# How to create structures efficiently **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Tags:** game\ **Created:** [March 14, 2026, 11:06pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-create-structures-efficiently/42700 "2026-03-14T23:06:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CodingGrizzlyBear](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/codinggrizzlybear/32/14838_2.png) [@CodingGrizzlyBear](https://forum.makecode.com/u/CodingGrizzlyBear)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2026, 11:06pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-create-structures-efficiently/42700/1 "2026-03-14T23:06:20Z")
Is there an easier way to auto-place structures made of blocks without painstakingly using [set (tile) at (column (0) row (0) )] for every block? For example, how could I overlay a tilemap (tilemap of temple) on top of another tilemap (the chunk) The game I want help on is below (The terrain is randomly generated) > [@Bitsurvival Devlog](https://forum.makecode.com/t/bitsurvival-devlog/42689/3): > > New Version Adds a bunch of rare animals and introduces rabbits There is also now a starter menu and mining sounds I changed the player to steve () Also the knockback is x3 stronger play_button Rare Animals ---
**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:** [March 15, 2026, 1:25am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-create-structures-efficiently/42700/2 "2026-03-15T01:25:41Z")
I bet you could make something to do this. You make mini tilemaps and then when you want to “apply” them to the world you have a simple loop like ```auto For Y from 0 to (mini tilemap height) { For X from 0 to (mini tilemap width) { If (mini tilemap get tile at (location X Y) =/= (empty tile)) { (World Tilemap) set block at (location world location + X, world location + Y) to (mini Tilemap get tile at (X, Y)) }}} ``` ---
**Author:** ![BitBot](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/bitbot/32/33272_2.png) [@BitBot](https://forum.makecode.com/u/BitBot)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2026, 1:25am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-create-structures-efficiently/42700/3 "2026-03-15T01:25:53Z")
You could do something like this: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/3X/5/5/55bbb43cad7becc5f4501003b56db91971a93452.png) ---
**Author:** ![TheEarth](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/theearth/32/34579_2.png) [@TheEarth](https://forum.makecode.com/u/TheEarth)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2026, 1:28am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-create-structures-efficiently/42700/4 "2026-03-15T01:28:46Z")
> [@How to put a tilemap in a tilemap](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-put-a-tilemap-in-a-tilemap/42040/5): > > The color-coded tilemaps extension works great for this, as you can just draw the house image onto map the world image with 1 block. Otherwise you would need nested for each loops to run through a tilemaps one by one and place each tile on a position on the main map. `@Rune` 's help on my topic ---
**Author:** ![BLADEr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/blader/32/16422_2.png) [@BLADEr](https://forum.makecode.com/u/BLADEr)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2026, 9:08pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-create-structures-efficiently/42700/5 "2026-03-15T21:08:24Z")
This as a custom extension would be pretty cool. I’m sure what you could do is run a loop to put all the tiles into an array and then loop it back into the tilemap you want to draw on, like `@BitBot` and `@WoofWoof` said. ---
**Author:** ![Luke](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/luke/32/32519_2.png) [@Luke](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Luke)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2026, 9:16pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-create-structures-efficiently/42700/6 "2026-03-15T21:16:06Z")
Richard’s [[Extension] arcade-tile-scanner](https://forum.makecode.com/t/extension-arcade-tile-scanner/41883) extension might be helpful ---
**Author:** ![CodingGrizzlyBear](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/codinggrizzlybear/32/14838_2.png) [@CodingGrizzlyBear](https://forum.makecode.com/u/CodingGrizzlyBear)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2026, 1:28am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-create-structures-efficiently/42700/7 "2026-03-17T01:28:20Z")
Hm… I’ll try that. Thanks a lot for the help!! ---
**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:** [March 19, 2026, 5:59pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-create-structures-efficiently/42700/8 "2026-03-19T17:59:54Z")
@CodingGrizzlyBear the tile util extension makes this super easy! here’s some example code for ya: > **[tilemap-composite-example](https://arcade.makecode.com/33032-84129-28974-65945)** > > an example of how to place a tilemap onto another tilemap note that this function passes the tilemap in an array because we don’t have tilemaps as a supported function argument type. i would definitely not use the color coded tilemap extension, because that extension is really just for backwards compatibility with a very old version of arcade. ---
**Author:** ![CodingGrizzlyBear](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/codinggrizzlybear/32/14838_2.png) [@CodingGrizzlyBear](https://forum.makecode.com/u/CodingGrizzlyBear)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2026, 5:04pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-create-structures-efficiently/42700/9 "2026-03-20T17:04:19Z")
I still don’t really get how to use it… ---
**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:** [March 23, 2026, 5:03pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-create-structures-efficiently/42700/10 "2026-03-23T17:03:33Z")
can you give me more info, what part are you confused about? basically, you just need to call the `stampTilemapAtLocation` function to draw a tilemap on top of the current tilemap. the first argument to that function will be the location of the top-left tile where the tilemap will be drawn, and the second argument is the tilemap you want drawn. in my example, i drew a bunch of houses all over the place. try messing with the location parameter and see how the game changes, that might make it more obvious how things are working ---
**Author:** ![CodingGrizzlyBear](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/codinggrizzlybear/32/14838_2.png) [@CodingGrizzlyBear](https://forum.makecode.com/u/CodingGrizzlyBear)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2026, 3:19am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-create-structures-efficiently/42700/11 "2026-03-24T03:19:30Z")
I looked at the code and now I get it. I also made an extension to make it easier, The Tilestamp Extension > **[Tile Stamping Extension](https://arcade.makecode.com/S36569-30930-91337-67152)** > > Made with ❤️ in Microsoft MakeCode Arcade. ---
**Author:** ![JakaBasej01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce73a5/32.png) [@JakaBasej01](https://forum.makecode.com/u/JakaBasej01)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2026, 9:02pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-create-structures-efficiently/42700/12 "2026-03-25T21:02:22Z")
> [@CodingGrizzlyBear](#): > > Is there an easier way to auto-place structures made of blocks without painstakingly using [set (tile) at (column (0) row (0) )] for every block? Using nested loops to iterate through a set of coordinates or a 2D array is definitely the way to go here. It keeps your code much cleaner than manual placement, especially when working with procedurally generated terrain.