# I'm making space invaders but I want to make the thingies that disappear a little when you shot them

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**Category:** Help\
**Tags:** game\
**Created:** [January 25, 2026, 8:14pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/im-making-space-invaders-but-i-want-to-make-the-thingies-that-disappear-a-little-when-you-shot-them/41714 "2026-01-25T20:14:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![FunnyQQQQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9a140/32.png) [@FunnyQQQQ](https://forum.makecode.com/u/FunnyQQQQ)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 8:14pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/im-making-space-invaders-but-i-want-to-make-the-thingies-that-disappear-a-little-when-you-shot-them/41714/1 "2026-01-25T20:14:06Z")

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please help me

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**Author:** ![Hulahoop](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/hulahoop/32/25398_2.png) [@Hulahoop](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Hulahoop)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 10:44pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/im-making-space-invaders-but-i-want-to-make-the-thingies-that-disappear-a-little-when-you-shot-them/41714/2 "2026-01-25T22:44:45Z")

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you could make it so when the projectile hits the invader: the projectile destroys itself, and change what the invader sprite looks like? for example. u need variables. invader= 3 then it goes down to 2 then 1.

on projectile overlap sprite (invader) (i think is how it goes).

change invader: by -1 or +1 depending on how u want to do it.

then do a forever.

Forever: if invader=1 then set sprite image to = the new image

else if invader=2 then set sprite image to = another new image

if if invader = 3 then set sprite image to = another new image.

hope that helps. i you need me to.

i can make it and send images to you.

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**Author:** ![upperalpaca2407](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/upperalpaca2407/32/35682_2.png) [@upperalpaca2407](https://forum.makecode.com/u/upperalpaca2407)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 10:46pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/im-making-space-invaders-but-i-want-to-make-the-thingies-that-disappear-a-little-when-you-shot-them/41714/3 "2026-01-25T22:46:50Z")

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basically i mad it so that when a projectile touches a sprite called enemy the sprite is destroyed and i made a variable called death because the projectiles come every 2 seconds even if he is dead so all i did was do a ON GAME UPDATE EVERY 200MS IF DEAD =1 (THIS MEANS TRUE 0= FALSE 1=TRUE) THEN DO NOTHING (NOTHING IN BOX.) THEN PRESS PLUSS AND THERE WILL BE A PLUSS ICON PRESS IT AND IT WILL SAY ELSE THEN PUT THE PROJECTILE ON THERE (this makes it so when it has died it doesnt shoop projeciles anymore :)! happy to help the empire

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**Author:** ![FunnyQQQQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9a140/32.png) [@FunnyQQQQ](https://forum.makecode.com/u/FunnyQQQQ)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2026, 4:08pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/im-making-space-invaders-but-i-want-to-make-the-thingies-that-disappear-a-little-when-you-shot-them/41714/4 "2026-01-26T16:08:58Z")

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no not the invaders the thins at the bottom

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**Author:** ![randomuser](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/randomuser/32/32505_2.png) [@randomuser](https://forum.makecode.com/u/randomuser)\
**Post date:** [January 26, 2026, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/im-making-space-invaders-but-i-want-to-make-the-thingies-that-disappear-a-little-when-you-shot-them/41714/5 "2026-01-26T20:22:33Z")

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Could you send a link to the code? 🤔