Change Background Image

• Name: Change Background Image

• Description: This pattern gives you the ability to add a drawn image as the background of your game.

• Need for Pattern: Having a designed background images is a way of increasing the player’s immersion in the game and their sense of connection to the story.

• Related Game Patterns: Add More Levels [related]

• Coding Concepts involved: Data

How to implement this Pattern in MakeCode

Change the background image

Drag in a set background image to block to replace the set background color block

Then click on the square image and using the tools draw a background and click on done.

Test your Changes and Next Steps

Test your game to check that your changes have the desired behaviour and that there are no side effects. For example,
you can ask yourself the following questions:

• Does the colour of your Background interfere with any of your other game elements?

This Game Pattern is one of many allowing you to make improvements to your platform game and to learn coding and wider computing concepts. Find more on the Game Pattern page.