# How to make a projectile shoot in the direction your facing **URL:** \ **Category:** Help\ **Tags:** game\ **Created:** [June 27, 2024, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-make-a-projectile-shoot-in-the-direction-your-facing/29488 "2024-06-27T18:49:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ChrispyBac0n](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b487fb/32.png) [@ChrispyBac0n](https://forum.makecode.com/u/ChrispyBac0n)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2024, 6:49pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-make-a-projectile-shoot-in-the-direction-your-facing/29488/1 "2024-06-27T18:49:58Z")
i want to design a shooting game but my arrows only go in one direction, how do i fix that to where a arrow will travel in the direction that i’m facing > **[Contributing to Society 1.1](https://arcade.makecode.com/S30266-53651-23913-37023)** > > Made with ❤️ in Microsoft MakeCode Arcade. ---
**Author:** ![anon30657772](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@anon30657772](https://forum.makecode.com/u/anon30657772)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2024, 3:33pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-make-a-projectile-shoot-in-the-direction-your-facing/29488/2 "2024-06-28T15:33:45Z")
There are _many_ ways of doing so. 📜 Since you’re using the “**[Arcade Character Animation](https://arcade.makecode.com/pkg/microsoft/arcade-character-animations)**” extension, we can use that as a way to determine _which_ direction the player is facing and apply it to its projectile: ![Projectile facing code](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/3X/0/9/0990f9e111c6c0e7c951dea76f4dd69b4503c726.png) There might be a better way of doing it but this is what I can think of for the moment. > **By the way, I thought I'd warn that you have a bug with your overlap between the projectile and the enemy ...** > > > You’re using “mySprite” as the variable to destroy. When using an overlap block, you _almost_ **always** want to use the arguments aka the “sprite” and “othersprite” variables. > > In this case, you want to use “_othersprite_” instead of “_mySprite_”. That way, the code works on all enemies not just the enemy called “mySprite”. > > > > - Your code should go from _this_: > > ![Old overlap code](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/3X/b/2/b2222e4320742c19ccccb8a635e134b49437f89a.png) > > - To **this** : > > ![New overlap code](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/3X/3/6/36636eb4d56ecfcab5a556d003b588a48aa23236.png) _For reference, [**here**](https://arcade.makecode.com/S42027-76006-81598-84238)’s the game with the new edits._ Hope this helps 🙏 **Happy coding!** 😀 ---
**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:** [June 28, 2024, 5:10pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-make-a-projectile-shoot-in-the-direction-your-facing/29488/3 "2024-06-28T17:10:39Z")
using the dart extension is also a great way to make projectiles ---
**Author:** ![gravethecoder](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/gravethecoder/32/17144_2.png) [@gravethecoder](https://forum.makecode.com/u/gravethecoder)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 11:03pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-make-a-projectile-shoot-in-the-direction-your-facing/29488/4 "2024-11-14T23:03:56Z")
how do i use dark extension im having trouble ---
**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:** [November 15, 2024, 12:30am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-make-a-projectile-shoot-in-the-direction-your-facing/29488/5 "2024-11-15T00:30:24Z")
you might need to use sprite util to convert degrees into radians ---
**Author:** ![ShayH](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/shayh/32/27079_2.png) [@ShayH](https://forum.makecode.com/u/ShayH)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2025, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-make-a-projectile-shoot-in-the-direction-your-facing/29488/6 "2025-12-04T18:00:38Z")
May be very late but how do you do a cool-down on your projectiles? ---
**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:** [December 4, 2025, 7:16pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-make-a-projectile-shoot-in-the-direction-your-facing/29488/7 "2025-12-04T19:16:08Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/3X/f/1/f1796347ab24d618bef5f873554a8aabc78652f6.png) simplest way is to use the timer exension (in default list)