# CODER KING 5: End of an era
**URL:** https://forum.makecode.com/t/coder-king-5-end-of-an-era/37293
**Category:** Arcade
**Created:** [June 12, 2025, 6:24pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/coder-king-5-end-of-an-era/37293 "2025-06-12T18:24:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 24
### Author:  [@TheEarth](https://forum.makecode.com/u/TheEarth)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2025, 10:18pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/coder-king-5-end-of-an-era/37293/462 "2025-12-05T22:18:35Z")
uh oh
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### Author:  [@Taser](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Taser)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2025, 12:37am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/coder-king-5-end-of-an-era/37293/463 "2025-12-16T00:37:56Z")
@CodePerson @Phoen1x
Ok HOLY, I actually forgot about this topic for a while now, hoo boy. Sorry about that, I kinda got carried away with all the schoolwork and college applications to the point where I couldn’t visit the forums much often, let alone create new posts on these existing topics. Clearly, there has to be a few things that I need to clear up, considering how we’re near the deadline now.
As an apology for all the recent inactivity, I am willing to hand out a **REALLY LONG EXTENSION** to make up for all the absences and lack of proper progress checks. Of course, it really does depend on what progress you have so far. Chances are the extension will last for up **till 1 month from now**
_Poll ([view on site](https://forum.makecode.com/t/coder-king-5-end-of-an-era/37293/463))_
I’ll close the poll by this weekend if possible and make my decision by then. Again, I am very sorry for the inactivity I showed, despite being fairly engaged in hosting the finale of the CK series prior to starting the grand finale. I’ll make much larger attempts to be a better host in the future.
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### Author:  [@CodePerson](https://forum.makecode.com/u/CodePerson)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2025, 5:22am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/coder-king-5-end-of-an-era/37293/464 "2025-12-16T05:22:47Z")
Thank you so much, taser! I have a bunch of assignments to do especially with winter exhibition and i have to write some paper for exploravision and now i finally have a chance work on my game over break
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### Author:  [@RoboVacDev](https://forum.makecode.com/u/RoboVacDev)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2025, 9:27pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/coder-king-5-end-of-an-era/37293/465 "2025-12-16T21:27:14Z")
Do i submit here?
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### Author:  [@RoboVacDev](https://forum.makecode.com/u/RoboVacDev)
#### Post date: [December 16, 2025, 9:27pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/coder-king-5-end-of-an-era/37293/466 "2025-12-16T21:27:18Z")
Wait, then when does this end?
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### Author:  [@Taser](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Taser)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2025, 3:31am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/coder-king-5-end-of-an-era/37293/467 "2025-12-17T03:31:47Z")
> [@RoboVacDev](#):
>
> Do i submit here?
Answer:
erm. just what are you talking about, we’re in the finale stage of this competition series, and so far there are only 2 contestants left in the entire competition. You never submitted anything in the qualifiers round @RoboVacDev , so I’m pretty sure that you shouldn’t be asking this question in my topic like this.
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> [@RoboVacDev](#):
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> Wait, then when does this end?
Answer:
The CK5 Grand Finale was initially supposed to end at the end of **12/15/2025 EST;** however, I’m significantly considering extending the deadline by **1 month from now** , considering the massive lack of inactivity on my end for like the past month or so
> [@Taser](#):
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> 👑 Now, for the past 4 CK finales, I ended up giving contestants a ton of time to make their games, and there should be zero difference on this point. Thus, I shall give y’all all the way till **12/15/2025 11:59 PM EST** (almost Christmas time, yay )
(source ⬆)
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### Author:  [@RoboVacDev](https://forum.makecode.com/u/RoboVacDev)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2025, 10:53pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/coder-king-5-end-of-an-era/37293/468 "2025-12-17T22:53:48Z")
Oh ok, just asking, because I think I joined this forums after the qualifier rounds. So I guess no participation…
And let’s be honest, I never knew anything about CK so yeah. Thanks for awnsering though.
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### Author:  [@Taser](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Taser)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2025, 6:13pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/coder-king-5-end-of-an-era/37293/469 "2025-12-21T18:13:07Z")
@CodePerson @Phoen1x
Ok, so based on the (now-closed) poll results here (Context: [CODER KING 5: End of an era - #463 by Taser](https://forum.makecode.com/t/coder-king-5-end-of-an-era/37293/463) ), I guess it is official
**EXTENSION GRANTED TILL THE END OF 01/23/2026 EST** (a new year ⭐)
Hopefully, the one-month timeframe between the time this post gets approved and the new extended deadline (01/23/2026 EST) will be enough time for your submissions to be completed in a (your POV) satisfactory state
Alright, with that being said, you may all continue coding. Good luck!
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### Author:  [@randomuser](https://forum.makecode.com/u/randomuser)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2025, 12:13am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/coder-king-5-end-of-an-era/37293/470 "2025-12-22T00:13:42Z")
Maybe you should ask for a demo of their current progress, to ensure at least SOME progress has been made?
