rucksack AlternativesGame Development Tools and other similar apps like rucksack

rucksack is described as 'Texture packer and resource bundler. Use the rucksack executable to build your resources file, and then depend on librucksack in-game to get the resources out at runtime. Alternately, roll your own resource-loading code using the file format detailed at the end of' and is a game development tool in the development category. There are seven alternatives to rucksack for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Web-based and Android apps. The best rucksack alternative is ShoeBox, which is free. Other great apps like rucksack are TexturePacker, Alfred Spritesheet Unpacker, Sprite Sheet Animator and Zwoptex.

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rucksack is a texture packer and resource bundler. Use the rucksack executable to build your resources file, and then...

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  1. ShoeBox icon
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    Free Adobe Air app for Windows and Mac OSX with drag and drop - and clipbord Game Development tools.

    9 ShoeBox alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android

    ShoeBox VS rucksack

     
    • ShoeBox is the most popular Windows, Android & Mac alternative to rucksack.

    • ShoeBox is the most popular free alternative to rucksack.

    • ShoeBox is Free and Proprietaryrucksack is Free and Open Source
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    Make your spritesheets fast and efficiently !.

    9 TexturePacker alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    TexturePacker Features

    1.  Sprite sheets
    2.  Texture packing
    3.  PNG Compression

    TexturePacker VS rucksack

     
    • TexturePacker is the most popular Linux alternative to rucksack.

    • TexturePacker is Freemium and Proprietaryrucksack is Free and Open Source
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    A simple application which converts an animation spritesheet into individual frames. It's a really simple tool which automatically determines the sprite sheet bitmap background colour which can be used to set transparency in the exported frames and automatically determines...

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    the last version: ForkandBeard released this on May 10, 2017Can still found at the site, but no updates have happened since then.

    Alfred Spritesheet Unpacker Features

    1.  Spritesheet unpacking

    Alfred Spritesheet Unpacker VS rucksack

     
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    Have a sprite that you want to show off? Well its easy to do that but if its an animated sprite and you want to show off the animation well then that requires some image cropping, a program that turns images into a gif and blah blah blah.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    The linked page shows this at the bottom: ? Last Edit: March 17, 2012, 07:15:12 PM by modern algebra ?, I don't know if there's a later version, but, if so, please update.

    Sprite Sheet Animator Features

    1.  Portable

    Sprite Sheet Animator VS rucksack

     
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    Use Zwoptex to create sprite sheets in just a couple of clicks. With powerful features, turbocharged algorithms and an elegant interface sprite sheets could never be easier.

    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Zwoptex VS rucksack

     
    • Zwoptex is the most popular commercial alternative to rucksack.

    • Zwoptex is Paid and Proprietaryrucksack is Free and Open Source
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    Sprite Monkey is the smallest and fastest sprite editor without sacrificing features! Quickly edit your sprite sheet/strip, aka “texture atlas”, in a simple uncluttered user interface. Easily create sprite coordinate scripts in the “no plugin” script editor for any game engine...

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    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac

    Sprite Monkey VS rucksack

     
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    An open source sprite sheet packer. More tools coming soon.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Chrome OS
    • Self-Hosted

    GameDevUtils.com VS rucksack

     
    • GameDevUtils.com is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to rucksack.

    • GameDevUtils.com is the most popular Open Source alternative to rucksack.

    • GameDevUtils.com is Free and Open Sourcerucksack is also Free and Open Source
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