# \[new video\] How To Add Health Bars to Your Game

**URL:** <https://forum.makecode.com/t/new-video-how-to-add-health-bars-to-your-game/3456>\
**Category:** Arcade\
**Tags:** video, tutorial\
**Created:** [September 14, 2020, 6:52pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/new-video-how-to-add-health-bars-to-your-game/3456 "2020-09-14T18:52:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![darzu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/darzu/32/1882_2.png) [@darzu](https://forum.makecode.com/u/darzu)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2020, 6:52pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/new-video-how-to-add-health-bars-to-your-game/3456/1 "2020-09-14T18:52:24Z")

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Hello world!

I’ve filmed another how-to video:

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/m7avrQrLP3M/maxresdefault.jpg "How to Add Health Bars to Your MakeCode Arcade Game") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7avrQrLP3M)

This one is about adding health bars or other status bars to your game! This video is meant to be helpful for any game that wants to add status bars and it uses @jwunderl’s excellent Status Bars extension.

Other videos in this series are here:  
https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PLMMBk9hE-SepfPK6z19t6aAfwbOQNY6K7&wmode=transparent&rel=0&autohide=1&showinfo=1&enablejsapi=1

Again, feedback and suggestions for future content are welcome! The next three videos in the work around about: increasing the difficulty in your game and adding power ups. Stay tuned!

Cheers,  
Daryl

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**Author:** ![Dreadmask197](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/dreadmask197/32/10494_2.png) [@Dreadmask197](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Dreadmask197)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2020, 11:14pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/new-video-how-to-add-health-bars-to-your-game/3456/2 "2020-09-14T23:14:31Z")

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Did you make the health bar extension right or was it @jwunderl? That’s pretty cool. I think you used it in a game before when you destroyed ships and make you ship bigger right?

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**Author:** ![LcAtonal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/lcatonal/32/16800_2.png) [@LcAtonal](https://forum.makecode.com/u/LcAtonal)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2020, 6:25am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/new-video-how-to-add-health-bars-to-your-game/3456/3 "2020-09-15T06:25:40Z")

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Oh! I remember that live stream. It is number 70.

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**Author:** ![jwunderl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/jwunderl/32/5308_2.png) [@jwunderl](https://forum.makecode.com/u/jwunderl)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2020, 4:09pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/new-video-how-to-add-health-bars-to-your-game/3456/4 "2020-09-15T16:09:32Z")

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I made that extension 🙂 and yeah we do end up using it on stream occasionally to make it easier to display stuff ~

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**Author:** ![Dreadmask197](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/dreadmask197/32/10494_2.png) [@Dreadmask197](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Dreadmask197)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2020, 7:14pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/new-video-how-to-add-health-bars-to-your-game/3456/5 "2020-09-15T19:14:14Z")

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This extension stuff is really complicated. I wish I knew how to make one.