img2gb - Converts Images to GameBoy Tileset and Tilemap

img2gb generates GameBoy Tilesets and Tilemaps from standard image (PNG, JPEG,...). It converts the images into the GameBoy image format and generates C code (.c and .h files) that can be used in GameBoy projects.

Documentation: https://flozz.github.io/img2gb/
HowTo: https://flozz.github.io/img2gb/howto.html

Dependencies

Python >= 3.9
Pillow >= 5.0

Install

See https://flozz.github.io/img2gb/install.html

Usage

See https://flozz.github.io/img2gb/cli.html

Hacking

Setup

To work on img2gb first create a virtualenv:

python3 -m venv __env__

and activate it:

source __env__/bin/activate

Then install the project with all dev dependencies:

pip install -e .[dev]

Commands

You can lint the code and check coding style with:

nox -s lint

You can fix coding style using Black with:

nox -s black_fix

You can run test on all supported Python versions or on a specific Python version with:

nox -s test       # Run on all Python version

nox -s test-3.9   # Run on Python 3.9
nox -s test-3.10  # Run on Python 3.10
nox -s test-3.11  # Run on Python 3.11
nox -s test-3.12  # Run on Python 3.12
nox -s test-3.12  # Run on Python 3.13

And you can build the documentation with (result in build/html/):

nox -s gendoc

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Changelog

[NEXT] (changes on master, but not released yet):
- Nothing yet ;)
v1.3.0:
- feat: Added binary export of tilesets and tilemaps (@duysqubix, #44)
- misc: Added Python 3.13 support (@flozz)
- misc!: Removed Python 3.8 support (@flozz)
v1.2.0:
- fix: Fixed wrong version displayed (@flozz, #3)
- chore: Added Python 3.11 and 3.12 support
- chore!: Removed Python 2.7 and 3.7 support
v1.1.0:
- Removes arbitrary size limit for tilmaps
- Implements offset option (#2)
v1.0.0:
- Refacto of the Python API, with new high-level fuction to be easier to use
- Refacto of the CLI: now tileset and tilemap are generated separately, this allow more options for both and covers more usecases.
- New option to handle alternative palette
- New option to handle 8x16px sprites
- Documentation
- Unit test (everything is not coverd but it is better than nothing :))
v0.10.0: Adds non-RGB image support (indexed images,...)
v0.9.1: Fixes an issue with Python 3
v0.9.0: Initial release (generates tiles, tilesets and tilemaps)

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