Sprite

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A sprite is an animated image. It is constituted by a number of subimages changing at a certain speed. Several sprites can be imported into a game or they can be edited from scratch.

[edit] Making a Sprite

Sprites are made using the image editor in game maker. there the user can add subimages, remove them, change the size, paint on it, easily edit the colour and even pre-animate it.