12 pixel art monsters with every animation done
Critterwick Bestiary gives you enemies that are ready to fight: 12 original 32x32 monsters (three slimes, bat, gazer, ghost, capwalker, beetle, skull wisp, golem, snapvine, urchin), each with 5 complete animations: idle, move, attack, hurt (white flash and knock-back) and death (squash, flash and a burst in the critter's own colours). 288 frames in all, with frame durations set.
Animations of every Critterwick monster (1.0.0)
| Animation | Frames | Frame time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| idle | 4 | 140 ms | loops |
| move | 6 | 100 ms | loops |
| attack | 6 | 90 ms | |
| hurt | 2 | 120 ms | white flash + knock-back |
| death | 6 | 100 ms | squash, flash, burst; does not loop |
| Whole download | 397 files | 288 frame PNGs, 12 sheets + JSON, 12 .aseprite, Godot project | 0.38 MB zip |
Source: Critterwick Bestiary 1.0.0 README (animation frames and durations) and the download's file list, counted 10 Oct 2026.
Critterwick Bestiary vs the alternatives
Published prices, each checked on the date shown; prices change, so confirm on each site.
| Product | Price | Free | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| Critterwick Bestiary | $9 once | 2-critter sampler (Moss Slime, Dusk Bat) | live |
| Time Fantasy RPG Sprites 2, with Monsters (finalbossblues, itch.io) | $10.00 USD or more | walking animations + battlers | 2026-10-10 |
| HEROES 99 animated characters (AU_pixel, itch.io) | $15.00 USD (sale, 40% off $25.00) | hero characters | 2026-10-10 |
Why teams pick Critterwick Bestiary
- Attack, hurt and death included for every monster, not just a walk cycle.
- Godot 4 SpriteFrames per critter with the right speeds; death does not loop.
- Aseprite JSON (hash) with durations and tags for Phaser, Pixi, Defold, LOVE and MonoGame.
- On the CyberMax palette, so they sit in Mossvane levels without clashing.
FAQ
Why not Time Fantasy Monsters?
At $10.00 or more it has many more monsters, built for top-down RPGs with four-direction walking animations and battle sprites; its creator notes there are no attack animations. Critterwick has fewer monsters but full idle, move, attack, hurt and death animations for side-view games, for $9.
Do they face left too?
They face right; flip horizontally for left.
What does the Critterwick licence allow?
From the pack's LICENSE.txt (CyberMax Game Asset Licence 1.0): you may "use, modify, recolour, cut up and combine the assets in any number of games, apps, prototypes, game-jam entries, videos, streams, trailers, store pages and marketing for those projects, commercial or not" and "ship the assets inside compiled or packaged projects ... including projects that make money". You may not "resell, sublicense, give away or share the asset files themselves" or "use the assets to train or fine-tune an AI/ML model". "ATTRIBUTION is not required."
What are the limits?
12 monsters, side view, 32x32 only; no player character.