# Need Help? Ask us anything! \[CLOSED\]
**URL:** https://forum.makecode.com/t/need-help-ask-us-anything-closed/5114
**Category:** Arcade
**Created:** [December 17, 2020, 11:38pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/need-help-ask-us-anything-closed/5114 "2020-12-17T23:38:14Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@livcheerful](https://forum.makecode.com/u/livcheerful)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2020, 11:38pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/need-help-ask-us-anything-closed/5114/1 "2020-12-17T23:38:14Z")
Hi everybody! We’re starting a new segment on the [livestream](https://www.twitch.tv/msmakecode) – **Help Desk**! Where we will answer YOUR questions live 😃
BUT TO DO THAT we need questions! So please post questions you have here! They can be **anything** , but if you’d like some inspiration, they could be like:
- How to make a certain kind of game in Arcade (like, how do I make a boss that attacks in a smart way)
- Specific help on one of your games (what’s wrong with my program???)
- Is it possible to make a \_\_\_\_ type game (Sonic Adventure 2, Persona)
- What our favorite extension is
- What our favorite food is…
and we will do our best to give you the best answer!
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### Author:  [@UnsignedArduino](https://forum.makecode.com/u/UnsignedArduino)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2020, 12:06am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/need-help-ask-us-anything-closed/5114/2 "2020-12-18T00:06:40Z")
Also, if you were not allowed to use TypeScript or JavaScript, what language would you code in?
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### Author:  [@UnsignedArduino](https://forum.makecode.com/u/UnsignedArduino)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2020, 12:06am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/need-help-ask-us-anything-closed/5114/3 "2020-12-18T00:06:41Z")
And that help desk is _beautiful_.
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### Author:  [@GameGod](https://forum.makecode.com/u/GameGod)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2020, 12:06am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/need-help-ask-us-anything-closed/5114/4 "2020-12-18T00:06:44Z")
Great! As always, love the art!
> [@livcheerful](#):
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> desk (2)2268×550 4.3 KB
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### Author:  [@UnsignedArduino](https://forum.makecode.com/u/UnsignedArduino)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2020, 12:06am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/need-help-ask-us-anything-closed/5114/5 "2020-12-18T00:06:46Z")
What are all your favorite extensions? 😃 (Vivian’s is sprite data but that’s all I know)
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### Author:  [@omnisImperium](https://forum.makecode.com/u/omnisImperium)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2020, 12:06am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/need-help-ask-us-anything-closed/5114/6 "2020-12-18T00:06:48Z")
I am eternally thankful for this. Is there anyway I can make procedural generation? Is there also anyway how I can create custom sprite effects, like a lightning effect?
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### Author:  [@GameGod](https://forum.makecode.com/u/GameGod)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2020, 12:23am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/need-help-ask-us-anything-closed/5114/7 "2020-12-18T00:23:04Z")
> [@omnisImperium](#):
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> procedural generation
Terrain? Platformer? PS: I am making it for the biggest game.
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### Author:  [@\_nico](https://forum.makecode.com/u/_nico)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2020, 1:06am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/need-help-ask-us-anything-closed/5114/8 "2020-12-18T01:06:37Z")
Is there a way to make your sprite move backwards after taking damage?
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### Author:  [@UnderwaterAstronaut](https://forum.makecode.com/u/UnderwaterAstronaut)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2020, 5:21am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/need-help-ask-us-anything-closed/5114/9 "2020-12-18T05:21:29Z")
Is it possible to make a game with different dialogues per day and different events happening depending on the day (in the game)? Or would it cause too much lag?
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### Author:  [@Damian](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Damian)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2020, 4:45pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/need-help-ask-us-anything-closed/5114/10 "2020-12-18T16:45:10Z")
I need help
Can you make a steven universe game for me on makecode arcade
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### Author:  [@GameGod](https://forum.makecode.com/u/GameGod)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2020, 4:45pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/need-help-ask-us-anything-closed/5114/11 "2020-12-18T16:45:20Z")
> [@Minimap test](https://forum.makecode.com/t/minimap-test/5117):
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> The dude in the corner should fall, but he doesn’t. Why?
Can you help with this?
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### Author:  [@omnisImperium](https://forum.makecode.com/u/omnisImperium)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2020, 4:45pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/need-help-ask-us-anything-closed/5114/12 "2020-12-18T16:45:48Z")
You can change the sprite’s x by -5 or -10. (I mean the sprite that took damage)
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### Author:  [@LcAtonal](https://forum.makecode.com/u/LcAtonal)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2020, 4:46pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/need-help-ask-us-anything-closed/5114/13 "2020-12-18T16:46:12Z")
Can you make a day/night extension?
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### Author:  [@richard](https://forum.makecode.com/u/richard)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2020, 8:18pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/need-help-ask-us-anything-closed/5114/14 "2020-12-18T20:18:34Z")
Hey everyone! We’ll be doing the first edition of the MakeCode Helpdesk today at 1:00PM PST on [twitch.tv/msmakecode](http://twitch.tv/msmakecode) (40 minutes from now). Tune in!
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### Author:  [@livcheerful](https://forum.makecode.com/u/livcheerful)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2020, 11:07pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/need-help-ask-us-anything-closed/5114/15 "2020-12-18T23:07:58Z")
THANKS EVERYBODY for submitting your questions! I hope we covered everything! The post is now up here: [Arcade Advanced Stream #171 - Help Desk](https://forum.makecode.com/t/arcade-advanced-stream-171-help-desk/5134)
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### Author:  [@livcheerful](https://forum.makecode.com/u/livcheerful)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2020, 11:08pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/need-help-ask-us-anything-closed/5114/16 "2020-12-18T23:08:30Z")
also Damian sorry we couldn’t answer your question ☹ I love Steven Universe though!
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### Author:  [@LcAtonal](https://forum.makecode.com/u/LcAtonal)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2020, 4:40pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/need-help-ask-us-anything-closed/5114/17 "2020-12-19T16:40:30Z")
Another one: How to get a grey scale palette.
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### Author:  [@cosmoscowboy](https://forum.makecode.com/u/cosmoscowboy)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2020, 4:40pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/need-help-ask-us-anything-closed/5114/18 "2020-12-19T16:40:45Z")
Are you wanting to do something based on the day of the week? I don’t know if there is a block to determine which day it is, but if should be possible to do this in Javascript. For example:
var d = new Date();
var n = d.getDay();
> **[JavaScript getDay() Method](https://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_getday.asp)**
@livcheerful
The JavaScript editor does not know what the Date() object is. Is there another way to use native JavaScript?
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### Author:  [@cosmoscowboy](https://forum.makecode.com/u/cosmoscowboy)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2020, 4:41pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/need-help-ask-us-anything-closed/5114/19 "2020-12-19T16:41:20Z")
In my last post I was curious as to whether Arcade supports date/times? Maybe to answer my own question, if the platform does not support date/times, then maybe that is because not all hardware devices have a built in clock.
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### Author:  [@UnderwaterAstronaut](https://forum.makecode.com/u/UnderwaterAstronaut)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2020, 8:33pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/need-help-ask-us-anything-closed/5114/20 "2020-12-19T20:33:54Z")
I use blocks and I have a basic idea for how I will do it, I was just wondering if it would cause lag if I had a lot of different dialogues per (in game) day
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