# Why do you use makecode?
**URL:** https://forum.makecode.com/t/why-do-you-use-makecode/34420
**Category:** Arcade
**Created:** [March 9, 2025, 5:24am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/why-do-you-use-makecode/34420 "2025-03-09T05:24:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Danny\_Devention](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Danny_Devention)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2025, 5:24am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/why-do-you-use-makecode/34420/1 "2025-03-09T05:24:34Z")
Just a random question I thought would be fun to ask, whats your reason for using makecode?
I started off using it for school but now I sometimes code for fun when I have nothing else better to do. (And I like using the forums)
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### Author:  [@WoofWoof](https://forum.makecode.com/u/WoofWoof)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2025, 5:40pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/why-do-you-use-makecode/34420/2 "2025-03-09T17:40:52Z")
Mostly because I like the community. Y’all are amazing! ☺ I also own a PyGamer… or two… so being able to play my games and games from other forum members on those so easily is really cool! It’s also not blocked on my school’s computers (after I asked for it to be unblocked!) so I spend a lot of time ~~playing forum games~~ coding my games when I’m bored in class.
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### Author:  [@CodeOnTheCob](https://forum.makecode.com/u/CodeOnTheCob)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2025, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/why-do-you-use-makecode/34420/3 "2025-03-09T17:46:03Z")
I would switch but
- the community
- its pretty easy to use
- and the biggest one my school blocked a lot of other coding sites like flowlab GDevelop construct and game maker pico 8 and so one
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### Author:  [@Bilangus](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Bilangus)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2025, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/why-do-you-use-makecode/34420/4 "2025-03-09T17:46:37Z")
Quite frankly i have no clue how to code outside of blocks, and other block based engines (scratch) just didnt land right for me.
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### Author:  [@swirlix](https://forum.makecode.com/u/swirlix)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2025, 7:50pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/why-do-you-use-makecode/34420/5 "2025-03-09T19:50:07Z")
When I code on scratch, I feel like I’m terrible at coding, but when I do make code, it actually feels like I’m good at coding!
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### Author:  [@redSprite](https://forum.makecode.com/u/redSprite)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2025, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/why-do-you-use-makecode/34420/6 "2025-03-10T17:22:02Z")
To make em arcade games
way easier to make platformers here on makecode than scratch.
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### Author:  [@BotWarrior](https://forum.makecode.com/u/BotWarrior)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2025, 10:34pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/why-do-you-use-makecode/34420/7 "2025-03-10T22:34:52Z")
I have been coding for years and sadly I will probably migrate away from it soon to
“PROPER CODING”. I guess I got started at school when a kid in my class was using it to make basic platformer games and got to go away once a week on a Thursday and GET OUT OF CLASS. I begged him to teach me and within in about a year I was way better than him and still trying to push the limits a bit. Then I also got to go to that special class (no-one quote me out of context it is a good extension special class).
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### Author:  [@Danny\_Devention](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Danny_Devention)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2025, 11:05pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/why-do-you-use-makecode/34420/8 "2025-03-10T23:05:24Z")
Lemme guess, you have to switch to unity?
In high school I have to switch to unity
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### Author:  [@BotWarrior](https://forum.makecode.com/u/BotWarrior)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2025, 11:11pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/why-do-you-use-makecode/34420/9 "2025-03-10T23:11:14Z")
No I have been modding games just in Visual studio code
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### Author:  [@CodeOnTheCob](https://forum.makecode.com/u/CodeOnTheCob)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2025, 1:25am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/why-do-you-use-makecode/34420/10 "2025-03-11T01:25:33Z")
I want to try but it is blocked I have no idea why (Linewize unblock it or else)
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### Author:  [@CrunchyToast](https://forum.makecode.com/u/CrunchyToast)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2025, 1:28am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/why-do-you-use-makecode/34420/11 "2025-03-11T01:28:07Z")
I plan on switching to Godot Engine
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### Author:  [@Danny\_Devention](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Danny_Devention)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2025, 1:30am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/why-do-you-use-makecode/34420/12 "2025-03-11T01:30:07Z")
oh ok
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### Author:  [@ZeroFall](https://forum.makecode.com/u/ZeroFall)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2025, 11:38am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/why-do-you-use-makecode/34420/13 "2025-03-11T11:38:31Z")
Nice!
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### Author:  [@ZeroFall](https://forum.makecode.com/u/ZeroFall)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2025, 11:38am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/why-do-you-use-makecode/34420/14 "2025-03-11T11:38:38Z")
I’m not very good at coding and i’m just in middle school but next year i’ll be in high school and i’m planning to try really REALLY hard to make games wish me luck next year!
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### Author:  [@blazer](https://forum.makecode.com/u/blazer)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2025, 11:42am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/why-do-you-use-makecode/34420/15 "2025-03-11T11:42:03Z")
same for me but I want to learn how to code with java script or python one day
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### Author:  [@AlexK](https://forum.makecode.com/u/AlexK)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2025, 12:13pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/why-do-you-use-makecode/34420/16 "2025-03-11T12:13:51Z")
I create projects in MakeCode (primarily Arcade, but I use the other platforms on occasion) for one simple reason:
Because it’s fun!
I started programming computers when I was ten years old. I learned on BASIC and Logo, which are really fun languages, and I’ve used dozens of other languages. Professionally, I use C# whenever I can, although for some gigs I’m forced to use something else. (Often PHP, which is an awful language.) When I make projects for fun, though, I always come back to MakeCode.
Microsoft makes _ **the best** _ programming tools. Visual Studio is wickedly powerful and is my day-to-day environment. VS Code is a close second and really has become a powerful programming environment; it’s so much more now than just a text editor. MakeCode is right up there. It’s crazy how good it’s become in such a short period of time.
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### Author:  [@CrunchyToast](https://forum.makecode.com/u/CrunchyToast)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2025, 1:42am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/why-do-you-use-makecode/34420/17 "2025-03-12T01:42:00Z")
Same here!
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### Author:  [@Jedi](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Jedi)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2025, 1:43am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/why-do-you-use-makecode/34420/18 "2025-03-12T01:43:23Z")
yeah i use VSCode for literally everything i make (outside of makecode) because it has so many features but its easy to use!
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### Author:  [@Gl125371](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Gl125371)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2025, 1:43am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/why-do-you-use-makecode/34420/19 "2025-03-12T01:43:29Z")
I use it because a few years ago, I got the machine to run MakeCode.
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### Author:  [@Danny\_Devention](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Danny_Devention)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2025, 1:57am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/why-do-you-use-makecode/34420/20 "2025-03-12T01:57:33Z")
Do you have to switch to unity in high school or do you get to keep using make code?
For classes I have to switch to unity but I can still code here for fun
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