# The Case of The Disappearing Code

**URL:** <https://forum.makecode.com/t/the-case-of-the-disappearing-code/12579>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [March 8, 2022, 1:38am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/the-case-of-the-disappearing-code/12579 "2022-03-08T01:38:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![GadgetLab](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/gadgetlab/32/9648_2.png) [@GadgetLab](https://forum.makecode.com/u/GadgetLab)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 1:38am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/the-case-of-the-disappearing-code/12579/1 "2022-03-08T01:38:58Z")

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It’s Monday March 7 and I was just about done with Video #3 - Make a Platform Game when I got an error message even though my code matched the code in the video. Then the game wouldn’t load but no message. Then, most of my code disappeared. _Poof!_ Most of the code and most of tile maps and sprites gone!

Was there some sort of server crisis or did I do something? I’m using Makecode Arcade as a teaching tool and hope this was a one time thing.

Thanks,  
Karen

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**Author:** ![hasanchik](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/hasanchik/32/5885_2.png) [@hasanchik](https://forum.makecode.com/u/hasanchik)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2022, 5:28pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/the-case-of-the-disappearing-code/12579/2 "2022-03-08T17:28:15Z")

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This is a thing that sometimes happens. I´ve seen alot of people complain about this, but there are some solutions:  
Put your project into a github repository  
Download/screenshot the game once in a while (I like to keep it all in a folder and revisit older versions)

There´s also a desktop version, which uses files instead of cloud storage. (i think)

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**Author:** ![personalnote](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/personalnote/32/31359_2.png) [@personalnote](https://forum.makecode.com/u/personalnote)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2022, 6:46pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/the-case-of-the-disappearing-code/12579/3 "2022-03-09T18:46:26Z")

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> [@hasanchik](#):
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> Put your project into a github repository

There will be times when your code is too large and then the Github won’t save properly.

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**Author:** ![GadgetLab](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/gadgetlab/32/9648_2.png) [@GadgetLab](https://forum.makecode.com/u/GadgetLab)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2022, 6:47pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/the-case-of-the-disappearing-code/12579/4 "2022-03-09T18:47:29Z")

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Thanks! I didn’t know about the offline app. That could be really helpful.

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**Author:** ![hasanchik](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/hasanchik/32/5885_2.png) [@hasanchik](https://forum.makecode.com/u/hasanchik)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2022, 6:50pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/the-case-of-the-disappearing-code/12579/5 "2022-03-09T18:50:15Z")

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We have the other option for that, downloading it, which doesnt have a limit