Kenney RTS Sci-Fi · CC0 · Default size (64px)

RTS Sprite Manifest

Every sprite in the pack, and what it does in the game. Game code refers to these by name, never by number — see the constraints at the foot of the page for why that matters.

126Sprites catalogued
12Fielded in v1
4Team colours
1Resource type

Team colours

48 unit sprites · 12 designs × 4

Every unit design ships in four colourways. Blue and Red are the two playable factions; Green and Neutral are spare. Design n sits at index n, n+12, n+24 and n+36 — the Tank is shown below in each.

Tank, Blue team
Blue
Unit_01–11
Tank, Red team
Red
Unit_13–23
Tank, Green team
Green
Unit_25–35
Tank, Neutral team
Neutral
Unit_37–47

Units in play

6 of 12 designs

Each card shows the Blue and Red sprite side by side. The arrow marks what builds it.

Rifleman, blue team Rifleman, red team

Rifleman

In play

Cheap line infantry. Strong against infantry, weak against armour.

◀ BarracksUnit_01
Rocket Trooper, blue team Rocket Trooper, red team

Rocket Trooper

In play

Shoulder launcher. Anti-vehicle — slow, fragile, hits hard.

◀ BarracksUnit_03
Scout Buggy, blue team Scout Buggy, red team

Scout Buggy

In play

Light truck. Fast, wide vision, negligible damage. Exists to fight fog.

◀ FactoryUnit_06
Harvester, blue team Harvester, red team

Harvester

In play

Articulated hauler. Runs crystal between node and drop-off.

◀ Command CentreUnit_07
Tank, blue team Tank, red team

Tank

In play

The only unit sprite with a visible gun barrel. Main battle unit.

◀ FactoryUnit_09
Artillery, blue team Artillery, red team

Artillery

In play

Long tracked chassis, no turret. Outranges turrets, helpless up close.

◀ FactoryUnit_10

Units in reserve

6 designs

Art we have but aren't using. Worth knowing about before anyone proposes a unit that would need new sprites.

Engineer, blue team Engineer, red team

Engineer

Reserve

Unarmoured worker in a jumpsuit. Would suit a repair or capture role.

Unit_02
Heavy Trooper, blue team Heavy Trooper, red team

Heavy Trooper

Reserve

Bulky armour. Held back for a tougher infantry tier if one is needed.

Unit_04
Marine, blue team Marine, red team

Marine

Reserve

Capped light infantry. Reads too close to the Rifleman to field alongside it.

Unit_05
Supply Truck, blue team Supply Truck, red team

Supply Truck

Reserve

Tall box body. Alternate for a repair or resupply vehicle.

Unit_08
Tanker, blue team Tanker, red team

Tanker

Reserve

Rear cylinder tank. The other credible harvester silhouette.

Unit_11
Civilian, blue team Civilian, red team

Civilian

Neutral

Not team-coloured — renders orange in all four sets. Map flavour.

Unit_12

Structures in play

6 of 16

Buildings are the tech tree — there is no separate research. Structures ship in a single grey colourway and are tinted per team at render time.

Command Centre

Command Centre

In play

Twin-tower HQ. Builds harvesters, accepts crystal, and is where every match starts.

Structure_01
Refinery

Refinery

In play

Twin blue tanks. Forward crystal drop-off, and the prerequisite for the Factory.

Structure_08
Solar Array

Solar Array

In play

Angled panels. Generates the power that keeps production at full speed.

Structure_05
Barracks

Barracks

In play

Orange-panelled block. Infantry production.

Structure_03
Vehicle Factory

Vehicle Factory

In play

Domed hangar with an open vehicle bay. Requires a Refinery.

Structure_02
Gun Turret

Gun Turret

In play

Dish on a pedestal. Static defence, unlocked by the Barracks.

Structure_14

Structures in reserve

10 sprites

Enough spare architecture for a second turret tier, a tech building and an air layer, should any of those ever land.

Bunker

Bunker

Reserve

Fortified block with a single door. Spare defensive structure.

Structure_04
Warehouse

Warehouse

Reserve

Wide low store. Spare depot or second drop-off.

