# Sprite Stars (a competition) **URL:** \ **Category:** Global MakeCode Arcade Game Jam\ **Created:** [August 7, 2026, 5:18pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/sprite-stars-a-competition/45301 "2026-08-07T17:18:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 563
**Author:** ![engineer703](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/engineer703/32/35135_2.png) [@engineer703](https://forum.makecode.com/u/engineer703)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2026, 4:11am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/sprite-stars-a-competition/45301/563 "2026-10-03T04:11:34Z")
Finally, I present my game: > **[Pong with Stickman](https://arcade.makecode.com/S21275-83444-22022-25057)** > > I... > Did... > It... > (Falls asleep instantly) It doesn’t have animations (except for the ball), has 12 assets, and has 2 colors (only count 1 and 2, the rest are not used). Oh yeah, and if the bot gets 3 points, then you lose. The superhero-ish thingy is the thing where you slow the ball down with the 1 key. > **Controls** > > Left/Right : Move > > A/Space : Jump > > B/Enter and an Arrow Key : Dash in direction of arrow key pressed > > 1 Key (sorry mobile players) : Slow down time (must have energy for it (energy is high number displayed as 999 at the start)) > **Click here if you want to know what I went through to get to this** > > So first thing, I started making this stickman Pong game and was super excited about it, but that excitement petered out and I quit that game. And then I did nothing until maybe 3 or so days before the deadline. At that point, I didn’t even have an idea for a game, so I decided to make a troll game with a tree. I didn’t really know why or how I would do that, but I started making it nonetheless. I got a little bit through it, and then I came across a major hurdle: the superhero theme. At this point I had maybe 1.5 days left, so of course I decided to scrap the tree idea and use the art to make a mini metroidvania where you play as a villain trying to reach a death ray to vaporize earth while a superhero tries to stop you. And then I got through a little bit of that, not even with the superhero. And then it was October 1st. I tried to add a little more but didn’t have time, which led me to start making a post for my uncompleted game. And then I remembered my stickman game. In a rush, I added/fixed some assets, added a superhero-ish time-warping thingy, a couple effects with the extra effects extension, and I had my game! > > …man, that was a lot. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.makecode.com/t/sprite-stars-a-competition/45301)._