# Rubik's Cube Simulator **URL:** https://forum.makecode.com/t/rubiks-cube-simulator/3205 **Category:** Arcade **Tags:** game, featured-game **Created:** [August 23, 2020, 6:12pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/rubiks-cube-simulator/3205 "2020-08-23T18:12:48Z") **Posts on this page:** 20 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![AlexK](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/alexk/32/33339_2.png) [@AlexK](https://forum.makecode.com/u/AlexK) #### Post date: [August 23, 2020, 6:12pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/rubiks-cube-simulator/3205/1 "2020-08-23T18:12:48Z")
I made a thing. šŸ™‚ > **[Rubik's Cube](https://arcade.makecode.com/67321-67015-32958-55594)** > > Made with ā¤ļø in Microsoft MakeCode Arcade. GitHub repository: [https://github.com/robo-technical-group/rubiks-cube.git](https://github.com/robo-technical-group/rubiks-cube.git) I thought it might be fun to build a Rubikā€™s Cube simulator in MakeCode Arcade. The controls and interface are basic, but they get the job done. **Up** and **Down** select a move. The current move is printed at the top of the screen. **Right** applies the move to the cube; **Left** applies the _inverse_ move. Press **A** to see a list of your moves. Press **B** to shuffle or scramble the cube. If you make a mess of your cube, just reset the game. šŸ˜ƒ The core functionality is in `cube.ts`. Iā€™ve only built the standard 3x3x3 cube, although Iā€™ve built-in the capability of handling Junior or Mini (2x2x2) and Rubikā€™s Revenge (4x4x4). For the standard cube, Iā€™ve only built the simple moves. Iā€™ll add the other moves a bit later. (These are now done as of version 0.2.0.) I also have added the capability for simple animations, but I have not drawn them yet. My drafting tools are in storage, and my isometric drawing skills are pretty rusty! As a kid, I was terrible at the Rubikā€™s Cube. A couple of years ago, though, I thought Iā€™d pick one up again and actually learn how to solve it. There are a ton of great resources, but an excellent starting point is the Rubikā€™s Cube official education site, [You Can Do the Cube](https://www.youcandothecube.com). Iā€™ve been working with my nieces and nephews, all of whom are under the age of ten, with the Rubikā€™s Cube Mini. It took some practice, but theyā€™re able to solve the junior cube. Iā€™m super proud of them! This one was a _lot_ of fun. More soon! **TODO** (Roughly in order) - [X] Add rotation moves (v. 0.2.0) - [X] Add middle slice moves (v.0.2.0) - [X] Add shuffle (v. 0.2.0) - [] Add solver (simple solver from You Can Do the Cube) - [] Add test animation - [] Finish animations - [] Add junior cube - [] Add advanced cube * * * [See all of my MakeCode Arcade games and extensions here!](https://sites.google.com/site/akulcsarsite/makecode/makecode-arcade) ---
### 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: [August 23, 2020, 11:20pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/rubiks-cube-simulator/3205/2 "2020-08-23T23:20:41Z")
Wow. I love Rubikā€™s cubes literally!! ---
### 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: [August 23, 2020, 11:23pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/rubiks-cube-simulator/3205/3 "2020-08-23T23:23:02Z")
I tried making a scrambler but it didnā€™t work. All I had was numbers instead of the notations ---
### 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: [August 23, 2020, 11:27pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/rubiks-cube-simulator/3205/4 "2020-08-23T23:27:19Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/2X/8/8b233a2f6fd46f12b6dd9234270a0f88441dd35b.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/2X/a/a857e884656a78a93144d09385c3a1bda96b528c.jpeg) Went from here to here. I actually know how to solve a bunch of rubiks cubes ---
### Author: ![GameGod](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/gamegod/32/2756_2.png) [@GameGod](https://forum.makecode.com/u/GameGod) #### Post date: [August 24, 2020, 2:11am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/rubiks-cube-simulator/3205/5 "2020-08-24T02:11:50Z")
[![](https://media.tenor.com/images/f74b55fcb7ae6b146e508d325562f84a/tenor.gif) ](https://media.tenor.com/images/f74b55fcb7ae6b146e508d325562f84a/tenor.gif) WOW ---
### 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: [August 24, 2020, 6:25am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/rubiks-cube-simulator/3205/6 "2020-08-24T06:25:24Z")
Omg šŸ˜² ---
### 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: [August 24, 2020, 11:16am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/rubiks-cube-simulator/3205/7 "2020-08-24T11:16:52Z")
Oops wrong photo @AlexK. I gotta get the other one on my phone ---
