# Questions about canvas component and gaming assets **URL:** \ **Category:** Issues / Bugs\ **Tags:** beginner\ **Created:** [October 25, 2022, 1:06pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/questions-about-canvas-component-and-gaming-assets/2098015 "2022-10-25T13:06:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2022, 5:21pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/questions-about-canvas-component-and-gaming-assets/2098015/2 "2022-10-25T17:21:54Z")
I’ve used Scratch quite a bit as well and also teach both Scratch and Thunkable. I moved to Thunkable from GameSalad which was a no-code editor that worked really well for making games. The physics engine was great, you could easily manipulate sprites, etc. It also did not have a built-in graphic editor, however, besides rudimentary shapes (rectangles, circles and lines). Thunkable does not have a way to create graphics internally so you will need to import them. I have used plenty of PNG files as buttons or images. I haven’t done a lot with sprites so I don’t know if there’s an issue with PNG files there. I would not expect Thunkable to handle SVG files well. I’m a huge proponent of Thunkable. I’ve been around here a couple years and I’ve found it to be powerful and flexible in ways that other similar tools are not. GameSalad had many limitations (lack of easy-to-use cloud based data sources) and a diminishing user base. But the one thing I cannot recommend about Thunkable is the Canvas component. I find it clunky, counter-intuitive and [buggy](https://github.com/thunkable/thunkable-issues/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+sprite). I have yet to see more than [one](https://community.thunkable.com/t/doughnut-shop-video-game-tutorial/354325) or [two](https://docs.thunkable.com/gaming#example-games) examples of very basic games that work in Thunkable. I’d like to see it overhauled completely! --- _[View the full topic](https://community.thunkable.com/t/questions-about-canvas-component-and-gaming-assets/2098015)._