CLUSTER CONVERTS-FILES-GAME · 7 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2024-01-11

Game texture conversion tools

This cluster contains tools for viewing, converting, and editing game texture files, aimed at modders and artists. They cover formats such as BLP/DDS, Dreamcast ROM textures, and Valve's VTF format. The cluster's dated history is too thin to read a shape from: only one pre-index entry is dated, and two members have no source date. On traction, DVPL-Mod-Helper leads with 7 stars, followed by blp-studio at 2 stars and WearCraft at 0 stars.

Entry timeline

ENTRY TIMELINE

JAN 2024: 1SEP 2026: 2OCT 2026: 4
JAN 2024OCT 2026

Members by activity

Activity signals, not revenue.

Build origin · 7 unlabelled

Operator · 4 hobby · 1 indie · 1 open source · 1 unlabelled

Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 7 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.

  1. 01DVPL-Mod-Helper7★11 days—hobbyAndroid app that unpacks and repacks WoT Blitz game resources and converts texture formats for modding on a phone.
  2. 02blp-studio2★9 days—hobbyWindows application that views and converts BLP and DDS game texture files for modders and artists.
  3. 03WearCraft0★16 days—hobbyDesktop application that generates procedural wear variations for PBR texture sets and exports them to game engines.
  4. 04Polysquish0★14 days—indieDesktop utility that reduces dense 3D models into game-ready meshes with clean UVs, baked textures, LODs, and collision shapes.
  5. 05gorebox-gbmap-converter0★17 days—hobbyBilingual web tool that converts GoreBox game map files into editable project files and downloads them as a ZIP archive.
  6. 06vtex20★4 moliveopen sourceTool that converts and edits Valve Texture Format (VTF) files for use in games.
  7. 07ModNao0★unknownliveWeb app that lets users interactively explore, edit, and export textures from Dreamcast game ROMs directly in the browser.