 DEMOS & DOWNLOADS:
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FEATURES DEMO
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These demos will guide you through the most important Sprite Candy features.
Please download the demo first, THEN click on it to launch the file (otherwise you may get an error message).
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BLASTEROIDS DELTA
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This game has been created entirely using the Sprite Candy engine. It features almost all Sprite Candy effects and commands available. It's a comprehensive (and very addictive!) tech demo and demonstrates what you can do with the current version of Sprite Candy. Literally all parts of this game have been done using Sprite Candy commands only:
Title screen, menu pages, options menu
All graphics
Sprite movements & animations
All visual effects
The bonus weapons (check them out!)
Please download completely before running, otherwise you may get an error message.
 Blasteroids Delta (EXE, 1.9MB)
Ensure yourself that all game parts have been done completely using Sprite Candy effects and commands and download the game's source code here:
Game Source (ZIP, 18KB)
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GUI EXTENSION
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Sprite Candy now also includes a GUI extension to create lightning fast, accelerated windows and gadgets that can be used to build a game menu within seconds. The GUI extension is very easy to use and will keep your code as clean as possible. It's main features are:
Full hardware acceleration
Fastest GUI available (using 3D-acceleration, single-surface and smart redraw techniques)
No constant redrawing neccessary (unlike a common 2D GUI)
Easy to use
ALL Sprite Candy FX-effects and image commands can be used with any window
Windows can be colorized, zoomed, or even rotated (while keeping fully functional!)
Transparent windows (can be set individually for each window or for the complete GUI)
Custom skins
Change / load skins during runtime ("hot swap")
Skins support masked transparency (to create rounded corners or even bullet holes, for example)
Window shadows
Each window can be handled exactly like a Sprite Candy image. This means you can move it, rotate it, scale it, change it's transparency, colorize it or apply any Sprite Candy effect!
Sprite Candy GUI Demo (.ZIP, 855KB)
Download the GUI addon here (requires the Sprite Candy library):
GUI Addon (for Sprite Candy users) (.ZIP, 425KB)
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FONT CANDY STUDIO
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Download a trial version of Font Candy Studio, a powerful and professional bitmap font editor that is also included with Sprite Candy:
Font Candy Studio Demo (EXE, 1.8MB)
Font Candy Features:
Fast workflow and quick file access through integrated project manager
Use any font installed on your machine
Fine-tuning of char width, height, spacing and position
Fill chars with customizable color gradients or customizable image patterns
Expandable image patterns library
Fill chars with a custom image of your choice
Various special effects like outlines, 3D-bevels, depth trails, dropshadows and more!
Create dotted/matrix-styled text from any font available
Full transparency control and -preview at any time
JPEG compression export preview
Transparency preview
Final texture preview
Customizable 3D-preview
Full color control
Optimize your texture by including needed chars only
Optimized char packing to save valuable texture space
Various char placing methods (packed, fixed positions, etc.)
Free char placing on texture, allows to place two or more fonts on a single texture
Load a background guide image
Also supports textures with different width and height
Post-processing effects like anti-aliasing, color invertion, font erosion effect (blended noise)
Adjust brightness and contrast of your final texture
Slice all chars, save them to seperate image files (for use on web site, for example)
Export texture and data to multiple formats at once
Export font metrics as binary, Blitz source (DATA) or INI file
Export your texture to BMP, JPEG, PNG, TGA (including alpha channel)
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CODE SNIPPETS
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You can download a collection of short and easy-to-read code snippets that demonstrate the use of Sprite Candy commands and effects. Studying these code bits is also a good opportunity to learn how to use and integrate Sprite Candy into your games.
Sprite Candy Code Samples (ZIP, 56KB)
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SPRITE CANDY MANUAL
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You can download the latest version of this manual for offline reading here:
Sprite Candy Manual (ZIP, 1.6MB)
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©2004,2005 Mike Dogan / X-PRESSIVE.COM
X-PRESSIVE.COM is a label and working title of Mike Dogan, est. 1999
All artwork, including graphics, text, images and sounds are property of Mike Dogan, X-PRESSIVE.COM. Trademarks belong to their respective owners. All rights reserved.
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