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Pixxkit — Intermediate

Go past the first capsule: per-asset designs, layouts, screenshot frames, badges, UI frames, fonts from your library, and platform ZIPs that pass every check.

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#What you'll learn

  • How the brand and each asset work together, so a brand change re-themes everything while your tweaks survive.
  • How to pick a layout, background, logo style, motion and screenshot frame for one asset only.
  • How to use badges, extra layers and a nine-slice UI frame from Pixxico.
  • How to bring in fonts, palettes and art from other Pixx apps.
  • How to read the checks and clear every warning before you export a platform ZIP.

#Before you start

  • Work through the Pixxkit beginner guide first: you should know how to set up a brand, add art and export one asset.
  • You need your game's name and tagline, some key art, one or two characters and a few screenshots. The sample game Starfall Knight works if you just want to practise.
  • Sending fonts, frames and palettes between apps needs a Pixx account with those apps in your plan.

#How-tos

#How to change one asset without touching the brand

Every template starts from your brand. Anything you change on an asset is stored as a tweak on top, so changing the brand later still re-themes that asset.

  1. Open a template from Templates.
  2. In This asset on the right, change Background, Logo style or Motion. Each list starts with the brand's choice, for example Brand (gradient).
  3. Drag, nudge or resize layers on the canvas as you like.
  4. To go back to the brand's version of this asset, click Reset asset. To clear every tweak on a whole platform, use Reset platform to brand under the template list.

#How to choose a layout

  1. Open a template and use Layout in the bar above the canvas.
  2. Pick one of the layouts: for example Key art + logo, Logo left, hero right, Character spotlight, Split panel, Screenshot grid, Logo only, Banner strip, Poster, Announcement, Captioned screenshot or Background art only.
  3. Each layout adapts to the asset's shape (wide, tall or square), so the same layout looks right on a Steam capsule and an Instagram story.
  4. Check Checks on the right after switching: some layouts leave no room for the logo, and Steam asks for it on most capsules.

#How to frame a screenshot

  1. Add screenshots in Brand → Art → Screenshots.
  2. Open a template that uses screenshots, for example a captioned screenshot or a screenshot grid.
  3. In This asset, set Frame to Pixel border, TV, Handheld, Phone, Window or Photo.
  4. On a single-screenshot layout, use Screenshot (1 to 6) to choose which one it shows.

#How to add a badge with its own style

  1. In Layers, click + Add layer and choose Badge.
  2. With the badge selected, type its text in Selected and pick a shape: pill, ribbon, burst, tag or seal.
  3. Set its Colour and Opacity, then drag it into place.
  4. For the brand-wide badge text (for example WISHLIST NOW), edit Badge text under Brand → Game instead.

#How to use a UI frame from Pixxico

A UI frame is a nine-slice panel: its corners stay sharp at any size.

  1. Make a frame in Pixxico and send it to Pixxkit as a UI frame, or save it to your library.
  2. In Pixxkit, open Brand and find UI frame. Click Frame from library and pick it.
  3. Panels in layouts such as Split panel and Captioned screenshot now use the frame.
  4. A new badge shape, frame, appears in Selected for badges. It wraps the badge text in your frame.
  5. To go back to flat panels, choose None (flat panels) in the same list.

#How to use your own pixel font

  1. Make a font in Pixxypo and send it to Pixxkit, or save it to your library.
  2. In Brand → Logo, click Font from library. The font becomes your title font and is saved inside your kit.
  3. To use it for one text layer only, select the layer and pick it from Layer font in Selected.

#How to start from a palette

  1. In Brand → Colours, click Load a palette… for a classic palette, or Use a palette from your Pixx library for one you made in Pixxulo.
  2. Pixxkit assigns the roles for you: darkest as background, lightest as text, the most saturated colours as accents.
  3. Change any role with its dropdown under Roles, and watch the contrast note underneath.

#Workflows

#A Steam page in one sitting

  1. Set up the brand: name, tagline, colours, logo style, key art, a character and at least four screenshots.
  2. Click Checklist and open Steam. Work down the list, opening each template from its row.
  3. For each asset, read Checks and fix what it names (a logo that's too small, text crossing the safe area).
  4. Click Export, open Platform ZIP, choose Steam and Download ZIP. Every file is named after your game, template and size.

#A teaser for social media

  1. Animate a character in Pixxani or Pixxivi and Send to App → Pixxkit as frames.
  2. Open Templates → Social media → Instagram story, set Motion to Logo shine or Logo bounce, and press Space to preview.
  3. Export → Animated: choose 12–24 frames, a delay around 100 ms, and GIF or APNG.

#Launch-day kit with a team in Flow

  1. In Flow, use the Launch kit template: art → Pixxkit.
  2. Assign the art step to your artist. When they Send result to Flow, open the Pixxkit step and the art arrives already loaded.
  3. Build the platform ZIPs, then send the result back to Flow and mark the step done.

#Tips and shortcuts

  • Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Shift+Z (or Ctrl+Y) undo and redo. Ctrl+S opens Export. Ctrl+O adds art.
  • Arrow keys nudge the selected layer by one pixel unit; hold Shift for four. + and - resize it in whole steps.
  • Delete hides a template layer or removes an extra one. Escape clears the selection.
  • Space plays the animated version. Double-click the canvas to fit it.
  • Move the Focus sliders on your key art once: every crop on every template follows it.
  • The safe-area button shows where store and app buttons cover your picture. Text groups are kept inside it together.

#Troubleshooting

  • Checks says "Steam asks for the game logo on this capsule." Unhide the logo in Layers, or pick a layout that has one.
  • Checks says a text "is only N px tall where this asset is usually shown". Store lists show assets small. Make the text bigger or remove it from that asset.
  • "This store does not accept transparency." The asset has transparent areas. Show the Background layer or pick a background style.
  • "This asset must be a transparent PNG." Some assets (like a transparent logo) need transparency. Hide the background layer.
  • My tweak disappeared after changing the brand. Tweaks survive brand changes, but Reset asset and Reset platform to brand remove them. Use Ctrl+Z to bring them back.
  • The frame badge shape is missing. It only appears when a UI frame is set under Brand → UI frame.