My Assets.
ShippedGeneral
Account & community quality-of-life improvements
A smoother account and community experience, with creator portfolio management, shareable public portfolios, Supporter badges, and more readable price tags.
Shipped★MAJOR
RELEASEPixel Rig Engine
RELEASEPixel Rig Engine
Pixel Rig Engine — skeletal rigging & animation
The Pixel Rig Engine beta is live. Import pixel-art sprites or send artwork from the Pixel Editor, build skeletal rigs with bones, IK, and Flex deformation, then pose, keyframe, and export animations that keep every pixel crisp.
Shipped★MAJOR
RELEASEShader Lab
RELEASEShader Lab
Shader Lab with a live GLSL shader engine
The biggest addition to the pipeline this year. You can stack over 18 live WebGL fragment shaders like outline, glow, CRT, bloom, dither, and scanlines onto any sprite, reorder them live, then bake the result straight to PNG. It is a brand new standalone creative tool.
ShippedPixel Editor
Tilemap system with auto-tiling
Drop a tileset and edges fill themselves. Corner detection just works now.
ShippedPixel Editor
Onion-skin animation preview
See adjacent frames ghosted behind your current one while editing in the Pixel Editor.
ShippedAnimator
Deterministic motion skills
Idle, walk, and attack animations come from pure math.
ShippedAnimator
Onion-skin in Animator Studio
Same ghost frame idea, brought directly into the animation workflow.
ShippedWorld Builder
Voxel mesh generation
Per-chunk meshing with face culling. Big scenes stay smooth.
ShippedSound Studio
16-step pattern sequencer
Build beats with the built-in instrument library. Solo, mute, mix.
ShippedSound Studio
Custom sample import
Bring your own sounds into the sequencer and mix them with the built-in instruments.
ShippedPixel Editor
Symmetry & mirror drawing
Paint symmetrically across X, Y, or both. Great for characters and tiles.
Shipped★MAJOR
RELEASEPaper Engine
RELEASEPaper Engine
Paper Studio — cutout art, skeletal rigging & animation
A brand new standalone tool for building layered paper cutout artwork with skeletal bone rigs and a keyframe timeline. Design pieces, pose rigs, animate, and export PNG frames, sprite sheets, sequences, and GIFs. Early access is live now with a massive 2.5 update shipping this week, including auto keyframing, rig diagnostics, live export preview, crash recovery, and full accessibility.
Shipped★MAJOR
RELEASETilemap Editor
RELEASETilemap Editor
Tilemap Editor V1 is out now!
The Tilemap Editor is here and ready for use. Create your own tilesets and build maps with them, or upload a tileset of your own and paint your maps with that instead. We hope everyone enjoys this new tool as much as we do!
Shipped★MAJOR
RELEASEGeneral
RELEASEGeneral
Community Art Contest
The inaugural PixloMotive Community Art Contest runs August 7 through 21, 2026 with a 425 USD prize pool across 8 winners.
In ProgressPixel Editor
Multiple canvases at once
Keep several canvases open at the same time and move between them freely, so animating across tilesets and characters feels quick and natural instead of a tab switching chore.
In ProgressAnimator
Frame reordering & timing
Drag frames around, set per-frame durations. Full timeline control.
In ProgressWorld Builder
Scene lighting & ambient presets
Set the mood on your voxel scenes with lighting presets.
In ProgressSound Studio
WAV & pattern export
Export your patterns as audio files or shareable pattern data.
In ProgressGeneral
Mobile workspace expansion
Bringing more of the desktop tools to phones and tablets.
In ProgressGeneral
Big website overhauls
Modernizing the site experience across the website, from navigation and layout to how you discover and use PixloMotive.
In ProgressGeneral
Quality-of-life updates for tools
Polishing everyday workflows and improving usability across the workspace tools.
In ProgressGeneral
Master workspace canvas
Drag assets from any tool like worlds, characters, animations, sounds, and images onto one master canvas. See everything at once, arrange it, and export the whole thing together.
PlannedGeneral
Cross-workspace drag & drop
Pull multiple assets from different workspace tabs into the master canvas in a single drag. Mix pixel art, voxel scenes, sprites, and audio side by side.
PlannedWorld Builder
Multi-scene project linking
Connect scenes together into navigable world graphs.
PlannedTilemap Editor
Animated tiles
Bring animations to the Tilemap Editor so tiles can come alive right on the map.
PlannedTilemap Editor
Music and sound effects for maps
Add music and sound effects to the Tilemap Editor so your maps can sound as good as they look.
PlannedGeneral
Team workspaces
Shared asset libraries and collaborative project access.
Planned