Drawing studio

Draw your own game characters

Your game looks the most like you when the hero is yours. The drawing studio gives you three ways to make one, and you can mix them.

1 Generate

Describe your character and the helper draws it. Then change anything by hand.

The Generate mode of the drawing studio showing a round pink blob character the helper drew.

2 Draw

Use brushes and shapes like box, circle, star and heart. The same tools make whole levels.

The Draw mode with brush and shape tools, used here to draw a level with platforms and coins.

3 Pixels

Fill in squares one at a time, like classic arcade games. Great for small, crisp heroes.

The Pixels mode with a purple pixel-art monster drawn on a grid.

Try pixel art on paper first

Draw an 8 by 8 grid. That's just 64 squares, and it's enough for a hero with eyes, a mouth and legs. Color a shape first, then add two eyes. Then copy it into Pixels mode square by square.

Each square is called a pixel, short for “picture element”. Every screen is made of them.

Tips from game artists

Face right. Most games move heroes to the right, so draw yours looking that way.
Big eyes, simple shape. Your hero will be small on screen, so details disappear. Shapes don't.
One bright color. Make your hero a color that pops against the background.
Leave the background see-through. Then your hero won't walk around inside a box.

The builder with a pixel drawing called Pixel Pip attached to the chat, ready to become a character in the game.

Put it in your game

Press “Use in my game” and your drawing appears in the chat. Tell the helper what it is: “Use Pixel Pip as my hero.” You can draw levels and title screens the same way.

Drawing by hand never uses energy. Next, give your hero a sound in the Sound Studio.