what do you mean 1 bit? that is 256 different combinations of colors if that’s what you’re saying.
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Like either one color or the other, usually white or black.
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1 bit means there’s ONLY two colors, like this
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lol thats mine (also omg its so old and washed)
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oh oops I’m still a little tired, I know what 1 bit is but ye I’m tired
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I think that there should be an option to select your default reaction, instead of it just being the heart because I do the thumbs up waaaaaaaay more than all the others.
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then whats 2 bit
WE NEED MORE REACTIONS, WE MUST EXPRESS OURSELVES IN EXPRESSIONLESS PIXEL GIFs
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…4 colors. if you want to know how many colors a number of bits is, just square it.
THEN WHATS 4 BIT, MAKE IT MAKE SENSE
whoops, it’s not squaring, it’s 2 to the power of however many bits you have
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A 1 bit integer can be 0 or 1 (represented as 0b0 and 0b1), which is 2^1=2 different numbers.
A 2 bit integer can be 0, 1, 2, or 3 (represented as 0b00 through 0b11), which is 2^2 = 4 different numbers.
A 3 bit integer ranges from 0 to 2^3-1 = 7, which is 2^3=8 different numbers.
A 4 bit integer ranges from 0 to 2^4-1 = 15, which is 2^=16 different numbers.
These things can be easily looked up, on the forums, or answered by asking your favorite AI assistant (to many things in this thread).
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we need hmm i got a long list lets see
- more tile blocks like slopes
- ai blocks for bad guys
- screen resize block(yes i know you can do that in java mode)
- make your own music notes in music blocks
- simulator customizing(like i want a red and black sim)
- and more
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• Slope blocks sound nice but that often takes away from the whole point of the editor (Arcade).
There have been many great slope attempts and there is an extension I think.
• The “AI” you want can be done easily without special block, and you kind of have to think every extension block, every regular block even is just other blocks put together like a function. How would you make a function for “AI” opponents that would work for every possible project. It’s a great thing that we have the Arcade > Help category for stuff like that.
• The screen resize code in Java I don’t think was ever really meant to be used in the first place. (Mostly because they want to stick with the Arcade theme.) I do however think that a block like that could be great but with 3-4 fixed setting like Extra Small Small Medium and Big.
•You can do that but not really in the way you think. There is a block to play a wave and you can make that into any note. I don’t have enough knowledge of the music system as I’ve never used it but that’s not a bad idea it would just need to be implemented in an easy and user friendly way.
• Believe it or not you can do this even with a limited knowledge of the editor! Here’s a great tutorial by @Brohann for every step of how to do it just make sure to read it all before you attempt anything. [Tutorial] How to Change the Simulator Color
I just wanted to pass on some knowledge I’ve gained an explain why we don’t already have some of the features you mentioned.
Good luck!
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I’m once again asking for cloud variables
I want to make a global leaderboard
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I want:
- Multiplayer Browser-Events
- For two player mouse support (Like in fighting games)
- For two player typing games
- Multiplayer Button Combos
- Game Jam winning games have a chance to go on Xbox
- More buttons, like instead of D-pad, A, and B, there could also be X and Y.
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I might be hallucinating like an AI model, but I think this was denied because of privacy concerns and enabling the ability to show any text and draw any pictures when connected with anybody - they already limit out-of-game communication in the multiplayer window to just emoji reactions.
A finite state machine should be able to accomplish this, it’s not anything particularly special. Or somebody could create an extension for it!
I mean…the last time I used an Xbox, there was the (older non chromium based) Edge browser, so technically yeah it already happens lol. But to be fair, that would be a lot of work to get MakeCode Arcade games happening natively and I unforunately doubt that there would be a lot of usage out of it, even if it is really cool.
use browser events extension, they’re not going to add more buttons like X and Y because of the hardware design spec they only specify like needing A and B and menu button, so old hardware like e.g., the meowbit or pygamer won’t have it, confusing people when it goes to download and people can’t use it.
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cant you just make a 
1 and 
0 or something
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I WANT A WAY TO DETECT HOW FAST A SPRITE IS GOING
something like a debug block for a sprite idk