Asset Hoard

Which pack had that rhino? Type it, find it, watch it jump. AssetHoard previews every model, sprite and pack you own, animations included. No digging through folders. https://ahd.gg/hp #gamedev #indiedev #3dmodels #gameassets

AssetHoard 0.2.4 is out. Rename or move files on disk and tags, categories and bundles stay attached, even if AssetHoard was closed at the time. Plus 3D thumbnails are around 20x faster on import. https://assethoard.com/releases/0.2.4 #gamedev #indiedev

You didn’t become a 2D dev to be a file archaeologist. AssetHoard: native Aseprite and Krita previews, engine packages you can browse before importing, all local. 90 second tour 👇 Free in open beta. #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #aseprite

Search your asset library by what things look like. "cozy cottage" finds houses. "cute animal" finds a file called dog. All local, no tags. Free in open beta: ahd.gg/hp #gamedev #indiedev #gameassets

AssetHoard is now on itch.io. Your asset packs already live there, so your asset manager might as well move in too. 80+ file types, Godot/Unity/Unreal packages, first-class Aseprite and Krita support. https://assethoard.itch.io/assethoard #gamedev #indiedev #itchio

Your AI assistant can write a state machine in eight seconds but has no idea what assets you own. AssetHoard 0.2.3 fixes that with a built-in MCP server. Search your library and export into your project from Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code or Windsurf. https://ahd.gg/ahd-mcp #gamedev #indiedev #MCP

Staying motivated as a solo indie dev: - Shrink the next task until it's embarrassingly small - Set a daily minimum you can hit on your worst day - Make progress visible, even if only to you - Rest isn't a reward, it's the schedule https://ahd.gg/staying-motivated #gamedev #indiedev

AssetHoard v0.2.3 adds a built-in MCP server. Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code and Windsurf can now search your asset library and copy files into your project, dependencies included. Local only, off by default. https://ahd.gg/v0-2-3 #GameDev #IndieDev #MCP

Making something cool? I'm running more artist showcases and want to feature your work. Games, art, music, sound, the weird stuff in between. Finished or WIP. Past spotlights: https://ahd.gg/artist-spotlight Reply or DM with a link to your work. #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #gameart

James Rommel Lobaton went from delivering welding rods to rigging boss dragons and Dota 2 heroes in Spine. New Artist Spotlight on cutouts, tricky rigs and commissioning an animator. https://ahd.gg/james-r-lobaton #gamedev #indiedev #Spine2D #2Danimation

Bought a 4K texture pack for a game that runs at 1K? Right-click the image in AssetHoard, Export, Resize, pick a size. You get a resized copy and your original stays as it is. Works on sprites too. Out now. ahd.gg/resize #gamedev #indiedev #gameassets #pixelart

AssetHoard v0.2.2 is out! Right-click any 3D model and export it as a turntable GIF or sprite sheet. Animated? Pick a clip, export once per direction, done. Plus textured Unreal previews and tag search. https://assethoard.com/releases/0.2.2 #gamedev #indiedev #gameassets #solodev

AssetHoard is sponsoring CookieJam 🍪 Starts 3 October, runs for a week, and there's over $29k in prizes up for grabs. Cookie fan or not, come bake something sweet. https://itch.io/jam/cookie-jam-5 #gamejam #indiedev #gamedev #CookieJam #gamedev

It's always nice to give the website a fresh coat of paint! We spent some time highlighting how useful it is to #solodev and #indiedev teams. As well as the #unity, #unreal, #godot, and #gamemaker first class engine support! AssetHoard is free while in open-beta. give it a go! assethoard.com

"It's so convenient being able to see my aseprite files at a glance, and the cherry on top is being able to play the animations" - an AssetHoard user! #assethoard #2dart #aseprite #gameassets #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

Looking for free cc0 game assets for your #gamejam or #gamedev project? check out our curated catalogue! https://assethoard.com/free-game-assets #2dart #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #3d #3dart

Drag straight from AssetHoard directly into Unreal bringing all related resources with it. #gamedev #gameassets #indiedev #unreal #unrealengine

