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PXLSketch is the ultimate pixelart creative tool for Playdate!

v1.2

// NEW IN 1.2 //

1. About 100 new PXLs for a total of 375!
2. 4 New PXL categories - 1 PX LINE, 30º ANGLES, 60º ANGLES, PIPES
3. Menu and performance enhancements


// ABOUT PXLSKETCH // 

This entirely new Playdate experience brings your imagination out to play with creative tools to imagine, draw, and animate. With 375 PXLs of various shapes and patterns, this is 1-bit pixelart at the next level. 

PXLSketch is perfect for that next sprite, icon, art piece, typeface, animation, floorplan, pattern or whatever your imagination throws at you!

Get inspired with daily "PXL Battle" challenges — every day, a new prompt to tackle. Share your daily creations with #pxlsketch #pxlbattles and let your fellow PXLSketchers shower you with accolades.


// PXLs //

In v1.2, you have 375 PXLs across 11 categories to play with. 

The PXL Carousel is on the right side of the screen and invoked with (B). You also press (B) to cycle through the PXLs - each press rotates the carousel. And it's multitasking friendly; you're free to position the reticle while cycling through PXLs. 

In the PXL Carousel you'll also find the FRAMES and PXLS icons at the tail end of each set of PXLs. 

FRAMES lets you switch between frames 1-10 for animation, or just use them as more canvases to play in.  Use the SAVE function within the FRAMES menu to save your current frame before quitting the app to ensure it's there next time.

PXLS will open the PXL Selector, with 7 CATegories. So what's up with these PXLs? Instead of simple black and white blocks, you have over 250 other shapes and patterns to create with, including:

PATTERNS - Who says 1 bit has to be an obstacle? You have 13 different shades of from black to white, plus a few more thrown in for good measure. 

ROUNDS - Various sized circle-segments to break beyond the rectilinear grid.

4 PX LINE - Great for thick line work and containers.

2 PX LINE - Great for thin line work and containers.

1 PX LINE - Great for REALLY thin line work and containers. *New in 1.2*

30º ANGLES - 30º angle bricks in black and white combinations, including inverse. *New in 1.2*

45º ANGLES - 45º angle bricks in black, white, and mid-gray combinations.

60º ANGLES - 60º angle bricks in black and white combinations, including inverse. *New in 1.2*

PIPES - Straight pipes, rounded corners, 3-way and 4-way intersections, in solid, hollow and inverse *New in 1.2*

TYPE 1 - Alphabet A-Z, Numerals 0-9, and some punctuation

TYPE 2 - Inverse Alphabet A-Z, Numerals 0-9, and some punctuation


// CONTROLS //

The controls have been optimized to allow you to keep creating with minimal interruptions. And the UI gets out of the way while you're drawing, leaving just you and the canvas. 

D-Pad: Move reticle
A: Place PXL
B: PXL Carousel / Select PXL (each press rotates the carousel)
CRANK to Animate! 
SHAKE to Erase!
SCREENSHOT to Share! — Pro tip: Open the crank carefully to remove the PXL menu and reticle
SAVE: Use the Save option in PXL Carousel > Frames


// INSTALLATION //

Installation is easy thanks to sideloading. Go to your sideload page here: https://play.date/account/sideload/ 

1. Drag and drop the downloaded zip file or click choose file and then browse to the zip file. 

2. On your Playdate, go to Settings > Games > PXLSketch and then press the download button. The game will appear in your library.


// SO WHO MADE THIS? //

All design and code by Jared Benson, San Francisco-based creative director and lifelong pixel artist (like, seriously, since Commodore 64.) Jared is the creator of PXLBOTS since 2005.


// SUPPORT //

Direct any issues or feature requests to jared@pxlbots.com


// THANKS //

Shout out to the community on the Playdate dev forum for sharing your knowledge. Without your generosity, this app would not have been possible. And of course all the heroes at Panic. 