### 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: [August 24, 2020, 11:26am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/rubiks-cube-simulator/3205/8 "2020-08-24T11:26:18Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/2X/0/03f64e4e1a6d796e1883da69390239a16ddf4924.jpeg) All my rubiks cubes!! ---
### 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: [August 24, 2020, 11:35am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/rubiks-cube-simulator/3205/9 "2020-08-24T11:35:41Z")
Is that cross even a rubix cube? ---
### Author: ![AlexK](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/alexk/32/33339_2.png) [@AlexK](https://forum.makecode.com/u/AlexK) #### Post date: [August 24, 2020, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/rubiks-cube-simulator/3205/10 "2020-08-24T15:39:10Z")
Sure is! Great puzzle; you can morph it into a whole bunch of shapes. In the U.S., itā€™s known as the Rubikā€™s Twist. In other countries, it also was called the Rubikā€™s Snake. ---
### 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: [August 24, 2020, 5:08pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/rubiks-cube-simulator/3205/11 "2020-08-24T17:08:31Z")
they are all fun to play with!! Does anyone play with these twisty puzzles? I found one of my speedcubes somewhere and I have been trying to find it for about two years?! ---
### 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: [August 24, 2020, 10:48pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/rubiks-cube-simulator/3205/12 "2020-08-24T22:48:09Z")
I have two of those! ---
### 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: [August 24, 2020, 11:17pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/rubiks-cube-simulator/3205/13 "2020-08-24T23:17:05Z")
Which ones? ---
### 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: [August 25, 2020, 6:42am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/rubiks-cube-simulator/3205/14 "2020-08-25T06:42:52Z")
The rubix twist/snake ---
### Author: ![Agent\_14](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/agent_14/32/17567_2.png) [@Agent\_14](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Agent_14) #### Post date: [March 8, 2021, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/rubiks-cube-simulator/3205/15 "2021-03-08T17:24:06Z")
I can only solve the 3x3 (mirror, regular, and image) 2x2 (Regular and Mirror) 4x4 (regular) and I also have the snake. ---
### 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: [March 12, 2021, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/rubiks-cube-simulator/3205/16 "2021-03-12T16:12:30Z")
I can solve, square-1, 4x4, 5x5, 3x3 and all the mirrors and snake. Plus megaminx ---
### Author: ![SoftTalker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/softtalker/32/10776_2.png) [@SoftTalker](https://forum.makecode.com/u/SoftTalker) #### Post date: [December 27, 2021, 7:20pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/rubiks-cube-simulator/3205/17 "2021-12-27T19:20:14Z")
you restarted the rubikā€™s ube bcz i can see the time 7:26-7:26 ---
### Author: ![Primal\_Nexus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/primal_nexus/32/3540_2.png) [@Primal\_Nexus](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Primal_Nexus) #### Post date: [December 28, 2021, 6:11am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/rubiks-cube-simulator/3205/18 "2021-12-28T06:11:55Z")
Oh wow, I didnā€™t even know this thread existed! I can solve 3x3 (I have a GAN) and 2x2. PB for 3x3: 26.00 (I know Iā€™m surprised itā€™s exact too) PB for 2x2: In the Shadow Realm XD Go here and import my username (exactly how it is) and then youā€™ll be able to see my times: [https://ruwix.com/online-rubiks-stopwatch-timer/](https://ruwix.com/online-rubiks-stopwatch-timer/) ---
### Author: ![SoftTalker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/softtalker/32/10776_2.png) [@SoftTalker](https://forum.makecode.com/u/SoftTalker) #### Post date: [December 28, 2021, 7:33pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/rubiks-cube-simulator/3205/19 "2021-12-28T19:33:16Z")
it is not possible bcz you need a lot of time to master btw my Pb (Personal Best) is14.90 for3x3 and my Pb 2x2 is 3.24 4x4 is1.27.59 Kilominx is 18.36(a kilominx is technicality a 2x2 Megaminx) and these are my cubes Uploading: image.jpgā€¦ ---
### 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: [January 3, 2022, 3:55am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/rubiks-cube-simulator/3205/20 "2022-01-03T03:55:17Z")
Finally. Someone figured it out. Btw I do know how to solve one [Next page](https://forum.makecode.com/t/rubiks-cube-simulator/3205.md?page=2)