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🔹 VSOLE Sprite Creator

Purpose:
👉 Create pixel sprites (characters, items, objects)

What it does:

• You draw pixels on a grid
  
  

• Each pixel = ON or OFF
  
  

• The tool converts the drawing into binary code (0 and 1)
  
  

🔹 VSOLE HTX Studio

Purpose:
👉 Write the game logic and display sprites

What it does:

• Reads the sprite data (binary)
  
  

• Draws the sprite on screen
  
  

• Handles input, movement, game loop
  
  

2️⃣ What is the binary code used for?

🔸 Short answer:

Binary code is the sprite image, not text.

🔸 Long answer (important):

Each sprite is a pixel grid
Example: 16 × 16 = 256 pixels

Binary string:

0 = transparent pixel (empty)

1 = visible pixel (draw)

Example:

01001100

11001110

That means:

⬛⬜⬛⬛⬜⬜⬛⬛

⬜⬜⬛⬛⬜⬜⬜⬛

So the binary code is:
✅ How the game knows which pixels to draw

3️⃣ Why use binary instead of PNG?

Because this is a retro / console-style system:

Advantages:

• 🚀 Very small size (no images needed)
  
  

• 💾 Easy to embed inside .htx file
  
  

• ⚡ Fast to load
  
  

• 🎮 Similar to old consoles (NES, GameBoy)
  
  

Old consoles worked like this:

Sprites were stored as bits, not image files

4️⃣ How the engine uses the binary

In HTX:

@SPRITES {

  PLAYER: [16, 16, "010011001110..."];

}

Engine logic:

for each bit in binary:

    if bit === 1:

        draw pixel

So:

• ❌ NOT encryption
  
  

• ✅ It IS the sprite image itself
  
  

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