Creating a rectangle like paint in game and setting it as a sprite

[Xer0botXer0]

Hi fellow game devs,

I'm wondering if it's possible to use a drawn image or so and saving it as a sprite for an object ? can sprites be created in game ?

basically i'm going to use use mouse_x/y click position to set a starting point for drawing a rectangle, then the next click set the end point, i want to convert this rectangle into a sprite ?

 

[DevNorway]

Maybe this function may apply for what you're trying to do.

screen_save_part(nameforsprite,x,y,w,h);

 

[bojack29]

Yup. Create the drawn image to a surface and use sprite_create_from_surface to obtain the newly created sprite.