# Line of sight in a top-down perspective?

**URL:** https://forum.makecode.com/t/line-of-sight-in-a-top-down-perspective/33901
**Category:** Help
**Created:** [February 16, 2025, 7:18pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/line-of-sight-in-a-top-down-perspective/33901 "2025-02-16T19:18:13Z")
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### 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: [February 17, 2025, 4:51am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/line-of-sight-in-a-top-down-perspective/33901/4 "2025-02-17T04:51:56Z")

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search sprite sight, then

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/3X/2/c/2c94ff8eb2ae0191dc4be966389d7afc27b379ff.png)  
click the link to copy  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/3X/e/5/e5cd0b2ab302014ad1a5098891da9bbfb05e973b.png)  
in the editor, scroll down on the sidebar and click the + extensions tab  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/3X/9/0/90b459d5c8dc801d6a0580fb6ed03bf127b76ea3.png)  
then paste in your link and enter!  
I highly, highly, highly recommend you use extensions they’re honestly amazing  
 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/3X/f/d/fd8a2cbc655ca384c0aa9b5b2bcb306bd274e150.jpeg)  
some must haves from the default list^  
there’s also a bunch NOT on this list, many made by forum members, you can find them in the website that @UnsignedArduino (the goat 😍) made  
i recommend:  
**for visuals**  
[extra effects](https://forum.makecode.com/t/extra-effects-extension/22002)  
[lantern / multilights](https://forum.makecode.com/t/lanterns-improving-the-multilights-extension/33190) (fixed version by @WoofWoof!)  
[scaling](https://github.com/jwunderl/pxt-scaling) (default one is an outdated vers iwith no rotation blocks, use awesome arcade to get updated vers (btw do NOT use [this vers](https://forum.makecode.com/t/having-a-blast-with-makecode-arcade/59/6) it’s algorithm is much worse than the scaling ext))  
[premum life](https://github.com/jwunderl/arcade-premium-life)  
[fancy text](https://github.com/riknoll/arcade-fancy-text) (supports [custom fonts!](https://forum.makecode.com/t/custom-fonts/32517)))

**for code**  
[sprite util](https://github.com/jwunderl/arcade-sprite-util) (lots of very useful maths and drawing to screen blocks)  
[mini menu](https://forum.makecode.com/t/arcade-mini-menu-extension/14368)  
[better arrays](https://forum.makecode.com/t/extension-betterarrays-60-useful-array-blocks/29154/2) and [better settings](https://forum.makecode.com/t/extension-bettersettings-save-booleans-images-and-string-arrays/19089)  
[block objects](https://forum.makecode.com/t/tutorial-what-are-block-objects-and-how-to-use-them/24274) (tutorial here by @Sarge!)  
[fast random blocks](https://forum.makecode.com/t/fast-random-extension/5365)  
[stats](https://github.com/UnsignedArduino/Stats) (smol ext for debugging and such)

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