# How to spawn my sprite at a location that is not on the screen yet

**URL:** <https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-spawn-my-sprite-at-a-location-that-is-not-on-the-screen-yet/28133>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [April 7, 2024, 11:04pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-spawn-my-sprite-at-a-location-that-is-not-on-the-screen-yet/28133 "2024-04-07T23:04:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![krumpel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/krumpel/32/14422_2.png) [@krumpel](https://forum.makecode.com/u/krumpel)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2024, 11:04pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-spawn-my-sprite-at-a-location-that-is-not-on-the-screen-yet/28133/1 "2024-04-07T23:04:40Z")

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hello, I am making a game and my tilemap is longer than the screen, I cant figure out how to spawn a sprite on a part of the map that isnt on the screen from the start

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**Author:** ![HaruhitoGames](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/haruhitogames/32/14658_2.png) [@HaruhitoGames](https://forum.makecode.com/u/HaruhitoGames)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 3:45am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-spawn-my-sprite-at-a-location-that-is-not-on-the-screen-yet/28133/2 "2024-04-08T03:45:59Z")

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use place my sprite on top of random or place my sprite on tilemap col row

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**Author:** ![robotosaurus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/robotosaurus/32/19294_2.png) [@robotosaurus](https://forum.makecode.com/u/robotosaurus)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 3:49am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-spawn-my-sprite-at-a-location-that-is-not-on-the-screen-yet/28133/3 "2024-04-08T03:49:30Z")

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Move it off screen.

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**Author:** ![Josef](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/josef/32/12457_2.png) [@Josef](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Josef)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2024, 2:19pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/how-to-spawn-my-sprite-at-a-location-that-is-not-on-the-screen-yet/28133/4 "2024-04-09T14:19:03Z")

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Place it then immediately change x/y to 9999