Living Statues – Top-Down 8-Direction Character Sprites (HD)

Four HD living statues for top-down games. Stone Knight, Stone Elite Knight, Stone Crusader and Stone Paladin: weathered grey stone with carved detail, as if a castle's statues came to life. Every animation in all 8 directions, 224×220 px, 232×246 px, 240×222 px and 242×222 px frames (plus 128 px copies), and a crumble death for every character.

Attacks and a crumble death

Sword, sword, flail and mace attacks, each in all 8 directions, aimed where the character faces. Every character also has a crumble death: the statue cracks and crumbles into dust, ending on empty frames so you can remove the character without a pop. The regular death is in the pack too.

Animations (8 directions each)

• Stone Knight: idle, walk, run, attack, attack2, hurt, death, crumble death (232×246 px)
• Stone Elite Knight: idle, walk, run, attack, attack2, hurt, death, crumble death (240×222 px)
• Stone Crusader: idle, walk, run, attack, attack2, attack3, attack4, hurt, death, crumble death (224×220 px)
• Stone Paladin: idle, walk, run, attack, attack2, hurt, death, crumble death (242×222 px)

All 8 directions

What's in the download

• Transparent PNG sheets and every frame as a separate PNG
• 128 px copies of every sheet and frame
• JSON with frame size, feet pivot, FPS and looping
• Godot 4 SpriteFrames, ready for AnimatedSprite2D

Goes with

The same characters in their normal look: Armored Knights, Golden Paladins. The Complete Edition has every pack and boss in the series. Want to try the style first? Grab the Free Knight. Every pack is on my page.

Colour variations

20 colour variations in the optional ColourVariations folder (Stone Crusader: marble white, sandstone, basalt, bronze, jade; Stone Elite Knight: marble white, sandstone, basalt, bronze, jade; Stone Knight: marble white, sandstone, basalt, bronze, jade; Stone Paladin: marble white, sandstone, basalt, bronze, jade), every animation in all 8 directions, plus recolour masks and a Godot shader for your own colours.

Quick import

1. Godot 4: copy the character folder into your project and assign its SpriteFrames to an AnimatedSprite2D.
2. Other engines: slice the PNG sheets using the cell size, row order (S, SE, E, NE, N, NW, W, SW) and FPS from the JSON.
3. Keep the supplied feet pivot so characters stand on the ground in every direction.

License

• Use in unlimited personal and commercial games; modify freely.
• Credit appreciated, not required.
• No reselling or sharing the sprites as assets, original or modified, and no use in datasets or NFTs.

Full text: LICENSE.txt in the download.

FAQ

Which size should I use? The native size (listed above) or the 128 px copies; pick one scale for your camera.

Do they match the other packs? Yes: the same camera angle, scale and light direction as every character in the series, so the stone versions can fight next to the originals.

Like the Living Statues? A rating helps a lot.

Version 1.1.0: effects in the stone look: shield block, break and restore for the Stone Crusader and Stone Paladin, and the Stone Paladin's attack effect as separate layers and combined with the character; 20 colour variations (marble white, sandstone, basalt, bronze, jade) for all four characters, plus recolour masks and a Godot shader for your own colours (optional ColourVariations folder).