Stick Nodes 4.0.0: The Sprite Update

After a little over a year in the making, the sprite update, one of the most anticipated updates so far, has finally been released to the public as of June 10th, with it introducing a bunch of new additions and changes. Let’s start with the more important and new stuff first.

[Splashscreen Winners!]

The new app intro now has 82 new Splashscreens, along with some new splashscreen background art by Jackfly. (R.I.P Ball Game) Anyways, here’s the full list of all the winners that I had to keep reloading the app for like 30 minutes for, (In no particular order):

Gigan, OmegaRaptr, Stewman, Scout Trooper, Arcane Knight, Coll, Ralph/Dio, MonKeiTree, StickFenix, FlameDragonAnims, Project Zero, Andrew Animations, Darren Zcon, ZuroDoro, WasteOfTime, TeoTheDan, B3TTØ SØUZ4, Joe347, Exi_Ray, Danny, Genesis, Mattsteadystudios, MikeSparkC, AnimAsians, RixFX, CocaRichla, PsychoM7, RefrigeratorRi, _NotROHAN, Retake, Mei Yamazuki, Vincent, Juzt_Shady, MaloneZ, MACY3, Evla, Noobish, MilkyMurderer, AnimsIsaac, ElpMan, RayZer, FireDino, Austin Animations, Explosive Bullet, Slingmin Anim, Squi, CheeseBiscuit, Typical Animates, Aleks (Boiled Eggs), Daitus, SoupMann, K-Zilla, Romeo of Romelution, Darkboy Animations, PermaDeathAnimations, SpiderTeen, VulcAnimateHD, MichealangelØ, MelodyMuse, LB, Heckray, TheTotalMC, Raimondo Lukasha, Avan/Orion, Oxoph, Rocket_PC, Toxic_Anims, CYAnims, Inferno Animations, MeiMei, Guest789, Jackfly, A Guy, GrayDank, RENDOUV, Just Gek-o Runo Devola, TheGamerX, Dissolve_4U2, ThoughtsOfEverything, PrimoZ, Vlizzurd, and all of the Translators.
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BG art by Jackfly (with help from Blanziart)

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New Additions/Changes

(Sprites) You can now import images into your projects, whether that be backgrounds, props, or even characters sprites and Minecraft skins, it’s all up to your creativity how far you can push the boundaries of this new feature.

(Merged Tables) My muscle memory is in pain- With the ever-expanding import tables of stickfigures, movieclips, and now sprites, I can see why the change was made, it’ll take some time to get used to, but it’s overall just a way to better organize the UI. Oh and also a new button that takes you to the site.

(Unlimited Nodes) That’s right, no more node limit! (Applies only to projects, not figures-) Now you can destroy your device with funny stickfiggas. This is the first thing I did upon realizing that:
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Now you can animate 5 million nodes worth of defaults (had to use moviclips to avoid crashing).

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(New Sounds) 37 new sound effects were added this update, from anime sfx to memes, and some pretty useful ones like fabric and door sounds, always have to add those in post, cool to see more though.

(Actual Movieclip Submission form) There is now an actual submission form for movieclips, even though you could send them before the update, it’s nice to have an actual place to send them through now.

(Other stuff) not as important but still great, we now have the option to push back connected figures together, so now layering won’t be such a tedious task!

The Anti-Aliasing and Better Blur options were improved as well, so now it isn’t as buggy.

Finally, a cool little detail, the ID of a figure briefly appears in the bottom left corner when you click on it.

There’s lots of other small changes, but these were the most interesting ones that I thought were worth pointing out, sorry if I happened to miss something, just wanted to get the main stuff out of the way. Also, if you haven’t already, check out the official videos by Arcionek and Ralph on the new update. No weekly winners this week as this article is long enough, plus we didnt get figures for like three days-, Anyways, that’s all for now, enjoy the update!

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