img2gb 0.9.1

Converts images to GameBoy tileset

Dependencies

• Python 2.7 / 3.5

• Pillow

Install

From Sources

Clone this repository:

git clone https://github.com/flozz/img2gb.git

Go the the project repository:

cd img2gb

Then install the software (as root):

python setup.py install

From PYPI

Run the following command (as root):

pip install img2gb

Windows Binary

Will be available soon ;)

Usage

usage: img2gb [-h] [-H HEADER_FILE] [-m] [-d] [-n NAME] image c_file

Converts images to GameBoy tiles

positional arguments:
  image                 Input image file
  c_file                Ouput C File

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -H HEADER_FILE, --header-file HEADER_FILE
                        Output file for C Header (.h)
  -m, --map             Add tilemap to the .c / .h files
  -d, --deduplicate     Remove duplicated tiles from the tileset
  -n NAME, --name NAME  Name of the tileset (used for variable names in
                        generated code, default=TILESET)

Examples:

img2gb tileset.png tileset.c
img2gb tileset.png tileset.c -H tileset.h
img2gb --deduplicate --name MY_TILESET_01 tileset.png tileset.c -H tileset.h

Example Generated Code

Command:

img2gb --map --name TILESET img.png tileset.c -H tileset.h

img.png:

tileset.h:

// This file was generated by img2gb, DO NOT EDIT

#ifndef _TILESET_H
#define _TILESET_H

extern const UINT8 TILESET[];
#define TILESET_TILE_COUNT 97

extern const UINT8 TILESET_MAP[];
#define TILESET_MAP_WIDTH 20
#define TILESET_MAP_HEIGHT 18

#endif

tilset.c (truncated):

// This file was generated by img2gb, DO NOT EDIT

#include <types.h>

const UINT8 TILESET[] = {
    0xFF, 0x00, 0xFF, 0x00, // ...
};

const UINT8 TILESET_MAP[] = {
    0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // ...
};

Changelog

• 0.9.1: Fixes an issue with Python 3

• 0.9.0: Initial release (generates tiles, tilesets and tilemaps)