Shadow Raiders Set – Top-Down 8-Direction Character Sprites (HD)

Four HD shadow characters for top-down games. Shadow Assassin, Shadow Ranger, Shadow Footsoldier and Shadow Troll: dark violet silhouettes with a lilac rim light and smoke peeling off them. Every animation in all 8 directions, 212×236 px, 228×216 px, 232×222 px and 250×222 px frames (plus 128 px copies), and a smoke death for every character.

What's inside

4 characters, $8.99 instead of $11.96 bought one by one. Each is also sold on its own:

• Shadow Assassin
• Shadow Ranger
• Shadow Footsoldier
• Shadow Troll

Attacks and a smoke death

Blade, bow, rifle and club attacks, each in all 8 directions, aimed where the character faces. Every character also has a smoke death: the body dissolves into drifting smoke behind a glowing violet edge, 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)

• Shadow Assassin: idle, walk, run, attack, attack2, attack3, attack4, hurt, death, smoke death (228×216 px)
• Shadow Ranger: idle, walk, run, attack, attack2, attack3, hurt, death, smoke death (212×236 px)
• Shadow Footsoldier: idle, walk, run, attack, attack2, attack3, attack4, hurt, death, smoke death (232×222 px)
• Shadow Troll: idle, walk, run, attack, hurt, death, smoke death (250×222 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

Part of the Halloween Variants Set

This set is also part of the Halloween Variants Set with Spectral Warriors, Spectral Raiders and Shadow Warriors. The Complete Edition has every pack and boss in the series.

The same characters in their normal look: Masked Assassin, Medieval Archers and Rangers, Tactical Riflemen, Troll Warband. Want to try the style first? Grab the Free Knight. Every pack is on my page.

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 shadow versions can fight next to the originals.

Like the Shadow Raiders? A rating helps a lot.

Version 1.1.0: effects in the shadow look: the Shadow Ranger's arrow with release, impact and expiry, and the Shadow Footsoldier's rifle bullet with muzzle flash, impact and expiry.