Introduction
Generate sprites and animations over HTTP from your own tools.
The Sprite AI API turns text prompts into game-ready sprites and sprite-sheet animations. Use it from a script, a build step, an MCP server, or an editor plugin.
Requests are JSON, authenticated with a Bearer key. Generated images come back inline as base64, so there's no file to download separately.
What you can do
| Action | Endpoint |
|---|---|
Generate a still sprite | POST /api/sprites |
Animate a sprite into a sheet | POST /api/animations |
Check your balance and limits | GET /api/balance, /api/limits |
Sync vs async
Still sprites are synchronous: one request, the finished image in the response. Animations take about 90 seconds, so they run as a job you start and then poll until it's done.
You don't pick a model. Describe what you want, and the request is routed for you based on the asset type and size.
New here? The Quickstart gets you a sprite in three steps. Grab a key first on the Authentication page.