This tileset was developed specifically for use with GBStudio, where graphics are stored in the system as 8x8 tiles. By using these tiles, one can incorporate a greater variety of tiles into a map without running into the 192-tile limit which Game Boy hardware has.

Well, before making this I already found ways to break that limit (and to use larger tiles), and the resulting games compile fine and even work on real hardware. I made this anyway for those who wish to never exceed 192 tiles, thus keeping their games small in filesize and reducing the likelihood of compiling problems.

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Original size: 6pt (use multiples of this size for pixel perfection)

A simple 16x16 terrain tileset. This is designed to work in color AND in monochrome.

In making this, I condensed all known biomes (terrestrial, aquatic, air, space, manmade, transitional) into 26 tiles. This allows a given tile to define multiple different types of areas/terrain, and it allows you to come up with your own meanings for these tiles, rather than having to memorize a legend. Some of the tiles are obvious and some are not; this is by design.

A-Z, a-z = terrain

0-9, 0-9+SHIFT = map borders/frame

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Original size: 12pt

Map Template:

.0123456789
!,,,,,,,,,,
@,,,,,,,,,,
#,,,,,,,,,,
$,,,,,,,,,,
%,,,,,,,,,,
^,,,,,,,,,,
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See also:Donjon 16, Gremlin Skins

A pixel art galaxy. 27*27 canvasses.

There are 12 distinct fonts lurking within this one. Spot 'em all and win a FREE Nothing!

Original size: 20.25pt (use multiples of this size for pixel perfection)

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-= LEGEND =-

A - Space Shuttle, B - Planetoids, C - Alien, D - Space Station, E - Pulsars, F - Satellite/Telescope, G - Planet & Moons, H - Kempler Rosette, I - Bar Sign, J - Space Bar, K - Interstellar Planet/Dark Star, L - Double Sun Planet, M - Globular Cluster, N - Earth, O - Galactic Plane, P - Asteroids, Q - Alien in Saucer, R - Black Hole/Wormhole, S - Globular Cluster, T - Dyson Ring, U - Giant Star, V - FS Nebula, W - Nyan Cat, X - Starship Enterprise, Y - Star-Forming Region, Z - Planet & Rings

a - Space Armada, b - Dr. Wily, c - New Stars, d - Binary Star System, e - Colliding Galaxies, f - Space Pirates & Mothership, g - SpaceX Roadster, h - Colliding Planets, i - Space Drone/Probe, j - Colony Ships, k - Ringworld, l - Halfmoon/Destroyed Planet, m - Uninhabitable Planet, n - Solar Wind, o - Wrecked Spaceplane, p - Escape Pods, q - 'Oumuamua, r - Moon, s - Molecular Clouds, t - Navigational Buoy, u - Marx, v - Substellar Companions, w - M57 (Ring Nebula), x - Space Lodge, y - White Dwarves, z - Death Star

0 - Big Star, 1 - New Spiral Galaxy, 2 - Old Spiral Galaxy, 3 - Supernova, 4 - Exploded Star & Nebula, 5 - Planet X, 6 - Quasar, 7 - Cruiser, 8 - Hypernova, 9 - Gas Giant

+= - Space Hotdogs & Food Sign, / - Planet & Comets, ; - Gamma-Ray Burst, : - High-Tech Planet, ' - Dense-Atmosphere Planet, " - Space City, £ - TARDIS, € - Sinistar

.,?!@#$%^&*()-_{space}{nbsp} - Starfields & Map Markers

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I add new art to this whenever I get more ideas. But I don't want the legend to be any longer than it is, so I leave the others for you to discover on your own.

A font wherein the uppercase glyphs are designed to be embellished by the lowercase. Type your word or phrase in uppercase, then frame it with two adjacent lowercase letters such as a+b, d+c, e+f, k+l, etc.

I suppose this font could also be put to some cryptographic use!

kiHAVE FUN!jl

Military and wargame related icons. The 4 stars are meant to represent a player number. Erase the stars to make pieces for Players 1, 2, and 3.

