# FLOCKED & LOADED - Devlog **URL:** \ **Category:** Game Design\ **Tags:** game, graphics-and-math, demo, art\ **Created:** [October 21, 2026, 11:50pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/flocked-loaded-devlog/46574 "2026-10-21T23:50:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RoyalCoding\_boys](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/royalcoding_boys/32/31701_2.png) [@RoyalCoding\_boys](https://forum.makecode.com/u/RoyalCoding_boys)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/flocked-loaded-devlog/46574/21 "2026-10-26T17:02:33Z")
Do you need help with anything? Also, you should be able to hijack cars and shoot. ---
**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:** [October 26, 2026, 5:05pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/flocked-loaded-devlog/46574/22 "2026-10-26T17:05:45Z")
Oh my goodness! Those trees look genuinely insane!!! ---
**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:** [October 26, 2026, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/flocked-loaded-devlog/46574/23 "2026-10-26T17:47:44Z")
This looks super good, but the swaying trees seem to significantly dip the framerate ---
**Author:** ![Seal\_dev](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/seal_dev/32/36520_2.png) [@Seal\_dev](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Seal_dev)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 5:56pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/flocked-loaded-devlog/46574/24 "2026-10-26T17:56:40Z")
You should make a day and night cycle that also affects the shadows. ---
**Author:** ![OriginalUsername](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/originalusername/32/33031_2.png) [@OriginalUsername](https://forum.makecode.com/u/OriginalUsername)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 5:56pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/flocked-loaded-devlog/46574/25 "2026-10-26T17:56:44Z")
uhmmmmmm.. shhhhh, you’re just imagining things. (Gotta fix that though, thanks for pointing it out.) ---
**Author:** ![OriginalUsername](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/originalusername/32/33031_2.png) [@OriginalUsername](https://forum.makecode.com/u/OriginalUsername)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/flocked-loaded-devlog/46574/26 "2026-10-26T18:00:12Z")
Erm actually….. I used rendered images so the swaying trees wouldn’t impact the FPS, but the shadows…. Oh the shadows. They’re cause performance to take a hit, even when updating them only once every 200 ms. @richard, if you happen to have any advice on how to improve the frame rate, it would be greatly appreciated! ---
**Author:** ![OriginalUsername](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/originalusername/32/33031_2.png) [@OriginalUsername](https://forum.makecode.com/u/OriginalUsername)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/flocked-loaded-devlog/46574/27 "2026-10-26T18:00:20Z")
Aw, tysm! It really makes my day to get compliments and feedback. ---
**Author:** ![OriginalUsername](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/originalusername/32/33031_2.png) [@OriginalUsername](https://forum.makecode.com/u/OriginalUsername)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/flocked-loaded-devlog/46574/28 "2026-10-26T18:00:23Z")
That’s the plan, I just gotta rework how cars are coded, right now they’re just rendered images….. _sigh_ this’ll be hard. Although…. Do you happen to know how to make music? ---
**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:** [October 26, 2026, 6:45pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/flocked-loaded-devlog/46574/29 "2026-10-26T18:45:39Z")
rotating big images is expensive, and you’re rotating a lot of big images. try caching the results, like this: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/3X/5/f/5f71b279f68ce7d596dd0bb8a8ffe8f9b452a03a.png) here’s the code with my changes: > **[Flocked & Loaded - V 0.6 (richard's change)](https://arcade.makecode.com/34372-51755-57287-91607)** > > added a rotateWithCache function to cache rotations ---
**Author:** ![OriginalUsername](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/originalusername/32/33031_2.png) [@OriginalUsername](https://forum.makecode.com/u/OriginalUsername)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2026, 9:57pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/flocked-loaded-devlog/46574/30 "2026-10-26T21:57:44Z")
this is such a help! thank you so much! ---
**Author:** ![OriginalUsername](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/originalusername/32/33031_2.png) [@OriginalUsername](https://forum.makecode.com/u/OriginalUsername)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2026, 4:14am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/flocked-loaded-devlog/46574/31 "2026-10-27T04:14:24Z")
so uh, I switched all the sprite data blocks to the improved sprite data blocks, and it seems I lost all the fps. it’s back down to 30 :( Really sorry to be bugging you about this, and asking for your help, but… could you look into it? please? > **[Flocked & Loaded - V 0.7](https://arcade.makecode.com/S81412-07860-54957-16976)** > > um. its screwed up :( ---
**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:** [October 27, 2026, 8:25pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/flocked-loaded-devlog/46574/32 "2026-10-27T20:25:27Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/3X/0/7/078765377a6286b4d31939b70b53e8587ad5b853.png) this should be `cachelength - 1` not `0 - cachelength` ---
**Author:** ![RoyalCoding\_boys](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/royalcoding_boys/32/31701_2.png) [@RoyalCoding\_boys](https://forum.makecode.com/u/RoyalCoding_boys)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2026, 8:29pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/flocked-loaded-devlog/46574/33 "2026-10-27T20:29:34Z")
Okay… this is difficult. Probably make the cars face correct directions… and uh… like maybe make sprites a little less heavy [Previous page](https://forum.makecode.com/t/flocked-loaded-devlog/46574.md?page=1)