how to alter colors of 2D sprite sheets?

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how to alter colors of 2D sprite sheets?

ledfordka

Preface: I'm new to basically everything godot. I did the basic GDScript tutorial and played around a bit with nodes. Now, I'm getting started on my first project. I want the project to be a multiplayer 2D platformer of sorts.

Question: I have a basic sprite sheet and was wondering if it's possible to apply a colorized alpha layer to distinguish players a bit better. Should I just utilize more resources and create different "player" sprites with different colors?

like this

and color it to something like this

or

Tomcat

ledfordka and color it to something like this
…
or

You can use shaders for that.

ledfordka

Tomcat Will give this a shot. thank you

cybereality

You can use modulate, but it's limited. Probably better to use a shader with a color look up table.

Retrocade_Media

ledfordka
There are some great shaders here: https://godotshaders.com/?s=palette+swap
Just make sure you check the license, as if you plan on making anything commercial you need to have the proper license to do so.

duane

Another way to do it is to actually change the texture colors. It's easier if you start with monochrome sprites.

cybereality

duane Another way to do it is to actually change the texture colors.

This would be the best idea if you just need palette swap.