Got a request or idea? Let me know. Feel free to use these in any games you're creating!

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A - Tank

B - Anti-Aircraft Gun

C - Jet Fighter

D - Stealth Bomber

E - Battle/Explosion

F - Big Explosion/Nuclear Explosion

G - Missile Truck/Mobile Launcher

H - Flying Cross Medal - for distinguished aviators

I - Strategic Map

J - Military Convoy Truck

K - Bullets

L - Shells

M - Bombs

N - Strike Zone

O - Sm. Helicopter

P - Surface-to-Air Radar

Q - Surface-to-Surface Radar

R - Infantry Section

S - Civilians

T - ICBMs

U - Radar/Comms Coverage Area

V - APC

W - POWs

X - Opposing Forces

Y - Navy & Marine Corps Medal - for noncombat heroism

Z - Communications Satellite

a - Reconaissance Satellite

b - Weapon Satellite

c - Satellite Array

d - Patrol Boat

e - Frigate

f - Destroyer

g - Aircraft Carrier

h - Submarine

i - Mines

j - Depth Charges

k - Artillery

l - Artillery Division

m - Mechanized Infantry

n - AWACS/Early-Warning Aircraft

o - Fortifications

p - Trenches

q - Terrain (Road)

r - Terrain (Woodland)

s - Terrain (Mountain)

t - Terrain (Mountain Range)

u - Terrain (Calm Seas)

v - Terrain (Rough Seas)

w - Terrain (Desert/Sand)

x - Terrain (Wetlands/Mud)

y - Terrain (Hills)

z - Terrain (Lake/River)

. - Falling Bomb

, - Transport/Cargo Plane

0-9 - Stencil Numerals

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See also: Donjonikons, Travelicons

10x10 fantasy- and RPG-related icons. The bigger they are, the better they look!

This is finished! I'm happy to hear out and possibly implement others' suggestions, though.

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A - Knight's Blade

B - Warrior's Shield

C - Paladin's Helmet

D - Samurai's Armour

E - Wizard's Potion

F - Thief's Keys

G - Monk's Rosary

H - Dwarf's Pickaxe

I - Necromancer's Scroll

J - Sorceress' Staff

K - Shaman's Totem (Spider)

L - Ninja's Glove

M - Assassin's Bow

N - Cleric's Holy Symbol

O - Viking's Hammer

P - Bandit's Buckler

Q - Barbarian's Axe

R - Druid's Mandrake

S - Priest's Altar

T - Jester's Crowns

U - Warlock's Book of Shadows

V - Witch's Lantern

W - Dancer's Lei

X - Hypnotist's Charm

Y - Miner's Hat

Z - Explorer's Map

a - Trapper's Caltrops

b - Demolitionist's Arsenal

c - Vampire Hunter's Boomerang

d - Herbalist's Bag

e - Archaeologist's Fossil

f - Goblin's War Trumpet

g - Gourmand's Platter

h - Musician's Harp

i - Gladiator's Net

j - Oracle's Beads

k - Bard's Singing Sword

l - Spelunker's Rope

m - Merchant's Abacus

n - Gambler's Dice

o - Siege Operator's Catapult

p - Aztec's Warclub (Macuahuitl)

q - Drunken Master's Jug

r - Fighter's Headband

s - Judge's Gavel

t - Guru's Meditation Balls

u - Dungeoneer's Folding Ladder

v - Moneychanger's Scales

w - Cultist's Altar

x - Magician's Hat

y - Friar's Cross

z - Fisher's Harpoon

0 - Skeleton

1 - Kobold

2 - Goblin

3 - Bone Dragon

4 - Pumpkin Head

5 - Slime

6 - Vampire

7 - Imp

8 - Dragon

9 - Mimic

. - Chest

, - Pile of Loot

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See also: Donjon16, Militaricons, Travelicons

A cipher/code used by the Kibble Cabal, a mostly animal-based team of misfits and food thieves in the game Trap Farmer Brer Brah. This code is very similar in application to the "Hobo Code" from the United States in the late 1800s. It makes a pretty good cipher, as well!

