🏆 BasePaint Plugin v0.1.1 — Hackathon Winner!

🏆 Winner — "For Artists" category at the BasePaint Hackathon 2026

Out of every project built for artists making pixel art on the daily canvas, BasePaint Plugin took first place in the "For Artists" category.

📣 Announcement on X (basepaint_xyz)

What's in this release

• 🪣 Bucket Fill (B) — exact-color flood fill
• 📤 Image Upload — palette match + paste as strokes
• 🎨 Color Picker (I) — solid color swatch preview while hovering
• ⬇ Stroke Download — PNG (transparent) or paste-ready text files

Install

1. Download basepaint-plugin-v0.1.1.zip below
2. Unzip
3. chrome://extensions → enable Developer mode → Load unpacked → pick folder
4. Visit https://basepaint.xyz/paint

Changes from v0.1.0

• README redesigned with award banner, shields.io badges, features table, roadmap
• Landing page updated with the same award banner
• Picker preview: solid color swatch (no magnifying canvas, no hex text)
• Bucket uses upload's proven applyStrokesDirectly path with retry logic
• Upload retries Paste button up to 10× with 100ms delay
• Removed unused 'no overprint' / 'excess pixels' option
• 4-tool set (mirror removed)

BasePaint Plugin v0.1.0

Built for the BasePaint Hackathon 2026.

Tools

• Bucket Fill (B) — exact-color flood fill (8-way)
• Image Upload — palette match + paste as strokes
• Color Picker (I) — solid-color swatch preview while hovering
• Stroke Download — PNG (transparent) or paste-ready text files

Install

1. Download basepaint-plugin-v0.1.0.zip below
2. Unzip
3. chrome://extensions → enable Developer mode → Load unpacked → pick folder
4. Visit https://basepaint.xyz/paint

Recent fixes (vs v0.1.0-rc1)

• Picker preview: solid color swatch (no magnifying canvas, no hex text)
• Bucket uses upload's proven applyStrokesDirectly path
• Upload retries Paste button up to 10× with 100ms delay (basepaint renders it async after clipboard write)
• Removed unused 'no overprint' / 'excess pixels' option
• 4-tool set (mirror removed)