How to Share Sprite Art

shakao
Wed, 23 Sep 2020 16:25:30 +0000
Arcade

Customizing the Gallery

Extensions often add custom blocks to your workspace, but did you know that they can also add custom images? The Arcade Sprite Pack Generator is a way to create bundles of images that anyone can add to their project gallery:

Try it out by clicking on Advanced → Extensions in the Toolbox, and pasting in https://github.com/shakao/arcade-slimes or https://github.com/shakao/arcade-rpg-items

What you need

We want to make it easy for you guys to share character or background art! You only need a couple things to get started:

A Github account

Some sprite art to share!

How to do it

1. Go to https://shakao.github.io/arcade-sprite-pack/ and draw your sprites. You can copy/paste between the Arcade sprite editor and this editor, or click the “Import” button on the top right and paste in a share URL.

2. When you’re done, click the Export button, name your project, and select Download MKCD

3. Go to arcade.makecode.com and make an empty project. Drag your MKCD file from your computer into the editor.

4. Click the Github button in the bottom toolbar next to the project name. Sign in if necessary.

5. One you are signed in, go back to your project and click the Github button again. This time, click Go ahead! to create your asset pack extension!

6. You’re done! You can go to github.com to see your extension or just paste the URL into another Arcade project to see your sprites. The URL should be:

https://github.com/[your-github-username]/[your-repository-name]

7. (optional) Post your asset pack to the forums so we can check out your awesome sprites!

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