PixelNote 4+
GIFs from bits of code
Casual Programmer, LLC
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- Free
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Description
Create your own 8-bit-style animations, pictures, and effects on a square pixel display with bits of code the size of a text message. Manipulate pixels, import photos, plot functions, make silly memes, and explore generative art.
Inspired by classic home computers and modern text-messaging apps, PixelNote gives you a 101x101, 256-color canvas which you control from a one-line command input field. PixelNote defines its own, compact, unique programming language, designed for compactness, experimentation, and challenge.
PixelNote comes with a set of examples to get you started, along with a full built-in reference guide to the language. Start with an example and modify it, or build your own; play around, try different things, see how they look. As you work, PixelNote keeps a history, so you can revisit your old code. Have fun!
What’s New
Version 3.0.1
Version 3.0 included these updates:
- The new "touch" command lets you take touch input in your programs. (There's a little paint-style program included in the examples now!)
- A few other new commands, or new options on existing commands, such as simpler looping and if-style conditionals.
- Expanded and easier-to-navigate examples and documentation.
- Updates for the four years of iOS updates since the last version, including dark mode support.
Alas, it also had a bug; when you chose "Save Picture to Photos", it could crash because of a missed step in how it now requests permissions. Version 3.0.1 fixes that.
Ratings and Reviews
Awesome ‘Restrictive’ programming app!
Wonderful app! Has all the basic elements to make some cool stuff. The ‘guide’ has enough to get you started and the paste/copy commands can be combined with the pix() function to store and retrieve data (…this was a secret hint). Since people do enjoy programming with this app, I would STRONGLY suggest adding scrolling to the coding window. As code gets longer…it spills over to the output screen and you loose screen real-estate. That is the only thing I would change for now. This would make it possible to code more complex programs. There is definitely enough there structurally to make more complex things.
(As an after thought…It would be nice make variables outside a block available inside the blocks…but not vice-versa. Scope becomes an issue when coding with parenthesis to make blocks when looping…or for other reasons. Variables created inside blocks should definitely remain ‘local’ as they are now.
Also, to be able to have a place to share programs too would be nice…maybe just a group or something.
While I’m at it…if you would add scrolling…you may want an option to make it possible to code line by line instead of in one long line of separated commands. I code in a txt editor and paste to the app now so I can code line by line. The app actually strips the new line codes out of the pasted code and replaces them with spaces which enables the program to still work without changing the code…pretty cool too!)
Great job!…don’t drop the updates…this has potential!!
Really cool, easy to learn
I love this app! It’s features are full, it’s speedy, it allows me to make spectacular gifs and images, and most of all, it’s fun! 10/10
Developer Response ,
Thank you so much for your kind review! I'm happy you enjoy it!
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Information
- Seller
- Casual Programmer, LLC
- Size
- 1.5 MB
- Category
- Entertainment
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2015-2022 Casual Programmer, LLC
- Price
- Free