Early Access is now Open!

Hello everyone!

Today I’m excited to officially launch the Early Access version of Pixel Planet Creator, a small but powerful tool designed to help artists and indie devs create pixel-art planets in 8-bit and 16-bit style.

This project started as a simple experiment in procedural noise and retro shading… and quickly grew into a full tool for generating animated planets, biomes, clouds, palettes, and high-quality pixel textures. Early Access is now live, and the app is completely FREE during this phase so anyone can try it, test it, and help shape the next steps.

🌍 What’s included in Early Access

The current version already offers a complete toolset:

✔ Procedural planet generator

• 8-bit / 16-bit pixel style

• Customizable biomes and surface patterns

• Multiple noise types

• Rimlight & dithering options

✔ Cloud system

• Animated cloud layer (looping seamlessly)

• Custom palettes

• Motion direction toggle

• Subtle atmospheric glow

✔ Palette editor

• Full control over colors for planet, biomes, clouds

• Save/load presets (coming soon)

✔ Export tools

• PNG export (custom resolution)

• Sprite/Tileset-style planet frames

✔ Background & Overlay generator

• Starfield + nebula generator

• Procedural color schemes

• Clean looping animation

• CRT\Retro overlay generator

🚀 Why Early Access?

I want to build Pixel Planet Creator with the community.
Your feedback will directly influence:

• new cloud types

• new biome presets

• more noise variations

• improved dithering controls

• editor UI improvements

• built-in texture packs

• a mini painter/editor mode

• more export options (tileset 64x64/96x96, full sheets, etc.)

This phase allows me to refine all tools while keeping the app free for early testers.

🧭 Planned next updates (Short Roadmap)

Here’s what I’m already working on:

• ⭐ More cloud layers & cloud motion options

• ⭐ Better tileset export + 3 sizes (including padding)

• ⭐ GIF export

• ⭐ Custom palette presets (save/load)

• ⭐ Ring system (like Saturn)

• ⭐ In-built painter for pixel-editing planets

• ⭐ In-built generators upgrade