Welcome, everyone. This is for @TrueHarryPotterLover’s academy, Wolfy’s School of Coding and Fun!
There are 3 different types of pixel art you can do.
To do ANY one of them, follow the stuff down below!
Part 1: Setting everything up!
Let’s start! Make a blank text block , and follow along
This Part is Optional, but I do recommend doing it :
You can’t start Pixel Art if you don’t have any presets loaded. I would recommend you delete the Purple Custom Blocks and Rainbow Custom Blocks .
To do this, you need to long press on any one of the 6 default Purple Custom Blocks , and then click the red delete button that comes up.
You should do the same for the Rainbow Custom Blocks . To do this, put up a When Game Starts Block, and delete all Rainbow Custom Blocks and then remove the When Game Starts Block
Your screen should look like this :
This part is mandatory, and controls the size of the pixel art, as well as the amount of clones created :
Now go back to the Purple Custom Blocks , and add a Purple Custom Block , and name it Add to all . Inside the Add to all block, and follow the steps below.
Add a When Game Starts Block. Inside that block, add a ( Set Variable ) block, and make a new variable, and call it Pixel Size , and Set ( Pixel Size ) to 10 . 10 is usually the best, but you can change this number at your will.
Below the Set Variable Block, add a repeat block , and repeat times Pixel Size , create a clone .
Everything should look like this :
If this is what you had, then you are doing stellar work!
This is the second part you need to do :
Add a When Object is Cloned purple block.
You need to make 4 Rainbow Custom Blocks .
Name one of them, Start , Down , Left , and last but not least, Right . NOTE: Right is optional!
You can probably guess by the name what these blocks are going to do, but if not, then these blocks control Position .
Now follow these steps : (a screenshot will be at the end of this part to show what your code should look like.)
Inside the start block, follow along:
Add a set position block, and set the starting x and y position you want. It doesn’t matter, because this is up to you!
Below the first set position block, add another set position block, and inside that, set the first x parameter to (self) X Position , and for the Y position, add a subtract math value, and in the second parameter, add another Subtract math value. There should be three parameters now. In the first one, add a Self Y Position block, and then in the second one, add a Self Clone Index block, and in the third one, type 1 .
In the Down block, add a set position block, and in the x parameter , set it Self X Position and in the Y parameter add a subtract Math Value, and in the first parameter, add Self Y Position , and in the second, add the variable, Pixel Size
Down is now done!
In the Left block, add a set position block, and in the x parameter , set it Self X Position - Pixel Size and in the Y parameter add Self Y Position
Left is now done!
Remember, Right is optional if you are taking the harder Perfect Square Pixel Art Method
In the Right block, add a set position block, and in the x parameter , set it Self X Position + Pixel Size and in the Y parameter add Self Y Position
Right is now done!
Here is what your code should look like so far:
You can remove the rainbow blocks for now, except for Start
Part 2: Choosing your pixel art!
Now, this is the part that comes to handy.
Before you do anything, make sure to have this step done:
To make ANY pixel art, add the Add to All function at the top, and add a When Object is Cloned Block at below the Add to All function. In the When Object is Cloned block, add the Start function we talked about earlier.
Dot pixel art:
Now you need to make pixel’s.
Make a Rainbow Custom Block and name it the color it will be. Now you can continue.
Inside the Rainbow Custom Block, you need to add a Draw a Trail, (MAKE SURE TO SET THE WIDTH TO PIXEL SIZE)
inside of the When Object is Cloned Block, and then, inside of the Draw a Trail Block, add a Move Forward Block, and in the parameter, put Pixel Size. You are done!
Pro: pretty fast
Con: Pretty messy if you are using a larger pixel size.
Code should look like this:
Rounded Square Pixel Art:
If you haven’t done the mandatory step, placed before the section, Dot Pixel Art, do that now please, but now, we have to do this to get Square Pixel Art-
Make a Rainbow Custom Block and name it the color it will be. After that, you need to bring a Draw a Trail block inside of it, and set the width to Pixel Size.
Now bring a Repeat block inside of the Draw a Trail Block, and set the parameter to 4, and inside the Repeat Block, bring a Move Forward Block, and set the parameter to Pixel Size*, and then below the Move Forward Block, bring a Turn block, and in the parameter, set it to 90.
Now below the **Draw a Trail Block, bring a Move Forward block, and in the parameter, put a multiply math value, and in the first parameter, put Pixel Size, and in the second, put 2.
Above the Draw a Trail block, bring *Set Speed Block, and set the speed to a high number.
Your code should look like this:
Pro: it looks sick, and isn’t quite slow.
Con: It’s pretty sloppy.
Perfect Square Pixel Art:
There are two ways to make the ”Perfect Square Pixel Art.”
You can choose which.
#1: Simpler way, but repetitive!
To do the simpler way, you need to make a Rainbow Custom Block and name it the color it will be. After that, you need to bring a Draw a Trail block inside of it, and set the width to 1.
Now, inside the Draw a Trail Block, add a Move Forward Block, and in the parameter, put in Pixel Size!
Your code should look like this:
Pros: fast and sleek
Cons: Repetitive
#2: Harder, but more efficient way!
Make a Rainbow Custom Block and name it the color it will be. After that, you need to bring a Draw a Trail block inside of it, and set the width to 1.
Inside the Draw a Trail Block, add the Right Function that we breached over earlier. If you haven’t made the right function, then this is how:
In the Right block, add a set position block, and in the x parameter , set it Self X Position + Pixel Size and in the Y parameter add Self Y Position
That’s all, and its done!
Code should look like this:
Pros: Fast, and sleek
Cons Too much Rainbow Blocks
“Recycled” topic upon owner’s request: we’re off to a new start!