# ❓ Ask the MakeCode team anything! \[CLOSED\]
**URL:** https://forum.makecode.com/t/ask-the-makecode-team-anything-closed/9432
**Category:** Arcade
**Tags:** makecode-helpdesk
**Created:** [July 29, 2021, 9:40pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/ask-the-makecode-team-anything-closed/9432 "2021-07-29T21:40:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@livcheerful](https://forum.makecode.com/u/livcheerful)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2021, 9:40pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/ask-the-makecode-team-anything-closed/9432/1 "2021-07-29T21:40:47Z")
It’s time for – ANOTHER HELPDESK THREAD! Post your questions in the thread below and we’ll answer them! Any questions – like:
- 🎇 How do I make a certain game mechanic?
- 👾 What is @richard’s greatest gaming moment
- 💢 Why is this game glitching??!
- 🕵️♀️ Who is the fastest runner on the MakeCode team?
- 🐕 How does @jwunderl get inspiration for his corgi art?
- 👉 ??? **Your question here!**
We’ll answer as many as we can on stream next Friday (8/6) live at 1PM Pacific. You can also join and ask us live on Twitch!
The last help desk is here: [❓ [CLOSED] Ask the MakeCode team anything!](https://forum.makecode.com/t/closed-ask-the-makecode-team-anything/6935)
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### Author:  [@E-EnerG-Gamecentral](https://forum.makecode.com/u/E-EnerG-Gamecentral)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2021, 10:09pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/ask-the-makecode-team-anything-closed/9432/2 "2021-07-29T22:09:33Z")
@richard, as the creator of the exceedingly useful settings extension, will there be settings that save images, true/false, variables, and even tilemaps? 😃
@shakao will there be a tag for competitions in makecode and stuff like that? 😕
Also, will there be another minecraft live-stream? ☹
I hope so 🙂
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### Author:  [@livcheerful](https://forum.makecode.com/u/livcheerful)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2021, 10:10pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/ask-the-makecode-team-anything-closed/9432/3 "2021-07-29T22:10:42Z")
follow up question for you! what would you like to see us do in minecraft 👀
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### Author:  [@E-EnerG-Gamecentral](https://forum.makecode.com/u/E-EnerG-Gamecentral)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2021, 10:29pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/ask-the-makecode-team-anything-closed/9432/4 "2021-07-29T22:29:59Z")
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### Author:  [@UnsignedArduino](https://forum.makecode.com/u/UnsignedArduino)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2021, 10:31pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/ask-the-makecode-team-anything-closed/9432/5 "2021-07-29T22:31:17Z")
Next game jam? 😃
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### Author:  [@Agent\_14](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Agent_14)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2021, 5:52am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/ask-the-makecode-team-anything-closed/9432/6 "2021-07-30T05:52:24Z")
You do have java edition right? I made a mod for it! Would you mind testing it? (If you want)
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### Author:  [@UnsignedArduino](https://forum.makecode.com/u/UnsignedArduino)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2021, 5:53am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/ask-the-makecode-team-anything-closed/9432/7 "2021-07-30T05:53:38Z")
> [@E-EnerG-Gamecentral](#):
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> …images…
> [@How can I save an image with the settings extension?](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-can-i-save-an-image-with-the-settings-extension/4063):
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> I think the settings extension is very useful, but I can’t find how to save an image. I tried saving every pixel in an array, but it is complex and laggy. Is there a way to save images?
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> [@E-EnerG-Gamecentral](#):
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> …true/false…
You can just make two functions and represent the `true` and `false` as 1 and 0 respectively: (`bool` is short for `boolean` which is the type of variable where the values are only `true` and `false`)
Although I do wish I this was in the settings extension as well.
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> [@E-EnerG-Gamecentral](#):
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> variables
You mean variables of any type? (Not just limited to numbers, strings, number arrays) This would be harder to do in blocks cause you can’t pass custom types around as parameters to functions so you would have to get all the bits of data you need to replicate out of your object, then when loading it get all those data bits (which have to be numbers, strings, or number arrays themselves) and make a new object with them.
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> [@E-EnerG-Gamecentral](#):
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> tilemaps
This would be ~~painful~~ annoying but you could do something like this: (untested)
> **[Save Tilemap (untested)](https://arcade.makecode.com/46684-55335-93663-25463)**
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> Made with ❤️ in Microsoft MakeCode Arcade.
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### Author:  [@girlwhocode](https://forum.makecode.com/u/girlwhocode)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2021, 5:54am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/ask-the-makecode-team-anything-closed/9432/8 "2021-07-30T05:54:45Z")
Could it be possible to add custom colors in arcade or new colors? 🤔
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### Author:  [@Sarge](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Sarge)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2021, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/ask-the-makecode-team-anything-closed/9432/9 "2021-07-30T15:28:28Z")
@richard Are we ever getting text arrays in the settings extention?
