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24 alternatives to I Trained a 2D Game Animation Generation Model(Fully Open-Source)
I tried to train text to video and image to video models to generate 2D game animations. I used public game animation data and 3D mixamo model rendered animations to train the animation generation models. I'm open sourcing the model, training data, training code and data generation code. More technical details can be found in my blog (https://www.gavinliblog.com/posts/godmodeanimation).
This is an open-source machine learning model for generating 2D game animations from text or images. It was trained on public game animation data and rendered 3D Mixamo models. The creator has released the trained… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. I Trained a 2D Game Animation Generation Model(Fully Open-Source) launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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I tried to build AI game animation generator last year ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40395221), a lot of people were interested, but it failed, mainly because the technology was not good enough. 1 year passed, there were a lot of developments in video/image generation. I tried it again, I think it works super well now. Actually beyond my expectation. You can generate all kinds of game character animation sprites with only 1 image. 1, upload your image of your character 2, choose the action you want 3, generate! Support basic actions like Run, Jump, Punch and…
2025 · godmodeai.cloud · its alternatives →
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V2Fun▲449Generate 3D character with 8K textures and AI motion capture
Jul 2026 · v2fun.ai · its alternatives →
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X-Pilot▲328Hi HN, I'm Heshan, founder of X-Pilot. We're building an AI Video Generator for online courses and educational content. Unlike most text-to-video generator that render videos directly from models (which often produce random stock footage unrelated to the actual content), we take a code-first approach: generate editable code layers, let users verify/refine them, then render to video. The Problem We're Solving Most AI video generators treat "education" and "marketing" the same—they optimize for "looks good" rather than "logically accurate." When you feed a technical tutorial or course…
Apr 2026 · x-pilot.ai · its alternatives →
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AI4Animation in javascript & three.js. Contribute to sneha-belkhale/AI4Animation-js development by creating an account on GitHub.
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Generate Anything ▲292Generate, rig, and animate any 3D model with AI
2024 · app.anything.world · its alternatives →
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I've been building prototypes of new AI learning tools for months, but I recently learned that 3blue1brown open sourced his incredible math animation library, Manim, and that LLMs could generate code for it without any fine-tuning. So I made a tool that automatically generates animated math/science explanations in the style of 3blue1brown using Manim from any text prompt. Try it yourself at https://TMA.live (no signup required) or see the demo video here: https://x.com/i/status/1874948287759081608 The UX is pretty simple right now, you just write a…
2025 · tma.live · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, I've been working on this side project for the past month. It generates a step-by-step tutorial guide for YouTube videos that you can follow along without watching long videos. Best suited for tutorial videos but can work for other videos aswell. No BS. Just straight to the point. The guides are generated from pure transcript so you don't have to worry about it being AI. It's my first project as a total beginner. Something I had to do inorder to get out of tutorial hell. Please let me know if you have any suggestions or if you face any problems or bugs. I would try to fix them to the…
2024 · stepify.tech · its alternatives →
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I built this 2D Spine Animation AI for Game. Upload a game character image, it directly generate 2D spine animation for your character that can directly apply 2k+ animations. What it does: - Auto rigging, auto bone structure generation - Apply 2k+ animations in a click - Layered image output - export directly to spine animation to edit - export to all game engines like Unity and Godots - 10x easier, 10x cheaper for game development
2025 · godmodeai.co · its alternatives →
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I made a huge breakthrough in sprite animation today. I originally asked image models to generate all the frames of a spritesheet corresponding to an animation (e.g., "running to the left" or "jumping") in one image. It didn't really work. Only about 10% of the time would it give me a satisfactory result. Then, I tried to generate all the frames with separate requests to the model in a loop, passing in all the other frames for reference. This significantly improved the likelihood of the model getting the animation correct on a conceptual level. But the subject in each frame was perceptibly…
2025 · gametorch.app · its alternatives →
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The 1st 3D gen AI app to enable mesh, textures & animations
2023 · masterpiecex.com · its alternatives →
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Hi everyone, I built a UI for the new open-source Hunyuan Motion model to generate 3D animations from text: https://hy-motion.ai It generates BVH files instantly. I'm trying to bridge the gap between "cool AI demo" and "useful game dev tool". Question for 3D devs/animators: If you were to use this in production, what is the single biggest missing feature? 1. Export Pipeline: Auto-conversion to FBX for Unity/Unreal? 2. Motion Fusion: Blending multiple prompts into one long sequence? 3. Rig Variety: Support for non-humanoid skeletons? Feedback is much appreciated.
Jan 2026 · hy-motion.ai · its alternatives →
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Hello HN! I would like to show our recent research project: DynamiCrafter. DynamiCrafter can animate open-domain still images based on text prompt by leveraging the pre-trained video diffusion priors. It supports: - Image-to-video generation - Storytelling video generation - Looping video generation - Generative frame interpolation We have released source code at https://github.com/Doubiiu/DynamiCrafter and deployed a demo at https://huggingface.co/spaces/Doubiiu/DynamiCrafter Please also refer to…
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I'm excited to share a project I've built: PixelateImage.org. Instead of being a traditional image editor, this is an *AI-powered tool that generates pixel art directly from your text prompts.* If you've ever wanted to create unique pixel art characters, scenes, or assets for games, art projects, or just for fun, but perhaps lacked the specific artistic skills or time, this might be for you. My goal was to make generating retro-style or modern pixel art more accessible. You can type in a description (e.g., "a brave knight in a dark forest," "a futuristic cityscape at night," "a cute…
2025 · pixelateimage.org · its alternatives →
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Hi HN — I’m an indie maker building Seedance AI. It helps people create short videos (and images) from text prompts and reference photos. I tried to keep it simple: fast templates, predictable credit pricing, and downloadable results. It’s still early, and I know there are rough edges. I’d really appreciate honest feedback on what feels useful, what feels confusing, and what I should improve first. Happy to answer technical or product questions.
2025 · seedance.tv · its alternatives →
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PixelDojo▲17Hello HN! I’m excited to share PixelDojo.ai, an all-in-one generative AI studio for creators. I built PixelDojo to be a one-stop platform where you can generate images, create short videos, and even train custom AI models (LoRA fine-tunes) from your own images. The idea came about because the AI creative process felt fragmented. 10 months ago I set off on a journey to create the ultimate AI playground. A place where cutting-edge image-generation tools are easily accessible. My goal was to bring all the latest AI creativity tools under one roof so that anyone, even a “noob” with no prior…
2024 · pixeldojo.ai · its alternatives →
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I had 2 weeks off from work and wanted a pet project before heading back. With GPT and Generative AI in the news, I decided to chain multiple Al products together to build something really cool. I set my end goal to be: prompt-to-storyboard (aka fun videos generated purely via generative AI). There exists some prompt-to-video products, but I wanted to tell stories with audio as well. The end product takes an initial prompt and produces a series of images and audio files, which I then combine (with subtitles) into the final video. To showcase videos, there is a basic upvote/downvote…
2023 · meyer.id · its alternatives →
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How I built a pixel-perfect animated hero section using Midjourney, a custom Python processing pipeline, and Astro View Transitions.
Jan 2026 · sarthakmishra.com · its alternatives →
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