Useful Arcade extensions

UnsignedArduino · November 17, 2020, 6:00pm

Hello all,

I have made a Gist that links to a lot of useful extensions that I use frequently, so I didn’t have to scour the Forums trying to find the Github links that I use a lot. If I’ve missed any, (and I surely did) please tell me! Don’t forget to star the Gist so you won’t lose track of it! (Or you could just bookmark it) As more extensions keep popping up, I’ll add to this.

gist.github.com

https://gist.github.com/UnsignedArduino/3bc2adce4b3f687ea1967578449d014d

MakeCode Arcade Extensions.md

# MakeCode Arcade Extensions
This is a list of MakeCode Arcade extensions that I find super useful in my projects.
## Built-in extensions
These extensions are already built in to the editor, all you have to do is go to the toolbox, open the `Advanced` tab, click on `Extensions`, and click on the extension you want to import!
### arcade-sprite-data
It's local variables, but for sprites! Super useful for saving certain attributes of a sprite like the health of an enemy. This will add a section full of blocks called `Data` under the `Sprites` category in the toolbox.
[Official docs](https://arcade.makecode.com/pkg/microsoft/arcade-sprite-data) | [Github repo](https://github.com/microsoft/arcade-sprite-data) | [Forum post](https://forum.makecode.com/t/sprite-data-extension/1590)
### Timers
It's literal multithreading! Setup a callback for your code or run it in a separate fiber (thread) with this extension! This will add another category in the toolbox called `Timer`. 
[Official docs](https://arcade.makecode.com/pkg/microsoft/arcade-timers) | [Github repo](https://github.com/microsoft/arcade-timers) | [Forum post](https://forum.makecode.com/t/timers-extension-after-x-debounce-throttle-and-in-background/1925)

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Kat · November 17, 2020, 6:08pm

Nice!

omnisImperium · November 17, 2020, 6:22pm

Thanks so much for this. I might add other extensions

eliiiii · February 1, 2021, 4:30am

Thank you for this!

Purp13 · February 2, 2021, 5:29pm

Im on a ipad and i am blocked from github so is there a way i can download the code somewhere else

UnsignedArduino · February 2, 2021, 5:47pm

Unfortunately, no. GitHub is used to store millions of projects, and I still can’t understand why someone would block GitHub.

Purp13 · February 3, 2021, 11:57pm

Ya i think its dumb to but i can’t change my dads mind so it is what it is

Purp13 · March 10, 2021, 11:00pm

Hey i havent been on here in a while but i am now and my dad unlocked my git hub

UnsignedArduino · March 10, 2021, 11:07pm

Nice! Also, I shoulda posted this a long time ago, but I switched to a GitHub repo:

Purp13 · March 11, 2021, 6:55pm

Is there a path finding extention cause thats what i need

Agent_14 · March 11, 2021, 7:38pm

There is. It is the a* tilemap extension found there.

UnsignedArduino · March 11, 2021, 7:39pm

Yup, if you look in the list Joey wrote an extension for the A* pathfinding algorithm which will avoid walls, although it can get really laggy. (It’s a good extension, but it does take a while to compute)

Purp13 · March 12, 2021, 5:13pm

I tried to use this but there isn’t a way for the enemy to follow a path to get to the player and i am having a hard time getting the enemy to move around and not run into walls the other thing that i need for my game is a sensor for the enemy so thatt when the player is in this sensor then the enemy will follow the player and the only time that the enemy stops following the player is after the player has been out of the sensor for 3 seconds this can makee my game better. Something else im having trouble with is the damage i can make it where the enemy takes one life and then when i tried the forever block with it, it just took all the lifes if you want to look at the code then i can send it so that we can edit the code and figure out where the errors are.

Purp13 · March 12, 2021, 5:13pm

Im asking this because my dad blocked my github again

Purp13 · March 13, 2021, 4:05am

Thanks for all the help i got everything working and now i have a game i would like you guys to try😁 https://makecode.com/_dE93uLCi5YPf

Purp13 · March 13, 2021, 9:26pm

So how was it im still working on it im going to add animations to the characters and make the characters look a little better im also going to add more levels to.

MSmaug · October 4, 2021, 4:07pm

Huge thx to the guy who made this, it really helped out!

https://github.com/riknoll/arcade-camera-offset

Purp13 · December 8, 2021, 11:22pm

is there a way to find the mouses x and y value and use it?

UnsignedArduino · December 9, 2021, 1:57am

No.

(if you are talking about the mouse extension which allows hardware devices to pretend to be a mouse, then no as well)

Purp13 · December 9, 2021, 8:15pm

ok thanks anyway