Aseprite is the best pixel art tool out there. You have the option to either download it or compile it yourself. I show you how to do the second option.
LINKS:
Aseprite source - github.com/aseprite/aseprite/releases
Cmake - cmake.org/download/
Ninja - github.com/ninja-build/ninja/releases
Skia - github.com/aseprite/skia/releases
Visual Studio Community 2022 - visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/
paste in build folder cmd:
call "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\Common7\Tools\VsDevCmd.bat" -arch=x64
then:
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DLAF_BACKEND=skia -DSKIA_DIR=C:\deps\skia -DSKIA_LIBRARY_DIR=C:\deps\skia\out\Release-x64 -DSKIA_LIBRARY=C:\deps\skia\out\Release-x64\skia.lib -G Ninja ..
then:
ninja aseprite
Guide I followed:
github.com/aseprite/aseprite/blob/main/INSTALL.md
CHAPTERS:
00:00 Following official guide
00:22 Download Aseprite source code
00:41 Download CMake
01:00 Download ninja
01:18 Download Skia
01:47 Set up environment variables
02:07 Download visual studio community
02:54 Compile exe
03:38 If there is an error what to do