What is GDS Editor?

Gds Editor is a game asset editing, compositing and creation tool bursting with powerful features. Especially designed to help you easily take control of GDS game assets and beyond.

Tired of the limited flexibility of downloaded game assets? GDS Editor gives you the power to easily modify and combine GDS+ assets with zero drawing skills and no previous knowledge of complicated design software such as Adobe photoshop or illustatrator. It's so simple to use! GDS plus takes complicated design tasks and reduces them down to simple button clicks and sliders. Giving you the ability to make game developer studio art assets uniquely yours! Further more the plus version is free to use without sign up or membership.

What's new in 1.5

Version 1.5 brings in new improvements and complete overhaul of core GDS editor functionality, setting up the editor for planned future features.

• Brand new GDS Editor supporter library - directly import gds editor essentials assets into your scenes-
• New and improved Art object library with free and useful assets to directly import into your scenes
• Introducing the asset inventory! build your own asset library from your asset collection
• Added Skew x, y to the tranform dialog. Skew can still only be set from the tranform dialog and not from either the transformer or a skew tool
• Added meta data explorer for components- review information cnocerning selected components, add description and keyword for storing indexing data
• GDS editor now recognises you gds account. Login on site before or during your editor session.
• Added color select and color replace feature to the color slider dialog. You can now select a color within the svg and directly replace the color or shit the hue of the color to a new hue.
• Added batch resize for resizing mulitple components in a percent factor
• Better resizing via the component transform dialog.
• Ui and useability improvements
• Bug fixes

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What can GDS editor do for you?

GDS editor is a growing app targeting 2d game developers. It aims to provide key editing features in an accessible and simplified way.

• Easily composite assets with drag-and-drop functionality. Mix assets effortlessly to craft unique designs, add decals, components, text, and more.
• Enjoy infinite, lossless resolution scaling with GDS asset packs and SVGs.
• No skills required! Access easy-to-use parameterized features with GDS Plus asset packs. Customize color groups, stroke weights, visibility toggles, and more.
• Modify outline weights to eliminate over-sized lines when scaling assets.
• Fork and modify numerous assets with ease. GDS Plus' export functions streamline the process of achieving your desired results.
• Accessible directly from your browser via the Game Developer Studio website.
• Import and utilize SVG, PNG, and JPEG files, in addition to Game Developer Studio files. GDS Plus isn't limited to GDS assets alone.
• GDS Plus simplifies complex design software functions into single, easy clicks. Say goodbye to trawling through Photoshop tutorials and hours of trial and error.
• Effortlessly build out your tilesheets, spritesheets, atlases and textures.
• Utilize nine-slice, three-slice, table slice, and manual slice functions for precise control over asset slicing.
• No login, no subscription, no fees required.

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Try it now for free

Launch gds editor directly in your browser, drag in, load or paste in an svg, png, jpg, or .gds

Launch 1.5 public alpha release

bug in 1.5?
try 1.4.2