Sprites on the Web • Josh W. Comeau
Hacker News
February 24, 2026
In game development, it’s common to use spritesheets for animation, but this technique isn’t as widely used on the web. Which is a shame, because we can do some pretty cool stuff with sprites! In this post, we’ll share the niche CSS function you can use to leverage this technique, and explore some of the potential use cases.
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Originally published on Hacker News on 2/24/2026