How to write your own computer game

Step 05 — Cutting characters to size

You may notice your characters look relatively huge compared to the beach. Shrink them down by selecting the Shrink Sprite button (highlighted in blue above the beach scene in the photo). Once selected, click on your characters until they look roughly proportional to the above landscape, as we've done with the crab here. Now we're going to show you how to assemble commands to make your characters move and interact.