Welcome to Awesome Arcade Tools!
This is a list of 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.
You can find the old home page here. (please note that this page will be removed soon.)
Want to suggest a new tool or modification? Head over to our GitHub repository and file an issue or submit a pull request to edit the tools.xml file! (A GitHub account is required.)
Convert-Image-to-MakeCode-Arcade-Sprite
Made by 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 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 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 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 jacobcarpenter
Access this tool at:https://arcade-font-renderer.jacobcarpenter.com/
@jacobcarpenter on GitHub has written a neat tool that scrapes the MakeCode Forum's arcade section and shows the games in a gallery-like view! So you don't have to suffer and scroll through debug programs and tons of comments to find that dang link. You can also view the most liked-games of all-time and by author, like me, for example, hehe.
Image-to-MakeCode-Arcade
Made by UnsignedArduino
Access this 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
Made by UnsignedArduino
Access this 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
Made by UnsignedArduino
Access this 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 UnsignedArduino
Access this tool at:https://arcademidigeneratoronlinemain.gatsbyjs.io/
This is an online version of the ArcadeMIDI generator tool, removing the need for you to download/install the neccessary tools to convert MIDI files!
pixel-art-rpg-character-creator
Made by 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 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
Made by UnsignedArduino
Access this 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!
Looking for Awesome Arcade Extensions? They have been split up into the Extensions page! (Which you can also find in the navigation bar!)
