How many frames do I get?

It depends on the motion. The walk on this page came back with 97 frames per direction and a suggested loop of 17 of them.

Do I need to draw the four views myself?

No. Make the character and its turnaround in Gensprite first; the animation takes those four views as they are.

Can it animate creatures and robots, not only people?

Yes, anything you can show from four sides. For skeletal 3D animation of humanoids there is a separate 3D character tool.

Walk cycle generator: animate a character in four directions

Give Gensprite a character seen from four sides and say what it should do. It animates all four directions at once and returns every frame, with where the loop starts and ends.

Animate a character150 free credits when you sign up. No card.

A real result

Motion: “walk cycle, steady exploring pace”

The explorer walking, facing front — front

The explorer walking, facing right — right

The explorer walking, facing back — back

The explorer walking, facing left — left

Nine frames of the explorer's walk to the right, side by side — Every other frame of the walk’s loop, facing right: “walk cycle, steady exploring pace”.

How it works

1
Start from four viewsA turnaround made in Gensprite, or your own front, right, back and left drawings of one character.
2
Describe the motionPlain words: “walk cycle, steady exploring pace”, “idle breathing”, “sword slash”.
3
Get every frameEach direction comes back as numbered PNG frames, and the job suggests the stretch that loops cleanly.

What you get

Four directions: front, right, back, left
Every frame of the take as a transparent PNG
A suggested loop, as first and last frame
Frames you can pack into sprite sheets or load in Godot

What it costs

Animation, all four directions100 credits

Credits come in packs from $10 for 300 credits, and plans from $12 a month for 600 credits. All prices

Questions

How many frames do I get?: It depends on the motion. The walk on this page came back with 97 frames per direction and a suggested loop of 17 of them.
Do I need to draw the four views myself?: No. Make the character and its turnaround in Gensprite first; the animation takes those four views as they are.
Can it animate creatures and robots, not only people?: Yes, anything you can show from four sides. For skeletal 3D animation of humanoids there is a separate 3D character tool.