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Welcome to Awesome Arcade Tools!

This is a list of 10+ MakeCode Arcade tools that I find super useful (or just plain cool) to use in my projects.

Please note that this website is not developed, affiliated, or endorsed by Microsoft, the owner of MakeCode Arcade.

To use these tools, follow the links to their website or GitHub repository.

Want to suggest a new tool or modification? Check out our guide on how to submit a tool to Awesome Arcade!

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Convert-Image-to-MakeCode-Arcade-Sprite
Made by Profile picture of kristianpedersen kristianpedersen
Access this tool at:
https://kristianpedersen.github.io/Convert-Image-to-MakeCode-Arcade-Sprite

This tool will convert your images (like .png files) to Arcade code! Simply copy the output, open JavaScript mode in your project, navigate to where you want the image block to go, and paste in the image code! You may need to remove some redundant characters. Remember that Arcade has a maximum image size of 500x500!

pxt-arcade-asset-tool
Made by Profile picture of riknoll riknoll
Access this tool at:
https://riknoll.github.io/pxt-arcade-asset-tool

This tool will also convert you images to Arcade code, but it also supports using 16-color palettes, in case you don't want to use the default palette! Simply copy the output, open JavaScript mode, navigate to where you want the image to go, and paste away! You may need to remove some redundant characters. Remember that Arcade has a maximum image size of 500x500!

arcade-sprite-pack
Made by Profile picture of shakao shakao
Access this tool at:
https://shakao.github.io/arcade-sprite-pack

Have a bunch of images you want to send to someone, but they hate exercising their pinkie and pointer finger? This will convert a set of images into a MakeCode project that, when you import, will put the images into the image gallery! This tool also supports animations, tiles, and tilemaps, as well as exporting an Arcade image to a real image!

arcade-image-tools
Made by Profile picture of felixtsu felixtsu
Access this tool at:
https://felixtsu.github.io/arcade-image-tools

The ultimate Arcade image manipulator! Rotate and flip your sprites with this!

arcade-font-renderer
Made by Profile picture of jacobcarpenter jacobcarpenter
Access this tool at:
https://arcade-font-renderer.jacobcarpenter.com

Stop drawing your title screen text by hand! With this tool, you can render any (well, any font on your computer and in Google Fonts) font onto a Arcade image with outlines and shadows!

Image-to-MakeCode-Arcade Not a website
Made by Profile picture of UnsignedArduino UnsignedArduino
Access this not-browser based tool at:
https://github.com/UnsignedArduino/Image-to-MakeCode-Arcade

I have written a Python script that will turn images and multi-frame GIFs into MakeCode Arcade images and arrays! Note that this tools requires at least Python 3.9 on a computer, and command line knowledge is highly recommended!

Musical-Images-Generator Not a website
Made by Profile picture of UnsignedArduino UnsignedArduino
Access this not-browser based tool at:
https://github.com/UnsignedArduino/Musical-Images-Generator

I have written a Python script that will turn MIDI files into images compatible with the Musical-Images extension! Note that this tools requires at least Python 3.9 on a computer, and command line knowledge is highly recommended!

ArcadeMIDIGenerator Not a website
Made by Profile picture of UnsignedArduino UnsignedArduino
Access this not-browser based tool at:
https://github.com/UnsignedArduino/ArcadeMIDIGenerator

I have written a Python script that will turn MIDI files into images compatible with the ArcadeMIDI extension! Note that this tools requires at least Python 3.9 on a computer, and command line knowledge is highly recommended!

ArcadeMIDIGeneratorOnline
Made by Profile picture of UnsignedArduino UnsignedArduino
Access this tool at:
https://arcademidigeneratoronlinemain.gatsbyjs.io

Note: Due to the end of Gatsby Cloud, the page no longer works. Use the offline Python-based tool instead.

This is an online version of the ArcadeMIDI generator tool, removing the need for you to download/install the necessary tools to convert MIDI files!

pixel-art-rpg-character-creator
Made by Profile picture of edermunizz edermunizz
Access this tool at:
https://edermunizz.itch.io/pixel-art-rpg-character-creator

This beautiful character art generator is perfect for RPGs! Use another tool to convert the exported .png file to a MakeCode image.

font-editor
Made by Profile picture of riknoll riknoll
Access this tool at:
https://riknoll.github.io/font-editor

This online tool is a font editor designed to export fonts to the Fancy Text extension!

Arcade-MIDI-to-Song Not a website
Made by Profile picture of UnsignedArduino UnsignedArduino
Access this not-browser based tool at:
https://github.com/UnsignedArduino/Arcade-MIDI-to-Song

I have written a Python script that will turn MIDI files into MakeCode Arcade songs! Note that this tools requires at least Python 3.11 on a computer, and command line knowledge is highly recommended!

Makecode-Yu-Hayate-Dithering
Made by Profile picture of yu-hayate yu-hayate
Access this tool at:
https://yu-hayate.github.io/Makecode-Yu-Hayate-Dithering/

Although the URL says it's for dithering, (which it has many methods to do so) it does many more things than that, including converting images both ways and custom color filters!

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Keeping track of 72 extensions and 14 tools since April 15, 2023.
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This website is not developed, affiliated, or endorsed by Microsoft, the owner of MakeCode Arcade.
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