# Animations NOT WORKING

**URL:** <https://forum.makecode.com/t/animations-not-working/11685>\
**Category:** Arcade\
**Created:** [January 11, 2022, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/animations-not-working/11685 "2022-01-11T17:19:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![469927](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/919ad9/32.png) [@469927](https://forum.makecode.com/u/469927)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/animations-not-working/11685/1 "2022-01-11T17:19:31Z")

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Hi! So I’m making a platform game on Microsoft Makecode Arcade. I watched the videos to help me get an understanding. But for some reason when I make a fall animation when I land on the ground y sprite keeps switching between base position and the fall animation. Also when I tried to make my sprite have a walking animation it doesn’t work.

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Purp13](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/purp13/32/3765_2.png) [@Purp13](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Purp13)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 5:28pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/animations-not-working/11685/2 "2022-01-11T17:28:54Z")

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there is an extension for the character animations which makes this so much easier

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**Author:** ![Purp13](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/purp13/32/3765_2.png) [@Purp13](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Purp13)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 6:47pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/animations-not-working/11685/3 "2022-01-11T18:47:29Z")

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but if you are not use this and are just using the built in animation then you should use the volocity of x and y ex: when the volocity of x is positive then play the walking animation right and then vise versa.  
so when the y volocity is going down the falling animation will play

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**Author:** ![richard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/richard/32/5417_2.png) [@richard](https://forum.makecode.com/u/richard)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/animations-not-working/11685/4 "2022-01-11T18:51:06Z")

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@Purp13 is right, the character-animations extension is the way to go!

@469927 can you share a link to your code? Here’s a GIF showing how to do that:

![2022-01-11 10.49.58](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/2X/0/0ac06b4feb9e3db866e8b677436c59a9b1f515e3.gif)

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**Author:** ![469927](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/919ad9/32.png) [@469927](https://forum.makecode.com/u/469927)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 7:40pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/animations-not-working/11685/5 "2022-01-11T19:40:20Z")

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[https://makecode.com/\_hYjXA9hc6Vq8](https://makecode.com/_hYjXA9hc6Vq8)

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**Author:** ![469927](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/919ad9/32.png) [@469927](https://forum.makecode.com/u/469927)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 7:40pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/animations-not-working/11685/6 "2022-01-11T19:40:21Z")

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thanks

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**Author:** ![469927](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/919ad9/32.png) [@469927](https://forum.makecode.com/u/469927)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 4:30pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/animations-not-working/11685/7 "2022-01-12T16:30:20Z")

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[https://arcade.makecode.com/#editor](https://arcade.makecode.com/#editor)

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**Author:** ![469927](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/919ad9/32.png) [@469927](https://forum.makecode.com/u/469927)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 4:30pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/animations-not-working/11685/8 "2022-01-12T16:30:32Z")

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wait let me post the link again.