Structure_06
Research Dome

Research Dome

Reserve

Arched dome. Held back in case a tech building is ever needed.

Structure_07
Processor

Processor

Reserve

Smokestack and pipes. The alternate power plant if solar reads wrong.

Structure_09
Landing Pad

Landing Pad

Reserve

Marked pad. No air units in v1, so unused for now.

Structure_11
Hydroponics

Hydroponics

Reserve

Green crop bed. Pure flavour.

Structure_12
Radar Dish

Radar Dish

Reserve

Open dish. Would suit a fog-reveal structure.

Structure_13
Silo

Silo

Reserve

Orange capsule. Spare storage.

Structure_15
Missile Turret

Missile Turret

Reserve

Orange launcher on legs. Ready-made second turret tier.

Structure_16
Pipeline

Pipeline

Decor

Conduit corner. Map dressing, never buildable.

Structure_10

Crystal, and how it runs out

4-stage chain

The pack happens to include the same rock at four sizes, two of them flecked with crystal. That gives depletion for free: swap the sprite as a node is mined, so a worked-out field reads at a glance from across the map.

Full
Full
Crystals visible across the face
Environment_07
→
Worked
Worked
Fewer crystals, smaller rock
Environment_08
→
Spent
Spent
Plain rock, nothing left to take
Environment_04
→
Remnant
Remnant
A nub — cleared on the next pass
Environment_03

Scenery

18 sprites

Ore outcrops are deliberately not harvestable — one resource keeps the economy legible. They read as valuable, which makes them useful decoration for map edges.

Ore, green flecksOre, green flecks01
Ore, gold flecksOre, gold flecks02
Boulder SBoulder S17
Boulder MBoulder M18
Boulder LBoulder L19
Boulder XLBoulder XL20
ScrubScrub09
Scrub clusterScrub cluster10
SpireSpire11
Tall spireTall spire12
CapCap13
Cap treeCap tree14
BloomBloom16
StumpStump15

Terrain tiles

42 sprites

Orange ground is the base layer. The pale blue-grey river ships as a complete connection set — straights, curves, tees, crossings and end caps — in two forms: baked onto ground, and transparent for overlaying. Use the overlay set; it composites onto anything.

Ground · 2

Ground tile 41Ground tile 42

Ice · 2

Ice tile 13Ice tile 14

River — on ground · 15

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River — overlay (transparent) · 15

River — overlay (transparent) tile 8River — overlay (transparent) tile 9River — overlay (transparent) tile 10River — overlay (transparent) tile 11River — overlay (transparent) tile 12River — overlay (transparent) tile 22River — overlay (transparent) tile 23River — overlay (transparent) tile 24River — overlay (transparent) tile 25River — overlay (transparent) tile 26River — overlay (transparent) tile 36River — overlay (transparent) tile 37River — overlay (transparent) tile 38River — overlay (transparent) tile 39River — overlay (transparent) tile 40

Flora ground · 8

Flora ground tile 1Flora ground tile 2Flora ground tile 15Flora ground tile 16Flora ground tile 27Flora ground tile 28Flora ground tile 29Flora ground tile 30

Constraints

3 verified

Found by decoding the PNGs rather than eyeballing them. Each one shapes how the renderer has to work.

Units are side-on, not top-down

Vehicles are drawn in profile facing right; infantry face the camera. Rotating them to match a movement vector looks broken — a truck pointing "north" reads as a truck lying on its side.

Decision: horizontal flip only. Units face left or right. Facing therefore carries no aiming information, so selection rings, target lines and muzzle flashes have to do that work instead.

Structures have no team colours

All 16 structure sprites ship in one grey-and-orange colourway. Left alone, both factions' bases would be indistinguishable.

Decision: tint the sprite at render time — recolour the accents per team in code. No new art, and the pack stays visually coherent.

Retina and Default size are not the same pack

Structure_01 is the Command Centre in Default size/ and a radar dish in Retina/. The two folders use different orderings, so the filename alone does not identify a sprite.

Decision: this manifest fixes Default size/ as the source. Game code addresses sprites through named constants — COMMAND_CENTRE, never Structure_01 — so a future switch to Retina is a one-file change.