Stay in the command prompt, we're finally going to actually build aseprite!Ĭmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DLAF_BACKEND=skia -DSKIA_DIR=C:\deps\skia -DSKIA_LIBRARY_DIR=C:\deps\skia\out\Release-x86 -G Ninja. Gclient sync (Will take a moment, if you get a "client not configured" error, just ignore it)
Input the following commands in order (copy and paste, use right click to paste into the command prompt): Download the latest version of asprite/skia - windows x86 (link) and extract it to 'C:\deps\skia' (Again, beware of double folders)įrom the start menu, open Developer Command Prompt for VS 20XX depot_tools should be the only folder in 'C:\deps' at this point)ĭownload the latest ninja-win (link) and extract the exe to 'C:\Program Files\CMake\bin' (It should now be C:\Program Files\CMake\bin\ninja.exe)ġ. The path should be 'C:\deps'ĭownload depot tools (link) and extract the contents of the zip to 'C:\deps\depot_tools' (Make sure you don't end up creating 'C:\deps\depot_tools\depot_tools'. To make sure everything is configured, create a new project with the 'Empty Project' template and click green play button (should say 'Local Windows Debugger'Ĭreate a folder on the C drive called 'deps'. (4a) Open Visual Studio Community to complete install.
ASEPRITE ALTERNATIVE INSTALL
Install the latest Visual Studio Community (requires restart) Download Page 10.0.0 (Direct download) Download page for newer versionsĭownload and install the latest CMake 3.18.1-win64 (Direct download) Download page for newer versions Install git Download page, use windows setupĭownload LLVM and run the exe to install.
Its still a fairly involved process, so make sure to read through things carefully. This guide is for windows and is intended to be as easy as possible. You can pay $20 for a ready to use copy with support and free updates, or you can build it from source yourself and use it completely free.