# \[Announcement\] MakeCode help desk! **URL:** \ **Category:** Live\ **Created:** [January 19, 2023, 9:16pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-help-desk/17507 "2023-01-19T21:16:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**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 19, 2023, 9:16pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-help-desk/17507/1 "2023-01-19T21:16:08Z")
Hey folks! Do you have any projects that you’re stuck on? Or maybe you have some questions you want to ask the MakeCode team? Well get ready because next **Thursday** (January 26th) we’re going to be bringing back the MakeCode Help Desk segment of our livestream! This is a chance for you to bring us your questions and the MakeCode developer team will do our best to answer them. Can’t make it live? Well, you can also post any question you want answered as a reply to this thread and I will post a link to the recording afterwards. - **What:** MakeCode Help Desk Livestream - **When:** Thursday, January 26th at 1:00 PM PT - **Where:** [https://www.twitch.tv/msmakecode](https://www.twitch.tv/msmakecode) ---
**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 19, 2023, 9:16pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-help-desk/17507/2 "2023-01-19T21:16:45Z")
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**Author:** ![personalnote](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/personalnote/32/31359_2.png) [@personalnote](https://forum.makecode.com/u/personalnote)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2023, 11:26pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-help-desk/17507/3 "2023-01-19T23:26:30Z")
Are there any code-efficient ways to create an 8-directional system like in Super Metroid? All the methods I worked with ended up having a huge toll on the editor. ---
**Author:** ![danger\_kitty](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/danger_kitty/32/32006_2.png) [@danger\_kitty](https://forum.makecode.com/u/danger_kitty)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2023, 7:06pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-help-desk/17507/5 "2023-01-20T19:06:57Z")
How to stop lag ---
**Author:** ![Blobbey](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/blobbey/32/20831_2.png) [@Blobbey](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Blobbey)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2023, 7:07pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-help-desk/17507/6 "2023-01-20T19:07:15Z")
Will there be another big Game Jam and if so, will there be one soon? ---
**Author:** ![UnsignedArduino](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/unsignedarduino/32/592_2.png) [@UnsignedArduino](https://forum.makecode.com/u/UnsignedArduino)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2023, 9:56pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-help-desk/17507/7 "2023-01-20T21:56:24Z")
I feel like I’ve asked this before…but: Tilemaps with layers? You can selectively hide and show layers, and then have overlap events when you overlap a tile on a certain layer. ---
**Author:** ![AbstractDesigner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/abstractdesigner/32/22531_2.png) [@AbstractDesigner](https://forum.makecode.com/u/AbstractDesigner)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2023, 11:12pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/announcement-makecode-help-desk/17507/8 "2023-01-20T23:12:08Z")
How do you create slabs, ceilings, or floors in Raycasting?