Any advantages to shapes over sprites?

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#1

Are there any advantages to using shapes over sprites? How much memory do shapes take up? Are they more efficient than images or sprites?

I’m working on a tetris game and was planning on using shapes for each of the colored squares. I could also use sprites. [import]uid: 98652 topic_id: 18965 reply_id: 318965[/import]

#2

If you can use a plain image rather than a sprite it makes more sense, certainly. Sprites are more for when you need to be animating things.

There are other times you might use sprites but newRect sounds like it makes more sense in what you’re hoping to achieve.

Peach :slight_smile: [import]uid: 52491 topic_id: 18965 reply_id: 73046[/import]