# Silhouette Shading Thingy

**URL:** <https://forum.makecode.com/t/silhouette-shading-thingy/42527>\
**Category:** Show & Tell\
**Created:** [March 6, 2026, 2:53am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/silhouette-shading-thingy/42527 "2026-03-06T02:53:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![DimonSw0rd11](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/dimonsw0rd11/32/32564_2.png) [@DimonSw0rd11](https://forum.makecode.com/u/DimonSw0rd11)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 2:53am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/silhouette-shading-thingy/42527/1 "2026-03-06T02:53:10Z")

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I made shadows that move based on where a sprite is, not too proud with how it looks as used here but it could look good for subtle shadows. Feel free to use any code I have here!

Shadow based on player

> **[silhouette shadows test](https://arcade.makecode.com/96543-81232-65468-96361)**
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> Made with ❤️ in Microsoft MakeCode Arcade.

Shadow based on sun (A to reset sun)

> **[silhouette shadows test](https://arcade.makecode.com/31053-23820-11000-05683)**
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> Made with ❤️ in Microsoft MakeCode Arcade.

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**Author:** ![BLADEr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/blader/32/16422_2.png) [@BLADEr](https://forum.makecode.com/u/BLADEr)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 5:40pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/silhouette-shading-thingy/42527/2 "2026-03-06T17:40:42Z")

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Pretty cool! This would be awesome as an extension!

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**Author:** ![CLAWSTR1KE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@CLAWSTR1KE](https://forum.makecode.com/u/CLAWSTR1KE)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 8:17pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/silhouette-shading-thingy/42527/3 "2026-03-06T20:17:18Z")

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Okay - First thing, really good job 😄  
Second thing, there’s a extension for this, made by Riknoll!

> **[GitHub - riknoll/arcade-shadowcasting: A Shadowcasting extension for MakeCode arcade](https://github.com/riknoll/arcade-shadowcasting)**
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> A Shadowcasting extension for MakeCode arcade

But for a non-extension, this is amazing!

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**Author:** ![BLADEr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/blader/32/16422_2.png) [@BLADEr](https://forum.makecode.com/u/BLADEr)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2026, 7:45pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/silhouette-shading-thingy/42527/4 "2026-03-07T19:45:05Z")

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This extension is good too! I think Rishard’s extension is less 3D than DimonSw0rd11’s example.

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**Author:** ![Rune](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/rune/32/18951_2.png) [@Rune](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Rune)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2026, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/silhouette-shading-thingy/42527/5 "2026-03-12T16:42:17Z")

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This is a very cool effect! I think if you used a grayscale color palette you could add more layers, which may look more convincing.