# Screen is Black when trying to play

**URL:** <https://forum.makecode.com/t/screen-is-black-when-trying-to-play/34744>\
**Category:** Help\
**Tags:** game\
**Created:** [March 20, 2025, 12:48pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/screen-is-black-when-trying-to-play/34744 "2025-03-20T12:48:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Wiglett](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/wiglett/32/20535_2.png) [@Wiglett](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Wiglett)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 12:48pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/screen-is-black-when-trying-to-play/34744/1 "2025-03-20T12:48:22Z")

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My game is just a black screen. Please help me. [https://arcade.makecode.com/S17991-24259-95540-96807](https://arcade.makecode.com/S17991-24259-95540-96807)

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**Author:** ![WoofWoof](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/woofwoof/32/32523_2.png) [@WoofWoof](https://forum.makecode.com/u/WoofWoof)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 1:43pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/screen-is-black-when-trying-to-play/34744/2 "2025-03-20T13:43:32Z")

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The 3D rendering extension completely takes over how your game is rendered and played, so if there’s nothing for it to render the screen is completely black. Toggling back to tilemap view mode lets you see the background image, but not much else. The easiest way to fix this is to remove the extension altogether, which can be done by going into JavaScript and removing the extension through the Explorer, but that can be confusing, so here’s a new version of your project with the extension removed for you:

> **[John Pork finds Tenge Tenge after 10 years (raycasting removed)](https://arcade.makecode.com/S59085-71902-95428-70912)**
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> Made with ❤️ in Microsoft MakeCode Arcade.

When I removed the extension it sorted all the blocks, so they aren’t exactly where you had them before. To make your own copy of the new version you can click the link, click the “Show Code” button, and then click the box with the arrow in the top right (might be different if you aren’t on a phone).

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**Author:** ![loganisdabest](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/loganisdabest/32/20151_2.png) [@loganisdabest](https://forum.makecode.com/u/loganisdabest)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 1:49pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/screen-is-black-when-trying-to-play/34744/3 "2025-03-20T13:49:03Z")

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fixed it. The problem was that ur using RAYCAST this doesn’t work well with platformer games so what I did was I removed the extension and it works no black screen here is the link

> **[John Pork finds Tenge Tenge after 10 years](https://arcade.makecode.com/S26033-33880-25885-67962)**
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> Made with ❤️ in Microsoft MakeCode Arcade.

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**Author:** ![Wiglett](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/wiglett/32/20535_2.png) [@Wiglett](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Wiglett)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 10:22pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/screen-is-black-when-trying-to-play/34744/4 "2025-03-21T22:22:42Z")

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thanks so much

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**Author:** ![Wiglett](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/wiglett/32/20535_2.png) [@Wiglett](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Wiglett)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 10:22pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/screen-is-black-when-trying-to-play/34744/5 "2025-03-21T22:22:46Z")

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thank you