A 48px, 8-direction pixel-art pack of boss-ready humanoid antagonists with albedo, normal, and depth maps for engine-agnostic game use.

What's Included

16 villain archetypes across two tiers — Elite Threats and The Court — each with 8 directional views:

Elite Threats (original 8)

| Variant | Role | Silhouette | |---------|------|------------| | Blackguard | Elite tank | Closed dark helm, tower shield, spiked mace, black plate | | Dread Ranger | Ranged hunter | Skull mask over hood, longbow, bone trophies, tattered cloak | | Necromancer | Summoner/caster | Bone crown, skull staff, tattered robes, gaunt frame | | Assassin | Flanker | Face mask, curved daggers, vial bandolier, compact crouched posture | | Cult Priest | Support/debuffer | Horned headdress, censer on chain, structured red/black vestments | | Reaver | Heavy damage | Executioner's cleaver, half-mask, bare scarred torso, widest villain | | Warlord | Commander | Crown-helm with plume, halberd, banner on back, ornate gold/red armor | | Dark Monk | Fast specialist | Shaved tattooed head, chain-weighted staff, metal-studded wraps |

The Court — Mid-bosses and Entourage (v1.1)

| Variant | Role | Silhouette | |---------|------|------------| | Vampire Lord | Aristocratic undead | High-collared crimson cape, chalice, pale skin, fangs | | Gorgon | Petrifying monster | Snake hair crown, bronze Greek armor, curved blade | | Mind Tyrant | Psychic overlord | Bulbous head, face tentacles, purple robes, psychic crown | | Corrupted Paladin | Fallen holy warrior | Cracked plate armor, broken halo, red eye, planted sword | | Witch | Forest curse weaver | Crooked pointed hat, gnarled staff, green glow, tattered robes | | Bandit King | Outlaw warlord | Iron thorn crown, fur cloak, dual swords, scarred muscular build | | Dark Elf Matriarch | Spider-themed ruler | Dark skin, white hair, spider scepter, purple/black armor | | Plague Doctor | Pestilence bringer | Beak mask, wide-brim hat, censer with green smoke, leather coat |

Each variant ships with three map layers:

• Albedo — base color sprites (transparent PNG)
• Normal — normal maps for dynamic lighting
• Depth — depth maps for parallax and elevation effects

Install

npm install @sprite-foundry/fantasy-villains-48

Folder Structure

assets/
  blackguard/
    albedo/    8 directional PNGs (front, front_left, left, back_left, back, back_right, right, front_right)
    normal/    8 matching normal maps
    depth/     8 matching depth maps
    preview/   contact sheet
    manifest.json
  dread-ranger/
  necromancer/
  assassin/
  cult-priest/
  reaver/
  warlord/
  dark-monk/
  vampire-lord/
  gorgon/
  mind-tyrant/
  corrupted-paladin/
  witch/
  bandit-king/
  dark-elf-matriarch/
  plague-doctor/
pack.json          pack-level index
previews/          banner and lineup sheets

Manifest Format

Each variant has a manifest.json:

{
  "slug": "blackguard",
  "name": "Blackguard",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "tileSize": 48,
  "directions": ["front", "front_left", "left", "back_left", "back", "back_right", "right", "front_right"],
  "layers": {
    "albedo": "albedo/{direction}.png",
    "normal": "normal/{direction}.png",
    "depth": "depth/{direction}.png"
  },
  "preview": "preview/contact_sheet.png"
}

The pack-level pack.json indexes all variants with paths to each manifest.

Engine Compatibility

These are plain PNG files with JSON metadata. They work with any engine or framework that can load images:

• Phaser
• PixiJS
• Godot
• RPG Maker
• Unity (2D)
• Custom engines

No engine-specific format or runtime dependency.

Specs

• Variants: 16 villain archetypes (8 Elite Threats + 8 The Court)
• Tile size: 48 x 48 px
• Directions: 8 (front, front_left, left, back_left, back, back_right, right, front_right)
• Format: transparent PNG
• Maps: albedo + normal + depth
• Total sprites: 384 (16 × 8 × 3)
• Animation: static poses (v1)
• Perspective: top-down

Extending the Pack

Want to generate additional villain variants that match this pack's art style and export contract?

This pack was produced with Sprite Foundry, an open-source ComfyUI + SDXL pixel-art generation pipeline. The foundry repo contains everything you need:

• Generation pipeline — pipeline/foundry_gen.py drives ComfyUI with per-subject configs
• Subject configs — pipeline/chars/villain_*.json define the exact prompts, seeds, silhouette rules, and reject conditions for every variant in this pack
• Batch manifest — pipeline/manifests/fantasy_villains_04.json maps all 8 configs to the export structure
• Export CLI — foundry export <run_id> produces deterministic packs with checksums
• ControlNet tuning — humanoid depth strength 0.60, end% 0.85 (documented in the manifest)

To add a new variant:

1. Create a subject config in pipeline/chars/ following the existing villain configs
2. Register: python -m foundry.cli subject-add <id> --name "Name"
3. Generate: python -m pipeline.foundry_gen --config pipeline/chars/<config>.json
4. Review, accept, produce maps, accept finish, export
5. Copy the exported pack into the matching assets/<slug>/ directory

The Sprite Foundry README has the full pipeline walkthrough.

Security

This package contains only static PNG images and JSON metadata. There is no executable code, no install hooks, no network access, and no telemetry. Assets are read-only by design.

See SECURITY.md for the full security policy.

License

MIT — use in commercial and non-commercial projects.

Credits

Generated with Sprite Foundry using ComfyUI + SDXL pixel-art pipeline.

Built by MCP Tool Shop