Can I use our own avatars instead of the default WOKAs?

Yes, on a paid plan. A WOKA is built from six layers, and you can upload your own versions of them, whether it is a uniform, a mascot or a costume for a themed event. Your designs then appear in the avatar picker alongside the default ones.

The format

A character combines six layers: body, eyes, hairs, clothes, hats and accessories. Each layer is a PNG sprite sheet of 3 by 4 sprites, drawn on the 32x32 pixel grid. The four rows are the character walking down, left, right and up, in that order, and each animation is three sprites wide.

How to publish it

Upload the layer from your administration dashboard. You can restrict it to members carrying a given tag, so a conference organiser can reserve a staff shirt for the team, or a company can dress only its own employees in its colours.

What it is usually for. Organisers give staff a distinctive skin so attendees can tell who to ask for help, companies dress avatars in the team’s colours, and a themed event dresses everyone.

Custom WOKAs are not available on the Free plan, nor in the self-hosted version. The full specification is in the custom WOKA documentation. If you do not have a designer, our team can produce the set with your map, just contact us.