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— Game of the Day —
Block Tower Defense by @Blobbey

Block Tower Defense

Recently, I’ve been testing out tower defense mechanics, and my past tests didn’t work, but, using @Kiwiphoenix364’s targeting extension (and a lot of other extensions), I managed to make this game! There are 20 waves, and… 13… enemies…? Okay, I don’t remember how many enemies there are. There’s only one type of tower, but you can upgrade the towers. Again, this is my first tower defense game, so you can expect for there to be a few glitches.

— A343 BACK FROM VACATION —
It’s April 15th and that means I’m back. Actually, I am going to give context about the vacation - April 3rd - April 6th: Drive To Texas, April 8th - Eclipse and Drive back home, April 11th - April 14th - Disney World.

— MAKECODE UNSAFE? —
On March 13th Makecode has been rated a “High Security Risk” by ENCO, As the topic says: ENCO is a 3rd Party Vetting Company that is commonly used by schools, Even though this is a Incorrect Rating This could be harmful to Makecode in the Future.

MakeCode - privacy policy

The Makecode website is rated as a ‘high security risk’ on their VASP report by ECNO, the third party vetting company that boards use to review and rate tools for use in schools. For this reason, we are unable to allow students to login and create accounts. Since we have Micro:bits in every school we are using the site very often and the workflow for students would be a lot easier if they were able to login and create accounts. Taking a close look at their VASP report indicates the reason they a…

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