could someone teach me how to create/edit a sprite character from scratch? prefer a side scroller built in. i'll supply the art. just need help getting started.
side-scrollers are probably too complicated for you right now.
Use the manual that you can access from the home menu (tap on smilebasic app, then tap on Manual.) to learn at least the basics of what's going on.
Do you know how to display text on the screen yet?
If so, do you know how to display text on the screen on the graphics page?
And, finally, do you know how to use WHILE/WEND FOR/NEXT REPEAT/UNTIL loops and IF/ELSE/ENDIF conditionals?
If you can do ALL of those, then you can get up to sprites.
When I was first learning, I just made a sprite appear on the screen before I learned all of that stuff, but to make a game, you must know how to use those