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Multi-tile sprites used to require one hand-written `draw` per tile,
e.g. the four-call sequence in `examples/platformer.ne`'s
`draw_player()`. The new `metasprite Name { ... }` declaration
collects parallel `dx`/`dy`/`frame` arrays plus a reference to the
underlying sprite, and `draw Name at: (x, y)` expands to one OAM
slot per tile in the IR lowering — the codegen sees N regular
DrawSprite ops, so the runtime OAM cursor allocator picks them up
without any metasprite-specific awareness.
The metasprite's `frame:` array is interpreted *relative to the
underlying sprite's base tile*: index 0 means "the first tile this
sprite owns", which is the natural reading for a 16×16 hero whose
pixel art the asset resolver split into four consecutive tiles.
The lowering walks `program.sprites` to compute base tile indices
the same way `assets::resolve_sprites` would, then folds the base
into each frame entry before storing the metasprite info. Sprites
sourced from external `@chr(...)` / `@binary(...)` files whose
bytes aren't available at parse time fall back to a one-tile
assumption — those programs are rare and can declare metasprites
against pixel-art sprites instead.
The new `examples/metasprite_demo.ne` declares a 16×16 hero sprite
and arranges its four tiles into a metasprite, then sweeps the
hero across the screen so the harness captures it mid-motion.
The new keyword is added to the lexer/token list, and the parser
accepts `sprite:` (the otherwise-keyword) as a property name in
metasprite bodies so the natural spelling parses.
https://claude.ai/code/session_01KEczoNUX3WmcFLfq6iAQxB
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