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What is a sprite? - MilesTheCreator - 07-08-2014
Do you actually heard about "sprites"? Do you know what is sprites? It is a good question
Sprite is an image of a player, enemy, platform and etc. to be used in almost every game!
There are two types of sprites:
-Single Sprite
-Multiple Sprites
Even the texts in the game are sprites!
For example:
-Single Sprite
http://static.gamesradar.com/images/mb/GamesRadar/us/Features/2009/04/Best%20Mario%20Sprite/MarioWorldMario--article_image.jpg
-Multiple Sprites
http://rs455.pbsrc.com/albums/qq271/Fuurio/RAYMANORIGINSEXE_0x58DC50B1_zps029e34a9.png~320x480
In order to bring the sprites together you need to use a n advanced pic editing program like Photoshop or PaintTool SAI not Paint!
Ripping the sprites is the somehow important you know...
Rip means extracting files from a game by using tool (s)
If you can't rip sprites you can see this sprites from an awesome website like /The Spriters Resource/
Well, that's it! I hope you understand
RE: What is a sprite? - Shade - 07-08-2014
You do realize all of this is common knowledge.
It is a sprite site after all...
RE: What is a sprite? - DoctorGrey - 07-08-2014
Sometimes I ask myself this exact question, to which the answer seems to often lately be that 'sprite/s' are just a buzz-word for indie developers to use in their kickstarter description, alongside phrases like 'retro style' and '8-bit'.
... But in all seriousness, of course the technical term for a Sprite is a 2D image file used to an portray element of a game.
RE: What is a sprite? - AuraLancer - 07-08-2014
It's a miserable pile of pixels.
...
...
...I'll see myself out now.
RE: What is a sprite? - Rystar - 07-08-2014
The Philosophical Resource
RE: What is a sprite? - PatientZero - 07-08-2014
![[Image: can-sprite.gif]](http://www.woohp.org/forum/style_emoticons/default/can-sprite.gif){kind=icon}
RE: What is a sprite? - Omega - 07-08-2014
a sprite is those annoying things that flutter about and tell you to listen to them sometimes.
RE: What is a sprite? - Lexou Duck - 07-09-2014
having been programming for a while now
and ive been asking myself
for a programmer, a sprite is actually rather the entire entity you're working with
like it's a changing image, with a hitbox and it moves and collides with other stuff etc
its called a sprite only once its in the game, the image file itself is just that: an image file
RE: What is a sprite? - Chris2Balls [:B] - 07-09-2014
(07-08-2014, 07:09 PM)youtubeware Wrote: In order to bring the sprites together you need to use a n advanced pic editing program like Photoshop or PaintTool SAI not Paint!
Ripping the sprites is the somehow important you know...
Rip means extracting files from a game by using tool (s)
You don't need to use an advanced program to make sprites. That isn't part of what defines a sprite, but more somebody's preferences in their work routine. There are "sprite programs" that exist, but it's kind of fallacious; I'd say they're geared more towards pixel art, which can also be sprites. It really depends on the nature of your sprites.
Ripping sprites is only important if you want to have the visual assets from a game.
RE: What is a sprite? - MilesTheCreator - 07-12-2014
(07-09-2014, 08:52 AM)Chris2Balls [:B] Wrote:(07-08-2014, 07:09 PM)youtubeware Wrote: In order to bring the sprites together you need to use a n advanced pic editing program like Photoshop or PaintTool SAI not Paint!
Ripping the sprites is the somehow important you know...
Rip means extracting files from a game by using tool (s)
You don't need to use an advanced program to make sprites. That isn't part of what defines a sprite, but more somebody's preferences in their work routine. There are "sprite programs" that exist, but it's kind of fallacious; I'd say they're geared more towards pixel art, which can also be sprites. It really depends on the nature of your sprites.
Ripping sprites is only important if you want to have the visual assets from a game.
This for multiple sprites.
(07-09-2014, 08:18 AM)Lexou Duck Wrote: having been programming for a while now
and ive been asking myself
for a programmer, a sprite is actually rather the entire entity you're working with
like it's a changing image, with a hitbox and it moves and collides with other stuff etc
its called a sprite only once its in the game, the image file itself is just that: an image file
Yup, I know that
(07-08-2014, 09:05 PM)Omega Wrote: a sprite is those annoying things that flutter about and tell you to listen to them sometimes.
LOL XD
(07-08-2014, 09:03 PM)PatientZero Wrote:
HAHA, Good one
(07-08-2014, 08:01 PM)AuraLancer Wrote: It's a miserable pile of pixels.
...
...
...I'll see myself out now.
(07-08-2014, 07:32 PM)DoctorGrey Wrote: Sometimes I ask myself this exact question, to which the answer seems to often lately be that 'sprite/s' are just a buzz-word for indie developers to use in their kickstarter description, alongside phrases like 'retro style' and '8-bit'.
... But in all seriousness, of course the technical term for a Sprite is a 2D image file used to an portray element of a game.
Thank you for this information 
(07-08-2014, 07:14 PM)ShadeDBZ Wrote: You do realize all of this is common knowledge.
It is a sprite site after all...
