# My game is too big for my handheld and I cant figure out how to optimise it

**URL:** <https://forum.makecode.com/t/my-game-is-too-big-for-my-handheld-and-i-cant-figure-out-how-to-optimise-it/46278>\
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**Created:** [October 2, 2026, 10:20pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/my-game-is-too-big-for-my-handheld-and-i-cant-figure-out-how-to-optimise-it/46278 "2026-10-02T22:20:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![ItzWolfeel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/itzwolfeel/32/25239_2.png) [@ItzWolfeel](https://forum.makecode.com/u/ItzWolfeel)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 10:20pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/my-game-is-too-big-for-my-handheld-and-i-cant-figure-out-how-to-optimise-it/46278/1 "2026-10-02T22:20:11Z")

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I’ve been working on this game a bit and now its apparently 8000 bytes too large to download to my handheld, how can I optimise it? I’d really love this game on handheld as I’ve just come back to makecode and picked up development again.

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