#dragonbones
Spine - Commercial, standalone app and has a GDExtension... pretty much the standard go-to app
esotericsoftware.com
esotericsoftware.com/spine-godot/

DragonBones - Free, standalone app and also has a GDExtension
dragonbones.github.io/en/
github.com/Daylily-Zele...

Aseprite/LibreSprite - Pixel art
Spine: 2D skeletal animation for games
Spine is 2D skeletal animation software for video games. Bring your Unity, C#, cocos2d-x, iOS, Android, C++, HTML5, JS and other games alive with 2D animation!
esotericsoftware.com
October 27, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Simple animation of Navi the Fairy I made to practice with Dragonbones
#loz #zelda #animation
October 19, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Line up three blood skeletons behind you, face the dragon bones, wait till it spits first fireball, chuck a cross hitting fireball>dragonbones (jump cross) then hitting three skeletons and rack up massive points. just two or three times=another extra life.
October 15, 2026 at 5:41 AM
Daily Deal: The Academy of Game Art Bundle

The Academy of Game Art Bundle teaches you the basics of how to create video game art. You'll learn how to use Inkscape to create logos, 2D backgrounds, pre-defined...

https://www.techdirt.com/2026/10/14/daily-deal-the-academy-of-game-art-bundle-5/
Daily Deal: The Academy of Game Art Bundle
The Academy of Game Art Bundle teaches you the basics of how to create video game art. You'll learn how to use Inkscape to create logos, 2D backgrounds, pre-defined modules, UI designs, and characters. A course on using DragonBones will teach you how to animate your characters as well. The bundle is on sale for...
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October 14, 2026 at 6:02 PM
I 'm not sure if Spine/Spriter/DragonBones/AnimeEffects or similar apps have the option to disable filtering...
I guess not because most thinking defaults that cutout would be helpfull for HD sprites only.

This Developer/Artist have an internal toolset for this workflow:

youtu.be/CUtnbhSe3z8
Quick-Start Guide for Retro Animator: 1
YouTube video by BitBeamCannon
youtu.be
October 3, 2026 at 4:49 PM
DragonBones で作った簡単な 2D リグアニメーションを ESP-IDF の M5Stack CoreS3 プロジェクトに取り込んでインタラクティブなアプリを作る手順を書きました
blog.shapoco.net/2026/0929-sh...
#shapolab
September 30, 2026 at 2:08 AM
DragonBones で作った簡単なアニメーションを M5Stack のプロジェクトに組み込んでインタラクティブなアプリを作るチュートリアルを書いてる
September 29, 2026 at 12:37 AM
ShapoGFX、2D リグアニメーションに対応した。DragonBones からエクスポートしたアーマチュアとアニメーションを取り込んで描画できる
shapoco.github.io/shapo-gfx/ex...
September 27, 2026 at 8:55 AM
クリスタで途中まで描いたのを PSD にエクスポートして初見プレイの DragonBones に放り込んで適当に弄って、何となくやりたい事が出来そうということが分かってきた
September 26, 2026 at 7:11 AM
little over halfway there,,,, 500 dragonbones should be doable tomorrow especially if i lock myself to the wilderness basically all day lmao
September 8, 2026 at 8:11 AM
Dragonbones!
September 7, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Ooh, apparently they're using Dragonbones/Spine skeletal animation, which looks like it's kinda in the same neighborhood, though I don't think I'd heard of them before myself. Thanks for the link!
December 15, 2024 at 3:07 AM
You could also try DragonBones, it think it is a dead project but should be available and get toje job done
February 3, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Tbf I think there's plenty of decent soft around, the main obstacle is the brain inertia and developed personal pipeline. I'd really like to put my hands on Dragonbones or Blender but it requires commitment and to completely reset my mind and I'm way too lazy an busy to do it.
October 27, 2024 at 8:51 PM
He shrugs casually. "I didn't exactly have a lot of friends growing up, nor the free time to play anyway. I spent most of my free time training to become a knight." He ponders for a moment.

"We did play all the favorites... knights and heretics, dragonbones, tag..." He trails off.
September 19, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Dragonbones plus Tiled is a pretty ambitious stack to hand an LLM cold. what was the thing it didn't attempt though? post cuts off right at the interesting part
May 4, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Stolen dragon bones. A murdered archaeologist. A marriage on the rocks.
#dragonbones #lisasee #murdermystery #fiction #redprincess #china #newpurchase #midureads #bookstagram
March 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
have you looked into dragonbones? its like spine but free.
February 7, 2025 at 1:32 AM
May I ask if you used Dragonbones for the extra frames? Also the battle screen and ui is so cool!!
March 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Can I potentially recommend either DragonBones (free, good for tween animation stuff, just be careful finding a download bc I'm unsure if it's being officially hosted anymore? But I've used it and it works well enough for those purposes)-
February 21, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Start with Godot if you are a solo dev, and utilise programs like DragonBones for animations, and then utilise GIMP for any drawing.

Get really good with the programs, and release games when you think they're ready.

Start with your design doc, go into your art, then animate it, then sounds.
January 7, 2025 at 7:06 PM