Angeldust Painter – Turn Pictures into In-Game Builds!

Want to turn your favourite pictures into Angeldust builds? This tool converts images into blocks using the game's colour palette. You can also edit the result or use manual pixel art mode to keep track of the blocks you have placed!

Platform Requirement: A desktop browser is recommended (Windows, macOS and Linux). The tool runs directly in your browser, and images are not uploaded.

OPEN ANGELDUST PAINTER

How to Use

  1. Open the Tool: Open the Angeldust Painter page in your browser.
  2. Load an Image: Click Choose File and select the picture you want to convert.
  3. Choose a Block: Under Block, type to search for a block or select one from the suggestions. White_marble is selected by default.
  4. Set the Size: The tool automatically tries to detect pixel grids in your image.
    • If Follow detected pixel grid is enabled, the tool automatically calculates the size.
    • If no pixel grid is detected, you can manually change Width in blocks.
    • You can also disable automatic grid detection to choose your own width.
  5. Background: Enable Make transparent if you want to remove the background. Click the background colour in the Original preview to select it. Use Tolerance to adjust how much of that colour is removed.
  6. Colours: You can customize the conversion with these settings:
    • Brightness importance: Lower values preserve more of the original colours, while higher values emphasize light and dark areas.
    • Max colours: Limits how many different palette colours are used.
    • Dithering: Adds patterns to simulate additional shades. There are several algorithms available. Adjust Strength to control the effect.
  7. Placement: Set the X and Y coordinates under Placement (bottom left claim) to choose where your build will appear in the game.

The Original and In game previews let you compare the original picture with the converted result.

Optional: Paint Mode

Want to make some changes before exporting? You can manually edit the converted picture!

  1. Click Paint mode.
  2. Select a colour from the palette.
  3. Choose one of the available tools:
    • Pencil: Draw blocks by clicking or dragging.
    • Line: Draw straight lines.
    • Rectangle: Draw rectangles.
    • Ellipse: Draw circles and ellipses.
    • Fill: Fill an area with a selected colour.
    • Picker: Select the colour of an existing block.
    • Eraser: Remove blocks.
  4. Use Brush size to change the size of your brush.
  5. Enable Filled rectangle / ellipse if you want filled shapes.
  6. Enable Fill replaces every block of that colour to replace every block of the selected colour throughout the picture.
  7. Use Undo and Redo if you make a mistake.

Click Back to editor when you're finished.

Optional: Manual Pixel Art Mode

This is particularly useful if you want to build the picture manually in Angeldust and keep track of your progress.

  1. Click Manual pixel art mode.
  2. The picture will display the block colour numbers.
  3. Under Select colour to build, choose a colour to isolate its blocks.
  4. Enable Show in-between blocks to display numbered guide blocks between blocks of the selected colour.
  5. Click a block to mark it as completed. You can also hold and drag to mark multiple blocks.
  6. Start dragging from an already marked block to unmark blocks instead.
  7. Check the progress counter to see how many blocks you've completed.

Additional Controls:

  • Right-click and drag to move the canvas.
  • Use the mouse wheel to zoom in and out.
  • Click Clear all marks to reset your progress.

Click Back to editor to return to the normal preview.

How to Put It Into the Game

  1. Once you're happy with your creation, click Put into game (download .zip).
  2. The tool will download a file called angeldust_claims.zip.
  3. Open your Angeldust game folder using the instructions below.
  4. Extract the contents of the ZIP directly into your Angeldust folder.
  5. Allow the files to replace existing ones if prompted.
  6. Restart Angeldust!

Windows

Press Win + R, paste the following path and press Enter:

%appdata%\Metagaming B.V\Angeldust

macOS (Mac App Store version)

Open Finder, press Shift + Cmd + G, paste:

~/Library/Containers/st.angeldu.AngeldustOSX/Data/Library/Application Support/Metagaming B.V./Angeldust

macOS (other versions)

Open Finder, press Shift + Cmd + G, paste:

~/Library/Application Support/Metagaming B.V./Angeldust

Linux

Open your file manager, press Ctrl + L, paste:

~/.local/share/Metagaming B.V./Angeldust

IMPORTANT: The exported build replaces whatever is already at the selected X / Y location. Make sure you choose an empty area or back up anything you want to keep before importing!

That's it! Have fun creating your own Angeldust builds!

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