Downloaded a PBR PNG's and want a material? Import the PNG's into AssetHoard, group them as a Material and you can do just that! See it as a sphere, cube, or knot. And apply different exposures to preview how it'll look indoors, outdoors, or even at night. #gameassets #gamedev #indiedev

AssetHoard v0.2.1 is out 🎮 Unreal support has landed. Point it at a project and your .uasset and .umap files preview right in your library. Meshes orbit, sprites animate, sound cues play. No editor required. assethoard.com/releases/0.2.1 #gamedev #indiedev #UnrealEngine #UE5

Spritesheet in, animated GIF out, without leaving your library AssetHoard v0.1.22 slices sheets into frames, builds named animations, and exports GIFs, packed sheets or PNGs. Aseprite, GameMaker and Godot too. https://assethoard.com/releases/0.1.22 #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #godot #gameassets

Running a game jam? We'd love to be involved. Lifetime AssetHoard licences as prizes, promo to our community, and a dev on deck for support, or to judge. No jam too small, first-time organisers very welcome. https://assethoard.com/game-jam-sponsorship #GameJam #GameDev #IndieDev #Godot

Instead of asking "which engine is best", ask a few questions that actually have answers: what am I making, where will it run, and how do I like to work. Everything else follows from those. https://assethoard.com/blog/what-game-engine-should-i-start-with #gamedev #indiedev #solodev

AssetHoard v0.1.21 is out. GameMaker projects, .yymps or loose .yy files are supported. Sprites preview as animations, tilesets show their sheet, audio plays. plus a lot more! https://assethoard.com/releases/0.1.21 #gamedev #indiedev #GameMaker #gamedevtools

22 places to get free sound effects in 2026: the big CC0 libraries, the Sonniss GDC bundle (hundreds of GB, free, no attribution), the BBC archive, and generators for your own bleeps. https://assethoard.com/blog/free-sound-effects-2026 #gamedev #indiedev #gameaudio #solodev #gameassets

In AssetHoard it's so convenient to see all the 3D models in your assetpacks. Not only can you pan + rotate, but you can change the scene to see how the model responds to sun, night, and indoors. check it out https://assethoard.com #3dart #gameassets #gamedev #indiedev #solodev

Look inside a .unitypackage before you import it. AssetHoard lets you peek inside the contents for preview, so you can see the materials, textures and meshes it actually contains. Pan and zoom on any material to check the detail up close. #gamedev #indiedev #unity3d #unityassets #gameassets

A slightly technical write-up on how AssetHoard peeks inside and renders assets in zips, rars, and tar/gz archives without extracting them first. Read it here -> https://assethoard.com/blog/look-inside-archives-without-unzipping #gamedev #indiedev #rust #gameassets

Every 3D asset now lists its external associated resources. Albedo, normal, roughness, AO, whatever the model references, all grouped with the mesh instead of scattered across a folder of similarly named PNGs. #gamedev #indiedev #gameassets #3dart

AssetHoard 0.1.20 is out. The expanded 3D preview now has a real control panel: environment, surface and mesh settings, plus a toggle for every texture map on a material. plus a lot more https://assethoard.com/releases/0.1.20 #gamedev #indiedev #3D #gameassets

Play audio out of a .unitypackage without importing it. AssetHoard reads the package contents directly, so every sound effect and music track inside is previewable in the library. Click, listen, decide whether it is worth the import. #gamedev #indiedev #unity3d #gameaudio #unityassets

Want to see what's inside the zip? 2D previews now work inside archives. Aseprite files, sprite sheets and layered art all render from inside a zip, rar, tar or gz. Frames, tags and animation playback included, without unpacking a thing. #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #aseprite #gameart

Spin a 3D model without unpacking the archive. AssetHoard previews models straight out of zip, rar, tar and gz. Pan, zoom, orbit, and play back any animations baked into the file. Same as if it were sitting uncompressed on your drive. #gamedev #indiedev #gameassets #3dmodels #blender #3d

