Freeware App Pick: Retro Avatars (Richard Phipps)
Retro Avatars is a nifty little application that generates a blocky avatar image to use, based on the input of a nine-letter name consisting of spaces, alphabets and numbers. This Allegro program saves generated images as bitmap files, which can then be resized, recoloured, or edited using any external graphics editing program.
Comments
Ack! Crashes if you accidentally enter a name with nothing
Posted by: David | June 1, 2009 7:30 AM
Haven't tried it yet but it looks fantastic! :)) Beautiful minimalistic pixel-art.
Posted by: Kaworu | June 1, 2009 3:42 PM
Some of these are pretty cool. Nice algorithm. :)
Posted by: Phillip "Cesque" | June 1, 2009 11:11 PM
This is a fantastic little app. I'll finally be able to have a unique identifiable avatar without having to think about it too much!
It's addictive...
Posted by: Gregg | June 2, 2009 9:41 AM
This is pretty nifty. Makes me want to generate a bunch and make a game with 'em.
Posted by: Tom Sennett | June 2, 2009 3:28 PM
Fun app! I'm surprised how cool they look. Just like Tom, makes me want to use them in a game :P
Posted by: Kapser | June 2, 2009 5:40 PM