Mascoteer's homepage says it is shutting down on 30 November 2026. New subscriptions are already closed, and existing users can keep using it until then. If your app, site or game uses a Mascoteer mascot, the next few weeks are your window to save it. This checklist works whichever tool you move to.
1. List what you actually use#
Open your product and note every place the mascot appears: the onboarding screen, the empty state, the loading spinner, the game level. Next to each, write the animation and the file format it uses. This list tells you what to download, and later what to recreate first.
2. Download every animation, twice#
Mascoteer lists MP4, WebP, GIF and sprite sheet exports, with transparent backgrounds in WebP, GIF and PNG. For each animation on your list, download:
- the format your product uses now, so nothing breaks on 1 December;
- one transparent version (WebP, or the sprite sheet PNG), even if you don't need it today. A transparent file can sit on any background later; an MP4 is stuck with the background it was made on.
Name the files clearly (“fox-wave-transparent.webp”) and keep them together with your list.
3. Save one clean picture of each character#
This is the most important file you'll save. Any tool you move to, including ours, starts from a picture of the character. The best one is the whole character, on a transparent background, standing still with arms slightly away from the body. Mascoteer makes a T-pose sprite before animating, which is ideal if you can download it.
If you only have animations, a sprite sheet already holds every frame as a picture: open it in any image editor, pick a frame where the character stands neutrally, and crop it out as a PNG.
4. Copy your descriptions#
Copy the words you used to describe each character and each animation into a document. They're the fastest way to get close to the same motion in another tool, and they don't survive the shutdown unless you save them.
5. Move anything loaded from Mascoteer#
Search your code for mascoteer. If your site, app or game loads a file straight from a Mascoteer address, download that file, add it to your own project or storage, and change the link. Do this before the 30th, then test the screen it appears on.
6. Recreate the animations#
With the picture and descriptions saved, you can move at your own pace. To choose a tool, see six AI mascot animation tools compared, or the shorter Lumorig vs Mascoteer table. Here is how it works in Lumorig.
Upload the picture and choose#
Drop the picture you saved into the studio, then pick one:
- Animate my exact art makes video clips that start from your picture, the closest match to what you had. Each motion is 60 credits, and the character rests by breathing for free.
- Rebuild as vector redraws the character as a rig with joints (150 credits). Preset motions, including a walk in place for characters with legs, then play free, and it exports as Lottie or animated SVG. It's a redraw, close rather than identical, shown beside your original.
Free starts with 100 credits once, no card, and your first result always finishes. The full walkthrough is in how to animate a mascot you already have.
pico.png · uploadedclip · your exact artPaste your descriptions, adjusted to stay in place#
Paste each saved animation description as the motion. One change helps: describe the motion happening on the spot. “Walks to the right across the screen” becomes “walks in place, facing right”, because the character has to stay inside the frame for the whole clip.
Export the same formats#
| You had from Mascoteer | Export from Lumorig |
|---|---|
| MP4 | MP4 on a background colour, or WebM and HEVC MOV for a transparent background |
| WebP (transparent) | Animated WebP |
| GIF | GIF, with a matte colour to match your background |
| Sprite sheet (PNG) | Sprite sheet: a PNG with a JSON atlas, in a zip |
Sprite sheets differ in layout. Mascoteer's are horizontal strips with frames up to 512×512. Lumorig's clip sheets are a grid, each frame at most 256 pixels on its longer side, with a JSON atlas in the common TexturePacker “hash” format that Phaser, Pixi, Godot and Unity importers read. If your game expects a strip, update the import settings, or slice the grid by cell size.
One honest limit: Lumorig is built for mascots in products. It has no run cycle and no engine plugins, so if Mascoteer was your source of a full game move set, a game-focused sprite tool is likely the better replacement.
Questions#
When does Mascoteer shut down?
Its homepage says it is shutting down on 30 November 2026, new subscriptions are closed, and existing users can keep using it until then.
Will my Mascoteer files still work after 30 November?
Files you've downloaded are yours to keep and keep working. We found nothing on Mascoteer's pages about links or files hosted on its own site after the shutdown, so copy anything your app or game loads from a Mascoteer address into your own project before then.
Can I import my Mascoteer account into Lumorig?
No. We're a separate company with no access to Mascoteer accounts. You bring the files you saved: upload a picture of the character and recreate the animations from your descriptions.
What's the closest replacement for a Mascoteer walk cycle?
On a Lumorig rebuild, characters with legs get a walk in place, free. As a clip, describe it as walking on the spot. If you need a full game move set (runs, attacks, jumps in every direction), a game-focused sprite tool will serve you better; see the comparison guide.
Is Lumorig connected to Mascoteer?
No. We make Lumorig and wrote this guide because Mascoteer users are looking for somewhere to go. Every Mascoteer fact here links to Mascoteer's own pages.
Sources#
Read on 10 November 2026. If something has changed, email hello@lumorig.com and we'll correct it.
- Mascoteer homepage (shutdown notice): mascoteer.com/
- Mascoteer product overview (llms.txt): mascoteer.com/llms.txt
- Mascoteer sprite sheet export: mascoteer.com/features/sprite-sheet-export