Intro to Compressing Blocks

A guide originally created on the Gimkit Creative Forums.

Table of Contents Introduction Checkers Using Variables The Gear Button More Gears Counters
Introduction

One of the limitations in Gimkit Creative is you only have 75 blocks per block code. There are many ways you can reduce the number of blocks you use, and this Guide will teach you a few!

Personally, I love block code!

Checkers

Although block code can have if statements, checkers specialize in if statements by costing less memory. Check out the table below! It holds truth.

Device Memory
Checker 35
Block Code 500

Use checkers just like you would use if statements in block code. Here is an example!

checker example image
Using Variables

Coming hopefully on 1/19/2026!

The Gear Button

Did you know? You can save space by combining multiple if statements into one block? Let me explain.

Let's say you have this code (in the screenshot below). There is a randomizer that picks a number from 1-3. You have if statements to determine what number was chosen. This takes up a whole 22 blocks!

randomizer code

Let's click on the gear, located in the if statement.

arrow pointing at gear

Next, drag two else if's into the space.

arrows indacating to drag the else if block

Finally, delete the old if statements and put everything together!

final code put together

Congrats! You just saved 2 blocks!

More Gears

But wait! If the code ever reaches the last if statement, it will always be true since there are no other numbers. Replace the last "else if" with "else". You just saved 3 more blocks!

converting else if to else
Counters

Coming hopefully on 1/19/2026!