01
Upload Image
- Upload a full body image of your character.
- Make sure they have an empty, single-color background.
- The "Chroma Key Color" is auto-detected from the background; adjust it if needed and confirm that the character is being cut out properly.
02
Generate Videos
Describe the animation you want. Each generation produces a short video you can trim into sprite strips.
03
Video Bank
Your generated videos. Set your designed frame ranges (ideally hit a good loop) and then hit "create animation" to generate the sprite strip. You can also upload your own video clips — uploads don't cost credits.
No videos yet. Generate one above.
04
Animation Bank
Your sprite strips. Drag an animation into an action slot below to assign it.
No animations yet. Build strips from your videos above.
05
Furniture Animation Bank
No furniture animations yet.
06
Actions
These are behaviors performed by the character. You can drag an animation from the bank above to associate it with an action. Each action can hold multiple animations (they'll cycle randomly).
Furniture animations
Animations used when the character interacts with room furniture.
07
Personality
Give your oto a name and then write out its personality. This will affect the way it talks.
08
Preview
- Scale the size of the character, be sure to properly align the collider, and confirm that you're happy with the animations.
- When done, click publish on the right.
Build at least the idle animation strip to preview your character.