Original size: 8pt (use multiples of this value for pixel perfection)

A pixel font made to look like fire! Now you can answer (and ask!) your burning questions...

Drawing and editing these takes more time and effort than most other forms of pixel art. Don't expect them to look perfect without some time and effort from YOU, as well. An effect like this requires hand adjustment of every part at every stage.

The coloring, infill color, and effects you use with this font make a drastic difference as to what looks are evoked by its shapes! Scroll down for lots of examples. :^)

Alternates on lowercase!

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TODO: Alternates for .,?!@_*#$%&()+/:;<=>[\]^`[|]~†123456890

Original size: 18pt (use multiples of this value for pixel perfection)

This is a work in progress.

After making Ticketmeister, I got curious about the idea of 35mm film glyphs. I wanted to see how accurately the shape and proportions of the film could be recreated with Fontstruct bricks. I used a 1px = 1 square = 1mm conversion, and think I've nailed the original film look. It's symmetrical, so one glyph in isolation will look as if it were spliced out.

"Space" lacks borders, so it can be used to show a continuous reel - useful for enlarging and making imagery with.

My attempt at a font which uses only one grid square per glyph. I guess this is the Fontstruct equivalent of pixel art...?

As an extra challenge I decided to use no curved bricks. (This rule was since broken to add © and ®).

Even better letterforms could be created by compositing the entire thing. However, the goal here was to do what I could with the existing bricks. As such, only #?![]{}¹²³ make use of composites.

Another experimental font for texturing work. This one uses only an 8x8 grid, but since it isn't pixel art, a much greater variety of patterns is possible. Every glyph in the font repeats as a seamless texture in both directions.

See also:Gremlin Skins (pixel version)

I designed this 16x16 pixel font to facilitate texturing and dithering for pixel artists. Not every piece of art software has tools designed for texturing/dithering, and loading lots of custom brushes for the purpose can slow one's software way down as well. This font was made to attempt to solve these problems. Now you can dither, shade, and texture by typing! Every glyph repeats as a seamless texture both horizontally and vertically.

The name comes from my emulator/game, "Virtua Gremlin". Although these patterns weren't in the game (it used 9x9 tiles, not 16x16), many of the patterns here are based on that earlier work. "Skins" is a reference to graphical skins, of course. :D

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USAGE GUIDE

A-Z = textures

a-z = dithering/shading patterns

0-9 = scanlines

The rest is sort of a mishmash... I'll organize it better once I have enough glyphs to warrant a good classification system...

Have an idea for a pattern? Want to see a particular sprite or aesthetic included? Let me know :D

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Original size: 12pt (use multiples of this value for pixel perfection)

Tip: View this in the Character Map so you can more easily grab and paste glyphs when designing!

See also: Gremlin Skins HD

This had the look of the original reverse-comp entry. Then the save ignored me, as you can see. Another of my basic fonts died in silence.

I decided that turning a "usual black-on-white" font would be a good way to reverse a font; hence some glyphs are easier to understand than others. I think that artistic minds will enjoy the graphic feel of the quirkiness :)

For a certain type of (future) text I'll use some of the more abstract looking glyphs as decorative inserts and frames.

The font's name is taken from The Emerald Tablet.

Listening to cricket matches I saw a lot of trajectories in my mind when commentators discussed the balls' flight paths and where they landed, of some incredible bowling.

What a great inspiration for my first entry for the ReverseComp.

Maximum rectangle size is 16x20. The LC contains the flipped reversed UC.

I see many white-in-black designs coming in, I'm adding to them as we don't see this type very often ;)

I think that I managed to give the "impression" of those occasional graphics displayed in cricket, football, tennis and other ball-based sports (it might be hawk-eye linked) that show where balls have originated from or to predict/illustrate their continuation.

A blank space is on the underscore, a filled space on the space bar.

Numerals and very basic punctuation are done :)