# Arcade August Update!

**URL:** https://forum.makecode.com/t/arcade-august-update/45658
**Category:** Arcade
**Created:** [August 31, 2026, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/arcade-august-update/45658 "2026-08-31T17:15:26Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author: ![jacqueline.russell](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/jacqueline.russell/32/173_2.png) [@jacqueline.russell](https://forum.makecode.com/u/jacqueline.russell)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2026, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/arcade-august-update/45658/1 "2026-08-31T17:15:27Z")

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

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### Author: ![jacqueline.russell](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/jacqueline.russell/32/173_2.png) [@jacqueline.russell](https://forum.makecode.com/u/jacqueline.russell)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2026, 5:16pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/arcade-august-update/45658/2 "2026-08-31T17:16:20Z")

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### Author: ![redSprite](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/redsprite/32/34262_2.png) [@redSprite](https://forum.makecode.com/u/redSprite)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2026, 6:12pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/arcade-august-update/45658/3 "2026-08-31T18:12:48Z")

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Such a great update man

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### Author: ![WoofWoof](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/woofwoof/32/32523_2.png) [@WoofWoof](https://forum.makecode.com/u/WoofWoof)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2026, 8:05pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/arcade-august-update/45658/4 "2026-08-31T20:05:23Z")

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PIANO ROLL PIANO ROLL PIANO ROLL WITH

## VOLUME CONTROL OMG!!!

> **[piano roll editor test](https://arcade.makecode.com/S57897-24514-30141-67727)**
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> Echoey

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### Author: ![RobbyZero](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/robbyzero/32/17188_2.png) [@RobbyZero](https://forum.makecode.com/u/RobbyZero)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2026, 8:06pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/arcade-august-update/45658/5 "2026-08-31T20:06:37Z")

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YAY!!!  
I’m so glad I continue my work on [this](https://forum.makecode.com/t/creating-a-gallery-in-the-music-editor/45037) project!

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### Author: ![Sword\_Studios](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/sword_studios/32/35216_2.png) [@Sword\_Studios](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Sword_Studios)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2026, 8:06pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/arcade-august-update/45658/6 "2026-08-31T20:06:41Z")

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

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### Author: ![Rune](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/rune/32/18951_2.png) [@Rune](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Rune)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2026, 10:02pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/arcade-august-update/45658/7 "2026-08-31T22:02:36Z")

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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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### Author: ![Player\_246](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/player_246/32/31875_2.png) [@Player\_246](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Player_246)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2026, 11:43pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/arcade-august-update/45658/8 "2026-09-01T23:43:31Z")

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noooo don’t replace the OG dog and car

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### Author: ![AlexK](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/alexk/32/33339_2.png) [@AlexK](https://forum.makecode.com/u/AlexK)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2026, 2:10am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/arcade-august-update/45658/9 "2026-09-02T02:10:49Z")

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The existing tools aren’t going anywhere.

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### Author: ![WoofWoof](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/woofwoof/32/32523_2.png) [@WoofWoof](https://forum.makecode.com/u/WoofWoof)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2026, 2:32am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/arcade-august-update/45658/10 "2026-09-02T02:32:04Z")

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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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### Author: ![ScriptScraper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/scriptscraper/32/35438_2.png) [@ScriptScraper](https://forum.makecode.com/u/ScriptScraper)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2026, 2:44am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/arcade-august-update/45658/11 "2026-09-02T02:44:01Z")

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

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### Author: ![WoofWoof](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/woofwoof/32/32523_2.png) [@WoofWoof](https://forum.makecode.com/u/WoofWoof)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2026, 4:39am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/arcade-august-update/45658/12 "2026-09-02T04:39:54Z")

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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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### Author: ![swirlix](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/swirlix/32/34857_2.png) [@swirlix](https://forum.makecode.com/u/swirlix)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2026, 4:39am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/arcade-august-update/45658/13 "2026-09-02T04:39:59Z")

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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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### Author: ![MarkyMarkus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/markymarkus/32/34644_2.png) [@MarkyMarkus](https://forum.makecode.com/u/MarkyMarkus)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2026, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/arcade-august-update/45658/14 "2026-09-02T18:49:59Z")

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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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### Author: ![Longlinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/longlinh/32/6525_2.png) [@Longlinh](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Longlinh)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2026, 9:43pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/arcade-august-update/45658/15 "2026-09-02T21:43:49Z")

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I love how you used velocity to make it fade out

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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: [September 3, 2026, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/arcade-august-update/45658/16 "2026-09-03T17:13:05Z")

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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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### 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: [September 3, 2026, 5:33pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/arcade-august-update/45658/17 "2026-09-03T17:33:12Z")

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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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### Author: ![ChimbroDaPro](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/chimbrodapro/32/15852_2.png) [@ChimbroDaPro](https://forum.makecode.com/u/ChimbroDaPro)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2026, 5:52pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/arcade-august-update/45658/18 "2026-09-03T17:52:40Z")

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

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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: [September 3, 2026, 5:53pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/arcade-august-update/45658/19 "2026-09-03T17:53:10Z")

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yup! extension available now

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### Author: ![MarkyMarkus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/markymarkus/32/34644_2.png) [@MarkyMarkus](https://forum.makecode.com/u/MarkyMarkus)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2026, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/arcade-august-update/45658/20 "2026-09-03T17:58:17Z")

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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](https://arcade.makecode.com/S43577-86139-80527-84671)

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

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