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### Author:  [@CodePerson](https://forum.makecode.com/u/CodePerson)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2025, 2:03am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/coder-king-5-end-of-an-era/37293/471 "2025-12-22T02:03:19Z")
I have this basic auto aiming thing but that’s it…
> **[demo](https://arcade.makecode.com/S01815-59680-64350-95682)**
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> Made with ❤️ in Microsoft MakeCode Arcade.
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### Author:  [@Phoen1x](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Phoen1x)
#### Post date: [December 24, 2025, 5:41pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/coder-king-5-end-of-an-era/37293/472 "2025-12-24T17:41:38Z")
> **[Requite - Demo (2025-12-23)](https://arcade.makecode.com/S61596-21760-16367-82549)**
>
> Made with ❤️ in Microsoft MakeCode Arcade.
> **Controls**
>
> [A] to select / shoot
> [Arrow keys] to move
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### Author:  [@Luke](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Luke)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2025, 3:07am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/coder-king-5-end-of-an-era/37293/473 "2025-12-25T03:07:00Z")
thanks for using my palette!
\*pls credit me tho 😅
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### Author:  [@Phoen1x](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Phoen1x)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/coder-king-5-end-of-an-era/37293/474 "2025-12-25T15:50:54Z")
Dang, I forgot. Palette is Black Hole 14 by Luke ofc.
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### Author:  [@Taser](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Taser)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2026, 9:28pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/coder-king-5-end-of-an-era/37293/475 "2026-01-01T21:28:10Z")
@Phoen1x @CodePerson
**HAPPY NEW YEAR 🍻** (beer)
It is officially 2026, and there are lots of possibilities to explore! This also marks the final year of this entire CK series, but I’ll go all over that in-depth on a later date. Maybe after the deadline passes.
Speaking of which…
Ok, so over 1 week has passed since the last progress stuff was seen, and there are roughly 22 more days to go before the clock strikes deadline again. So, here we have a poll to estimate progress, again for the 32094875048th time.
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_Poll ([view on site](https://forum.makecode.com/t/coder-king-5-end-of-an-era/37293/475))_
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Welp. Erm. Couldn’t think of a good way to end this post so happy new year and uhh… bai
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### Author:  [@CodePerson](https://forum.makecode.com/u/CodePerson)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2026, 6:12pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/coder-king-5-end-of-an-era/37293/476 "2026-01-05T18:12:38Z")
I might scrap my idea.
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### Author:  [@Phoen1x](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Phoen1x)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2026, 10:04pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/coder-king-5-end-of-an-era/37293/477 "2026-01-11T22:04:30Z")
I just fixed a bug that I’ve been working on for 3 days, and I’ll just say this:
> _“It wasn’t about making the enemies shoot when they were supposed to; it was about making the game not crash when it was supposed to.”_
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### Author:  [@CodePerson](https://forum.makecode.com/u/CodePerson)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2026, 6:18pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/coder-king-5-end-of-an-era/37293/478 "2026-01-12T18:18:56Z")
sneek peek
(very early work in progress)
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### Author:  [@BlakeGoldFnFHL](https://forum.makecode.com/u/BlakeGoldFnFHL)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2026, 6:20pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/coder-king-5-end-of-an-era/37293/479 "2026-01-12T18:20:46Z")
Hehehe! That’s True.
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### Author:  [@BlakeGoldFnFHL](https://forum.makecode.com/u/BlakeGoldFnFHL)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2026, 6:21pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/coder-king-5-end-of-an-era/37293/480 "2026-01-13T18:21:18Z")
What in Transformers: Rescue Bots is that?
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### Author:  [@Taser](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Taser)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2026, 10:54pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/coder-king-5-end-of-an-era/37293/481 "2026-01-16T22:54:08Z")
@CodePerson @Phoen1x
_“Clean code is not written by following a set of rules. You don’t become a software craftsman by learning a list of heuristics. Professionalism and craftsmanship come from values that drive disciplines.” - Robin C. Martin_
Alright, just over 2 weeks have passed since the last progress check I sent on this topic. With today being 1/16/2026 EST as I am typing this post, you now officially have ⌚ **1 WEEK REMAINING** before the time has come for you to submit your final games and end CK5 on a bang.
In this case, I kind of figured that I should make a different kind of poll, considering how some parts of game development might take longer than others (if there is something else that wasn’t listed in the poll, make a reply to this topic about it).
_Poll ([view on site](https://forum.makecode.com/t/coder-king-5-end-of-an-era/37293/481))_
_(The poll should allow you to select up to 4 different options; hopefully, it works.)_
I’ll send the next progress check 4 days from now. Welp. Carry on then, coders, and tell me if the poll works properly or not.
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