Drawing & Using Sprites

Most games built with Arcade will use sprites and sprite lists to draw image data. This section of the programming guide will help you achieve that by covering:

• What sprites & sprite lists are

• The essentials of how to use them

• How to get started with images

• Non-drawing features such as collisions

• Overviews of various advanced techniques

Beginners should start by reading & following What’s a Sprite? page (~10 minute read). If you get stuck, see How to Get Help.

Contents

• What’s a Sprite?
• Why SpriteLists?
• Drawing with Sprites and SpriteLists
• Advanced SpriteList Techniques

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Beginners should at least skim What’s a Sprite? (~10 minute read), but you can skip to the tutorials and full example code if you’d like:

• Drawing with Sprites and SpriteLists

• Arcade’s Sprite Examples

• Arcade’s Simple Platformer Tutorial