# Why are people saying that makecode is a knockoff of scratch **URL:** https://forum.makecode.com/t/why-are-people-saying-that-makecode-is-a-knockoff-of-scratch/44183 **Category:** Forum Feedback **Created:** [May 27, 2026, 12:03am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/why-are-people-saying-that-makecode-is-a-knockoff-of-scratch/44183 "2026-05-27T00:03:34Z") **Posts on this page:** 13 **Page:** 3
### Author: ![TheEarth](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/theearth/32/34579_2.png) [@TheEarth](https://forum.makecode.com/u/TheEarth) #### Post date: [August 26, 2026, 4:28pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/why-are-people-saying-that-makecode-is-a-knockoff-of-scratch/44183/41 "2026-08-26T16:28:42Z")
buddy Makecode has repeat it doesn’t have repeat until {} but you can just use repeat until \{} and It has a while loop ---
### Author: ![TheEarth](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/theearth/32/34579_2.png) [@TheEarth](https://forum.makecode.com/u/TheEarth) #### Post date: [August 26, 2026, 4:28pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/why-are-people-saying-that-makecode-is-a-knockoff-of-scratch/44183/42 "2026-08-26T16:28:47Z")
I mean its a little bit harder ---
### Author: ![NeverStopTheCoder](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/neverstopthecoder/32/21194_2.png) [@NeverStopTheCoder](https://forum.makecode.com/u/NeverStopTheCoder) #### Post date: [August 26, 2026, 4:30pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/why-are-people-saying-that-makecode-is-a-knockoff-of-scratch/44183/43 "2026-08-26T16:30:11Z")
I guess buts that’s a lot more code ---
### Author: ![VoxelMaster64](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/voxelmaster64/32/32075_2.png) [@VoxelMaster64](https://forum.makecode.com/u/VoxelMaster64) #### Post date: [August 27, 2026, 1:59am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/why-are-people-saying-that-makecode-is-a-knockoff-of-scratch/44183/44 "2026-08-27T01:59:13Z")
there’s no for loop!! ---
### Author: ![YamJam](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/yamjam/32/29681_2.png) [@YamJam](https://forum.makecode.com/u/YamJam) #### Post date: [August 27, 2026, 2:06am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/why-are-people-saying-that-makecode-is-a-knockoff-of-scratch/44183/45 "2026-08-27T02:06:29Z")
TRAITO- /just kidding don’t eat me I’ll give you some ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/3X/9/a/9a48411326c5278864217a94104704062f911252.png) ---
### Author: ![YamJam](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/yamjam/32/29681_2.png) [@YamJam](https://forum.makecode.com/u/YamJam) #### Post date: [August 27, 2026, 6:26pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/why-are-people-saying-that-makecode-is-a-knockoff-of-scratch/44183/46 "2026-08-27T18:26:19Z")
Aw man images don’t blur ---
### Author: ![TheEarth](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/theearth/32/34579_2.png) [@TheEarth](https://forum.makecode.com/u/TheEarth) #### Post date: [August 27, 2026, 10:15pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/why-are-people-saying-that-makecode-is-a-knockoff-of-scratch/44183/47 "2026-08-27T22:15:59Z")
Where’s the value of element of array and the index from 0 - x Where’s on game update and in game update tree every x ms ---
### Author: ![FIRE\_EATER](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/fire_eater/32/34663_2.png) [@FIRE\_EATER](https://forum.makecode.com/u/FIRE_EATER) #### Post date: [August 27, 2026, 10:38pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/why-are-people-saying-that-makecode-is-a-knockoff-of-scratch/44183/48 "2026-08-27T22:38:48Z")
What y u say dat ---
### Author: ![Spike](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/spike/32/33316_2.png) [@Spike](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Spike) #### Post date: [August 28, 2026, 4:34am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/why-are-people-saying-that-makecode-is-a-knockoff-of-scratch/44183/49 "2026-08-28T04:34:35Z")
Wouldn’t On Game Update just be a forever loop? And you can just do this for the game update X ms: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/3X/1/3/13110ce11a01e72d1af21fdc1d0994c464bab3af.png) Also, for the element of the array, you could just use a list block and do this: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/3X/b/8/b8292830c7854f67d3ce4a1bdaada783afc0c440.png) ---
### Author: ![TheEarth](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/theearth/32/34579_2.png) [@TheEarth](https://forum.makecode.com/u/TheEarth) #### Post date: [August 28, 2026, 6:31pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/why-are-people-saying-that-makecode-is-a-knockoff-of-scratch/44183/50 "2026-08-28T18:31:56Z")
forever loops have micro pauses between frames while game update runs every frrame ---
### Author: ![Spike](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/spike/32/33316_2.png) [@Spike](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Spike) #### Post date: [August 31, 2026, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/why-are-people-saying-that-makecode-is-a-knockoff-of-scratch/44183/52 "2026-08-31T18:06:59Z")
Ok nevermind I take back everything I said Makecode and Scratch are now on the same level ![Makecode is getting better👀](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/3X/0/4/04f154918430b37adf2baca94fbd52e3852681d5.png) ---
### Author: ![Sword\_Studios](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/sword_studios/32/35216_2.png) [@Sword\_Studios](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Sword_Studios) #### Post date: [September 8, 2026, 8:47pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/why-are-people-saying-that-makecode-is-a-knockoff-of-scratch/44183/53 "2026-09-08T20:47:38Z")
(sorry I’m late) I think you can spoiler images like this? ![emoji-9f8e6f-1366x768](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/3X/7/7/777fdd82cba357563974ab7f34e755f804567dfc.png) ---
### Author: ![Moroni](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/moroni/32/34274_2.png) [@Moroni](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Moroni) #### Post date: [September 9, 2026, 2:08am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/why-are-people-saying-that-makecode-is-a-knockoff-of-scratch/44183/54 "2026-09-09T02:08:19Z")
Imagine it more like Two kids wanted to complete the same assignment and both got a good grade. They didn’t necessarily Copy of Eachother but they both did the same homework. [Previous page](https://forum.makecode.com/t/why-are-people-saying-that-makecode-is-a-knockoff-of-scratch/44183.md?page=2)