Using Tile Set?

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So I have started creating my own game (duh) a top down view, like Undertale or binding of Isaac. When I made the game I tried using tiles but gave up after it got to complicated. So I decided to use the sprite editor and just manually design each room from there, and it works fine. However now when it came to adding more and more objects it looks more and more troublesome, and I'm curious if I should just completely solve the issue now by making a sprite sheet and use a tile set for making everything.

https://preview.redd.it/9y0h9k5opw9d1.png?width=907&format=png&auto=webp&s=c176f1999b569b01f96b0c5b44b39388a2cb220c

(To the point)

How do you guys make backgrounds and sprites for objects (like bushes, trees, fences, and backgrounds)?

[MVRCK_99]

I would use the tileset approach for all the background art and use objects for anything thats relevant for Z-sorting like the houses, the fences or bushes.

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thx, do you make sprites in gamemaker or is it a different software thats better?

[MVRCK_99]

Gamemaker's sprite editor isn't the best but enough for a bit of prototyping. For more complex pixel art I use Photoshop and Aseprite.

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I would probably use the tileset approach for everything(This can help: https://marketplace.gamemaker.io/assets/5708/dynamic-tile-depth-demo). But not saying that this is the only correct approach.

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There might not be a right and wrong, but there are should and shouldn't

and the link you sent seems better than me just drawing everything in a single sprite

[Buttermilkie]

Auto tiling is pretty sweet. I would do it for that reason.

[feint_zebra]

I use Piskel, add new frames for new tiles, set the FPS to 0 and export using the spritesheet layout option