Arcade August Update!

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:tada: Surprise! We have a late summer :sun_with_face: update to MakeCode Arcade that swtiches the default theme, supports Accessible Blocks, and includes some fun new songs! :musical_notes:
Check out the full release notes here: https://makecode.com/blog/arcade/update-aug-2026

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Chatting Area! Have fun!
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Such a great update man

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PIANO ROLL PIANO ROLL PIANO ROLL WITH

VOLUME CONTROL OMG!!!

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YAY!!!
I’m so glad I continue my work on this project!

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YAYYY!!! THIS IS SUCH AN AWESOME UPDATE!!! (sentc)

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The piano roll is so much better than what we had before. Can’t wait to make some great songs with it.

Note: If it is to replace the old music editor, you may want to change the names of the instruments. Dog and car do not make much sense as just text.

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noooo don’t replace the OG dog and car

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The existing tools aren’t going anywhere.

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@jwunderl @richard piano roll is kinda broken in JavaScript. I’ll do more testing but just letting you know now.

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“kinda”, as in completely dysfunctional and can freeze the editor if you switch back to blocks :sweat_smile:

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Yeah, pretty much. Ik they should play just fine if I make them in a blocks project and switch, but quite annoying that I can’t edit them in JavaScript land.

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It’s not a bug, they want the people who say that they use Java to not cheat

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Hey! so… idk how to post an issue to GitHub so… can someone do it for me? (If the makecode forums teams read this then PLEASE can you fix the bug, it is bacically a cheat code in my (in testing) game)

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I love how you used velocity to make it fade out

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@WoofWoof @ScriptScraper can you give me an example project and steps to reproduce that bug? true that the piano roll isn’t currently accessible in javascript, i’ll make sure that makes it into the hotfix release this week

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@MarkyMarkus what’s the bug? please give me a description, a sample project, and steps to make the bug happen.

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Did I just hear piano roll? Is this canonical and not in my dreams?

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yup! extension available now

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It may sound strange but… in my space invaders game, when I started the game up, when I shot a projectile at the barrier sprite then the overlap with the projectile & the barrier did not work.

ex:https://arcade.makecode.com/S43577-86139-80527-84671

PS: this is my arcade version, is it up to date?

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arcade version: 4.1.17

Microsoft MakeCode version: 13.1.16

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