# Why isn't my tilemap showing?
**URL:** https://forum.makecode.com/t/why-isnt-my-tilemap-showing/3480
**Category:** Help
**Created:** [September 16, 2020, 5:10pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/why-isnt-my-tilemap-showing/3480 "2020-09-16T17:10:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@Kat](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Kat)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2020, 5:10pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/why-isnt-my-tilemap-showing/3480/1 "2020-09-16T17:10:59Z")
> **[\>:)](https://arcade.makecode.com/47499-83313-77875-22590)**
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> Made with ❤️ in Microsoft MakeCode Arcade.
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### Author:  [@FlintAsher](https://forum.makecode.com/u/FlintAsher)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2020, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/why-isnt-my-tilemap-showing/3480/2 "2020-09-16T17:22:20Z")
I don’t know, you could try to go into scene and set a background color that’s a light color, or you could create a tile for the player to spawn on and go into scene then select ‘place my sprite on top of random \_\_\_\_\_’ and add it to “On start” Make sure to place the spawn tile on top of the walls and not in them.
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### Author:  [@Kat](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Kat)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2020, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/why-isnt-my-tilemap-showing/3480/3 "2020-09-16T17:24:34Z")
I’ll try that!
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### Author:  [@FlintAsher](https://forum.makecode.com/u/FlintAsher)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2020, 5:30pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/why-isnt-my-tilemap-showing/3480/4 "2020-09-16T17:30:44Z")
Okay i figured out how to fix it, you didn’t have a camera, so go into scene, scroll down till you see ‘set camera to follow Mysprite’ and add it into on start.
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### Author:  [@Kat](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Kat)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2020, 5:32pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/why-isnt-my-tilemap-showing/3480/5 "2020-09-16T17:32:51Z")
Thank you! That’s something I usually do at the beginning. I guess I’m being extra forgetful today! Ha!
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### Author:  [@FlintAsher](https://forum.makecode.com/u/FlintAsher)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2020, 5:33pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/why-isnt-my-tilemap-showing/3480/6 "2020-09-16T17:33:23Z")
no problem, happy to help, love your art btw!
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### Author:  [@Kat](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Kat)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2020, 5:34pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/why-isnt-my-tilemap-showing/3480/7 "2020-09-16T17:34:49Z")
Thank you! Creating sprites is probably my favorite thing to do while coding!