Examples

Every sprite below is a .pix file in examples/, compiled to PNG with the pixel-dsl CLI. Regenerate the whole gallery with scripts/render-examples.sh.

heart · 16×16

coin · 16×16

potion · 16×16

flag-ops · 16×12

mushroom · 20×20

tree · 32×32

cat · 32×32

spider · 32×32

pirate-skull · 32×32

kraken · 96×96

pirate-galleon · 96×72

Source files

All of these are written as shape ops — fill, rect, line, circle, pixel (and flip).

Example	Subject	Size
heart.pix	Heart	16×16
coin.pix	Gold coin	16×16
potion.pix	Potion flask	16×16
flag-ops.pix	Jolly Roger flag	16×12
mushroom.pix	Toadstool	20×20
tree.pix	Tree	32×32
cat.pix	Cat	32×32
spider.pix	Black widow	32×32
pirate-skull.pix	Skull	32×32
kraken.pix	Kraken	96×96
pirate-galleon.pix	Pirate galleon	96×72

Cell grid vs ops

The same Jolly Roger flag, two ways:

Cell grid (192 tokens)

sprite jolly 16x12 palette=flag {
  k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k
  k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k k
  k k k k k w w w w w w k k k k k
  k k k k w w w w w w w w k k k k
  k k k k w w k w w k w w k k k k
  ... etc, 12 rows
}

Ops (10 statements)

sprite jolly 16x12 palette=flag {
  fill k
  rect 1,1 14,10 k
  circle 8,5 3 w
  pixel 7,4 k
  pixel 9,4 k
  pixel 8,5 k
  rect 6,7 9,7 w
  line 4,9 11,11 w
  line 11,9 4,11 w
  rect 5,11 10,11 r
}

Same output. Ops are dramatically more concise and easier to write correctly.