# How to add text to game

**URL:** <https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-add-text-to-game/32976>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [January 5, 2025, 8:39pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-add-text-to-game/32976 "2025-01-05T20:39:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![jack8990](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@jack8990](https://forum.makecode.com/u/jack8990)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2025, 8:39pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-add-text-to-game/32976/1 "2025-01-05T20:39:45Z")

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I have a neat little game that I wanted to add a score for, but I couldn’t figure out how to add the text of the score in the corner. I already tried to use extensions like arcade text, but I couldn’t figure out how and it kept throwing errors. How can I add text to my project without much hassle and errors? project linked below.

> **[Wood Chopper](https://arcade.makecode.com/S39341-35998-58725-27917)**
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> Made with ❤️ in Microsoft MakeCode Arcade.

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**Author:** ![Mr\_Duck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/mr_duck/32/13442_2.png) [@Mr\_Duck](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Mr_Duck)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2025, 11:00pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-add-text-to-game/32976/2 "2025-01-05T23:00:13Z")

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Hello @jack8990, what you’re ganna want to do is addthe extention called “arcade-text”

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/3X/5/5/55cb58f6763e9a3e3fe6612ab0c916880927ffc1.png)  
an then do this  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/3X/3/a/3ab9b57749a601ed37be2c730b0a80c861162705.png)  
tell me if you need any further assistance! good luck with you’re game!

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**Author:** ![jack8990](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@jack8990](https://forum.makecode.com/u/jack8990)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2025, 4:19am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-add-text-to-game/32976/3 "2025-01-06T04:19:41Z")

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Thank you @Mr_Duck for all the help these last two forums posts! Have an awesome week, and here’s to many more.

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**Author:** ![NeverStopTheCoder](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/neverstopthecoder/32/21194_2.png) [@NeverStopTheCoder](https://forum.makecode.com/u/NeverStopTheCoder)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2026, 5:40pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-add-text-to-game/32976/4 "2026-01-09T17:40:27Z")

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and there is a default command for text called scene.createRenderable and it can look like this

scene.createRenderable(10,function(target,camera) {

target.print(“Text”,x,y,1)

})

the “Text” is what ever text you want

the x is what ever x position you want

the y is what ever y position you want

and the 1 is what ever color you want

and the 10 up there is the z depth