Spritecraft

This product allows a person to convert pixels of an image to Minecraft blocks. You open any picture, choose the maximum height of the build and click Create Minecraft Blueprint, and the program shows the image rebuilt from wool, clay, stone and other blocks. The blueprint can be displayed with a grid and saved as a PNG image, which makes it easy to count and place every block in the game. You can choose which block types are used, whether blocks are seen from the side or from the top, and use an advanced dithering mode that works well for large real-life photos. Custom texture and resource packs are supported, so the preview can match the look of your own game. Pixel art is a popular kind of Minecraft build, and this program lets you plan it for free. The desktop version is a Java application that runs from a .jar file, so it needs Java 7 or later but no installation. It was released in a free version and a pay-what-you-want full version.

Features:

• Spritecraft is free to download and use
• Select which Minecraft blocks may be used
• Side or top view and adjustable maximum height
• Save the blueprint with an optional grid as PNG

Spritecraft turns any picture into a block-by-block Minecraft blueprint, so pixel art builds can be planned before placing a single block.

This will allow users to create unique images not only for general use but also for building in the game of Minecraft itself. The Java desktop version runs on Windows, macOS and Linux, and it is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 license. Getting a free tool that turns these pictures into exact block plans is an incredible time saver for large builds. The desktop app is no longer the main edition: its authors now offer Spritecraft as a web tool on autosaved.org and keep the old Java version available for download.