# Can Someone Help

**URL:** <https://forum.makecode.com/t/can-someone-help/38374>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [July 31, 2025, 2:17am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/can-someone-help/38374 "2025-07-31T02:17:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Yumberries](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/yumberries/32/23274_2.png) [@Yumberries](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Yumberries)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 2:17am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/can-someone-help/38374/1 "2025-07-31T02:17:39Z")

</div>

I want some more detailed sprites but they just get bigger if I make them more detailed, does anyone one know a way to have a 16x16 size sprite but be able to fit say 32x32 pixels in there? Thanks for any help

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Makecoder](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/makecoder/32/23787_2.png) [@Makecoder](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Makecoder)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/can-someone-help/38374/2 "2025-07-31T16:42:38Z")

</div>

there is no way 💀

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Luke](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/luke/32/32519_2.png) [@Luke](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Luke)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 4:43pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/can-someone-help/38374/3 "2025-07-31T16:43:55Z")

</div>

You can’t fit 1024 pixels in 256 pixels 😅  
However you don’t need 32x32 sprites to have good sprites (also the higher you go the more work it takes)

Here’s some good examples of smol sprites i’ve done in makecode. Coloured linework rlly helps at these small resolutions. Strong use of colour as well, clear areas for the eye to track. In the 2nd image i only used blue for the player character which was super helpful for readability on such a small scale.  
For the last image the 2 greens of the palette are reserved for the player sprite and effects.

8x8 sprites:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/3X/0/6/061fea7609015c5cfe43f0f3f9533acd201d26d2.png)  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/3X/1/4/14e6338d74f0fa183d9a9bbbab1e2fd3f7bc8a11.png)

16x16 sprites:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/3X/2/8/2820ff4a0b945a2fa542ed007533a066cae62f3c.png)  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/3X/7/f/7f5dfb0613e1e9b713d2f2d759529dc0d04c52e2.png)  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/3X/a/9/a9e3d227ce03785f3414059f4c5d067956ea44ea.png)  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/3X/6/c/6c621b805ae777e541b1d1469d2dde110c296d49.png)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![BotWarrior](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/botwarrior/32/25328_2.png) [@BotWarrior](https://forum.makecode.com/u/BotWarrior)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 4:45pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/can-someone-help/38374/4 "2025-07-31T16:45:52Z")

</div>

No… With pixels, you can’t just zoom in. This is for a good reason. You could try changing the screen size with this ⬇

```auto
namespace userconfig {
export const ARCADE_SCREEN_WIDTH = [insertNumberHere]
export const ARCADE_SCREEN_HEIGHT = [insertNumberHere]
}

```

This goes in javascript btw

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Allegory\_Cheese](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/allegory_cheese/32/31845_2.png) [@Allegory\_Cheese](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Allegory_Cheese)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 4:45pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/can-someone-help/38374/5 "2025-07-31T16:45:54Z")

</div>

try scaling extension

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Makecoder](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/makecoder/32/23787_2.png) [@Makecoder](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Makecoder)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/can-someone-help/38374/6 "2025-07-31T21:46:38Z")

</div>

that makes them smaller and loses detail

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Yumberries](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/yumberries/32/23274_2.png) [@Yumberries](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Yumberries)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2025, 6:14pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/can-someone-help/38374/7 "2025-08-03T18:14:55Z")

</div>

@BotWarrior thanks a ton

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![BotWarrior](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/botwarrior/32/25328_2.png) [@BotWarrior](https://forum.makecode.com/u/BotWarrior)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2025, 11:59pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/can-someone-help/38374/8 "2025-08-03T23:59:05Z")

</div>

No problem 🙂  
Just a warning, this will not work on hardware, and will make the game a lot more glitchy.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Yumberries](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/yumberries/32/23274_2.png) [@Yumberries](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Yumberries)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2025, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/can-someone-help/38374/9 "2025-08-04T16:59:18Z")

</div>

Oh ok