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### Author:  [@E-EnerG-Gamecentral](https://forum.makecode.com/u/E-EnerG-Gamecentral)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2021, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/ask-the-makecode-team-anything-closed/9432/10 "2021-07-30T15:28:35Z")
Yes there is, I found a thread [here](https://forum.makecode.com/t/sprite-editor-color-view/3725/2) that takes care of the color pallete, but your game could break (so please save it)
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### Author:  [@LcAtonal](https://forum.makecode.com/u/LcAtonal)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2021, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/ask-the-makecode-team-anything-closed/9432/11 "2021-07-30T15:28:37Z")
What is the next game jam theme? Same as @UnsignedArduino
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### Author:  [@UnsignedArduino](https://forum.makecode.com/u/UnsignedArduino)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2021, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/ask-the-makecode-team-anything-closed/9432/12 "2021-07-30T16:11:38Z")
For MakeCode Arcade they use Minecraft education edition which is based on bedrock edition ☹
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### Author:  [@E-EnerG-Gamecentral](https://forum.makecode.com/u/E-EnerG-Gamecentral)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2021, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/ask-the-makecode-team-anything-closed/9432/13 "2021-07-30T16:11:47Z")
> [@Sarge](#):
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> @richard Are we ever getting text arrays in the settings extention?
Ok I like that idea
🙂
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### Author:  [@Agent\_14](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Agent_14)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2021, 4:49pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/ask-the-makecode-team-anything-closed/9432/14 "2021-07-30T16:49:01Z")
I know, but, if they have java…
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### Author:  [@omnisImperium](https://forum.makecode.com/u/omnisImperium)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2021, 5:41pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/ask-the-makecode-team-anything-closed/9432/15 "2021-07-30T17:41:46Z")
1. Will there be any support for embedding games without the cyan emulator border thing, so it is just the screen? Like when exporting to something like [itch.io](http://itch.io).
2. Are there any plans to add prizes to game jams?
3. How do you add new color palettes to Richard’s image convertor ([https://riknoll.github.io/pxt-arcade-asset-tool/](https://riknoll.github.io/pxt-arcade-asset-tool/))?
4. Is there any way I can import an mp3 music file, and play it inside makecode?
5. Is there any way to have a wall only cover certain sections of a tile? Like making a circular tile, and having the wall only cover the circle and leave the rest be?
6. Is there any way to check if the player uses a certain key, synced to the beat of some music. Like the rhythm shooter / boxing game I suggested way back when.
7. Where is the Horticulture game? Is it done? I thought it was something you would pull out every so often.
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### Author:  [@Local\_momo](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Local_momo)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2021, 11:53pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/ask-the-makecode-team-anything-closed/9432/16 "2021-07-30T23:53:00Z")
that little light thing you used in the mouse hamilton, can you put it on tiles?
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### Author:  [@omnisImperium](https://forum.makecode.com/u/omnisImperium)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2021, 7:07am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/ask-the-makecode-team-anything-closed/9432/17 "2021-08-02T07:07:56Z")
There was a hamilton game? or do you mean Hamlet? If you mean hamlet, then I don’t think you can put it on tiles, unless you make a sprite for each tile and add that effect to the sprite.
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### Author:  [@ThomasS](https://forum.makecode.com/u/ThomasS)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2021, 7:09am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/ask-the-makecode-team-anything-closed/9432/18 "2021-08-02T07:09:29Z")
1. Do you have to approve your own forum posts?
2. What’s your favorite game-making platform other than makecode?
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### Author:  [@GameGod](https://forum.makecode.com/u/GameGod)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2021, 7:14am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/ask-the-makecode-team-anything-closed/9432/19 "2021-08-02T07:14:13Z")
> [@omnisImperium](#):
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> Is there any way to have a wall only cover certain sections of a tile? Like making a circular tile, and having the wall only cover the circle and leave the rest be?
You can use the small tilemaps extension (used for 8x8 tilemaps) ( [riknoll/small-tilemaps](https://github.com/riknoll/small-tilemaps))
or you can use the smaller time maps extension. It works for 4x4, 2x2, and 1x1. I do not recommend using it for 1x1. It gets laggy. (also, I don’t really understand how to use it. I personally think the next option is better) ( [4x4 tilemap extension](https://github.com/riknoll/smaller-tilemaps))
or you can use my 1x1 tilemap. Beware: I made this for a 1x1 tilemap landscape and it has what is called “auto-jump”, where you automatically climb hills with a 1x1 pixel slope. This project is made in blocks so it isn’t complicated. Here is the project:
> **[Test](https://arcade.makecode.com/64543-09138-43454-70035)**
>
> Made with ❤️ in Microsoft MakeCode Arcade.
(If you want to use my 1x1 tilemap, then you will probably want to know how it works and how to use it. Just ask if you have any questions. Otherwise, I hope this post helps!)
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### Author:  [@Agent\_14](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Agent_14)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2021, 7:14am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/ask-the-makecode-team-anything-closed/9432/20 "2021-08-02T07:14:57Z")
Create a sprite on that tile, and add the light to that sprite
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