# The adventures of the pink placeholder square!

**URL:** <https://forum.makecode.com/t/the-adventures-of-the-pink-placeholder-square/38505>\
**Category:** Show & Tell\
**Created:** [August 6, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/the-adventures-of-the-pink-placeholder-square/38505 "2025-08-06T21:46:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Hello1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/hello1/32/36886_2.png) [@Hello1](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Hello1)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/the-adventures-of-the-pink-placeholder-square/38505/1 "2025-08-06T21:46:12Z")

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whenever i need a basic player character sprite i do the easiest thing possible and just fill a 16 x 16 sprite with the default color when opening the sprite editor, pink in the original makecode arcade palette

 ![Screenshot 2025-08-06 155336](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/3X/7/3/7323c785e1d243123dfddb88040bef81b08a8ec9.png)

 ![Screenshot 2025-08-06 155615](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/3X/b/2/b2819fb70426334b7711a529328e4a61e467e986.png)

this one’s rounded but still just a placeholder.

 ![Screenshot 2025-08-06 155511](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/3X/a/8/a854a917872d9c48f97e78ffd4c28e32a61a3f37.png)

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**Author:** ![redSprite](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/redsprite/32/34262_2.png) [@redSprite](https://forum.makecode.com/u/redSprite)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2025, 5:40pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/the-adventures-of-the-pink-placeholder-square/38505/2 "2025-08-07T17:40:20Z")

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Peak character design

Nothing tops this

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**Author:** ![teaeat100](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/teaeat100/32/33097_2.png) [@teaeat100](https://forum.makecode.com/u/teaeat100)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2025, 5:41pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/the-adventures-of-the-pink-placeholder-square/38505/3 "2025-08-07T17:41:18Z")

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Funni. Great Art Around The Masterpiece Though!

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**Author:** ![randomuser](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/randomuser/32/36648_2.png) [@randomuser](https://forum.makecode.com/u/randomuser)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2025, 2:36am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/the-adventures-of-the-pink-placeholder-square/38505/4 "2025-08-08T02:36:47Z")

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Same! 🩷⬜