Crocotile 3D vs Roxel

Crocotile 3D is a tile-based editor for building 3D environments, objects and characters from tilesets. Its Draw and Edit modes let you add, remove and change tiles in 3D space. Tools adjust tile UVs and tileset dimensions, while a paint editor creates or modifies tilesets. You can organize tiles into objects or prefabs, use nested instances, and add vertex colors, lights and shadows. Listed animation tools include animated tiles and UVs, movie rendering, and rigging with bones and vertex weights. Crocotile 3D imports FBX, glTF, GLB, DAE and OBJ files, and exports OBJ, glTF, GLB and DAE. It runs on Linux, macOS and Windows. A free evaluation is available, but saving and exporting require a valid registration code or Steam purchase; the itch.io demo also disables saving over 100 tiles. Pricing is listed from $29.99, and help is available through documentation and a Discord server.

Roxel is a free, open-source desktop voxel editor for hobbyists and indie creators, available for Windows and macOS. Its tools include brush, erase, recolor, eyedrop, select, move, and shape drawing. Rectangles, ellipses, and lines can be drawn on a build plane or extruded into 3D forms. An open-world grid allows painting across X/Z and upward as far as memory permits. Roxel includes built-in palettes, user palette management, and Adobe Swatch Exchange import and export. It opens MagicaVoxel .vox, Qubicle .qb, and Goxel .gox files, and exports .vox, .gox, .obj, .fbx, .glb, .png, and .svg. Projects use the .rox format; the maker says .glb exports are ready for Unity and Godot. Light, Dark, and System themes include customizable canvas and floor colors. The MIT license permits use, forks, and building on the project. Its itch.io page marks it in development and lists version 0.7.1 downloads. The maker says macOS builds are self-signed and not notarized, and Windows builds are unsigned.