# How to save sandbox game interactive tilemap
**URL:** https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-save-sandbox-game-interactive-tilemap/13534
**Category:** Arcade
**Created:** [May 12, 2022, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-save-sandbox-game-interactive-tilemap/13534 "2022-05-12T16:17:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@NobodyNomad](https://forum.makecode.com/u/NobodyNomad)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2022, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-save-sandbox-game-interactive-tilemap/13534/1 "2022-05-12T16:17:16Z")
Please don’t steal my ideas
I have created a sandbox game where the player changes the tile to center at their tilemap location and can cycle through options that change a variable that changes what tile the tilemap becomes. I want to be able to save players’ progress and theri creations. Does anybody know if there is a way to save what they change the tilemap into and then reupload it next time they play? Thanks.
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### Author:  [@NobodyNomad](https://forum.makecode.com/u/NobodyNomad)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2022, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-save-sandbox-game-interactive-tilemap/13534/2 "2022-05-12T17:19:56Z")
in addition to saving the tile map edits it would be cool i if could add a minimap so the player can see where they are in relation to different biomes. the game is like 2d birds eye view minecraft knockoff with a different story. i have enemies, ruins, animals, and lots of blocks but with such a large tilemap with different biomes, a minmap would be really helpful (if it can show on a much smaller scale player as one pixel in rough drawings of biomes and background). Thanks
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### Author:  [@UnsignedArduino](https://forum.makecode.com/u/UnsignedArduino)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2022, 6:08pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-save-sandbox-game-interactive-tilemap/13534/3 "2022-05-12T18:08:45Z")
There is a minimal extension:
> [@Minimap extension beta](https://forum.makecode.com/t/minimap-extension-beta/1709):
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> Hello world, I’ve been experimenting with a minimap extension: [https://github.com/microsoft/arcade-minimap](https://github.com/microsoft/arcade-minimap) I extended stream 21 to include a minimap: [https://makecode.com/\_cfmFVq27UbsL](https://makecode.com/_cfmFVq27UbsL) also added some wind. It’s useful for having a smaller representation of the tilemap. Here are the blocks: [image] and in action (notice the scale parameters): Cheers, Daryl
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### Author:  [@NobodyNomad](https://forum.makecode.com/u/NobodyNomad)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2022, 4:03pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-save-sandbox-game-interactive-tilemap/13534/4 "2022-05-16T16:03:48Z")
There might be a way to save game data by checking the array of all tile locations then sending that code to the player for them to write down and input later or use it in the settings but i am having trouble with it still. I hope this starting idea is helpful to anybody else with similar problems.
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### Author:  [@danger\_kitty](https://forum.makecode.com/u/danger_kitty)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2022, 5:42pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-save-sandbox-game-interactive-tilemap/13534/5 "2022-05-16T17:42:11Z")
This is how I saved a tile map it a Minecraft like game I made a wile back
> **[tilemap saving demo](https://arcade.makecode.com/05019-26645-89148-07731)**
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> Made with ❤️ in Microsoft MakeCode Arcade.
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### Author:  [@NobodyNomad](https://forum.makecode.com/u/NobodyNomad)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2022, 6:33pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-save-sandbox-game-interactive-tilemap/13534/6 "2022-05-19T18:33:16Z")
Thanks, I hope you don’t mind if i copy some of that code and integrate it into my game. I will send you a finished link of my game.
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### Author:  [@VictorGamer](https://forum.makecode.com/u/VictorGamer)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2024, 11:10pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-save-sandbox-game-interactive-tilemap/13534/7 "2024-01-22T23:10:41Z")
But the more tiles you put the game gets laggy