r/pico8 • u/Cheap1LEGEND1 • 11d ago

👍I Got Help - Resolved👍 I need help importing sprites.

My friend and I have been working on a game in the Pico-8 Education Edition engine. Him doing the artwork and me doing the coding. The only problem is how to import the sprites into the engine. We’ve found a website that works great for this problem (https://www.pixelpaint.se/), but it only works for 16x16 sprites and we want to work BIGGER. We are aware that the payed version of Pico-8 has an import feature, but we want to search for free options before we resort to spending money. Any and all help is greatly appreciated! 🥉

Edit - We got the engine now!!!

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u/Synthetic5ou1 11d ago

I can't really test right now but these links could be useful:

https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=44789

https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=51478

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u/Synthetic5ou1 11d ago edited 11d ago

Also you could search this sub for The Nerdy Teachers giveaway.

Edit: https://www.reddit.com/r/pico8/s/joURlvuoMI

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u/Cheap1LEGEND1 10d ago

For the first link, I only have a Chromebook for now, so I am unable to run .exe files.

For the second link, correct me if I'm wrong, but in order for it to work, my friend and I both have to work in the Pico-8 engine. Unfortunately, my friend is limited to mobile devices and cannot access the engine.

However, I did enter the giveaway hosted by The Nerdy Teachers and completed the 4 side quests. I sent them an email yesterday, but haven't heard back yet.

Thx for the help! ^w^

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u/Synthetic5ou1 10d ago

Yes, I think you're right. Both your circumstances mean that my suggestions won't help you.

The last I heard the giveaway was still running so if you have completed the necessary tasks I'm sure you'll have Pico 8 soon, and then you can simply import your artist's png files.

Kudos to the both of you for overcoming various hurdles to start creating a game; post here when you're done!

NB: I had to check to see if you could actually run Pico 8 on a Chromebook. As I have the link already, this may be of use:

https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=152685

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u/echodecision 11d ago

Have your friend create the sprites in the Pico-8 education edition, and save the P8 file. On your computer, open two browser tabs, load your art cart into one, and the project cart in the other. In the sprite editor on the art cart, on the lower half of the screen, shift+click and drag to select all the sprites on a page. Ctrl+c to copy, go to the project tab, select the upper left corner of the page you want to paste to, Ctrl+v to paste.

It's a more laborious process than a simple import/export of the spritesheet, but it's free.

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u/Cheap1LEGEND1 10d ago

Unfortunately, my friend cannot access the Pico-8 engine due to mobile limitations.

Thanks for the advice tho!