Play audio straight out of a zip. AssetHoard previews inside archives (zip, rar, tar, gz) as if the files were already uncompressed on your drive. No extracting, no temp folders. Click the track, hit play. #gamedev #indiedev #gameassets #gameaudio #godot #unity

Archives now open in place in AssetHoard. Drop in a zip, RAR, tar or .unitypackage and browse it without extracting. Previews from inside too: waveforms, orbitable 3D models, images, fonts, GIFs. v0.1.19: https://assethoard.com/releases/0.1.19 #gamedev #indiedev #gameassets

Direct-download game/app? Sooner or later you hit the "Windows protected your PC" SmartScreen wall. What cost me time and money: - EV certs no longer skip it. OV does the same for less. - Bought a USB token I didn't need. Cloud signing exists! assethoard.com/blog/windows... #gamedev #indiedev

AssetHoard v0.1.18 is out today - groups of assets can be viewed as an animation, we've added ctrl+p command palette, and much more! Free in open beta! give it a go -> https://assethoard.com/releases/0.1.18 @gameassets #indiedev #gamedev

AssetHoard now reads Piskel files. Your .piskel sprites and animations show up in the library with proper previews, right alongside your Aseprite and Paint.NET work. One place for the whole pixel-art pile. #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #gameassets

Got 4 candle pngs, or a 3D model in fbx and gltf? Variant groups, new in AssetHoard 0.1.17, fold them into a single entry. The files on disk never move. https://assethoard.com/variants #gamedev #indiedev #gameassets #3dart

That asset pack you bought. Hundreds of files, folders inside folders, and the one icon you need is buried somewhere in there. You could go digging through every folder. Or hit show all and see every item laid out in one scroll. #gamedev #indiedev #gameassets #gameart

3D in AssetHoard. Rotate, pan, and play animations on your models without opening a single other app. No more launching Blender just to remember what that .fbx actually was. #gamedev #indiedev #3D #gameart #b3d

A 3D model is never just one file. It points to textures, maps, a .bin, a web of dependencies. AssetHoard now shows every one of them on the asset, so the whole render is visible at a glance. It even flags which are still sitting on disk, unimported. #gamedev #indiedev #gameassets #3d #3dart

Asset Hoard now auto-plays audio as you navigate. Arrow through a folder of SFX and each clip plays the second it's selected. No clicking play, no opening files one by one. assethoard.com #gamedev #indiedev #gameaudio #sounddesign #gameassets

Did you know Asset Hoard previews Aseprite animations? Drop a .aseprite file into your library and the preview plays the animation, no export needed. One library. Everything visible. - assethoard.com #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #aseprite #madewithaseprite

Asset Hoard v0.1.14 is out. Quick fix for a few v0.1.13 bugs: - Audio not loading - Import notes not saving - Godot .tres skipped in watched folders Also: long sprite sheets, NoiseTexture2D previews. https://assethoard.com/releases/0.1.14

Shipped Godot .tres support in AssetHoard v0.1.13 Drag a material out and every referenced texture comes with it in res:// layout. Drop it into a Godot project and it just works. Materials, ShaderMaterials, SpriteFrames and TileSets all preview properly now. https://assethoard.com/releases/0.1.13

New in AssetHoard: the Workbench. A scratchpad for gathering assets as you browse, then drop the whole lot into a project in one click. Library badges show what you've already picked up. Status bar tracks the count. Fully undoable. #gamedev #indiedev

Asset Hoard v0.1.12 is out 🎉 🎨 Pixel Renderer — sprites stay crisp, automatic detection on import 🧰 Workbench — a scratchpad for collecting assets before they hit a project Plus friendlier bundles and wider previews. https://assethoard.com/releases/0.1.12 #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

Asset Hoard is a local-first asset manager for indie game devs and digital artists. One library for everything, searchable, organised, and entirely on your machine. No cloud. No subscription Open Beta is live and free to try. assethoard.com #indiedev #gamedev #gameassets #pixelart #indiegame