# \-Y moves up?

**URL:** <https://forum.makecode.com/t/y-moves-up/9938>\
**Category:** Arcade\
**Created:** [September 8, 2021, 4:33pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/y-moves-up/9938 "2021-09-08T16:33:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![CrouchingPython](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/crouchingpython/32/1216_2.png) [@CrouchingPython](https://forum.makecode.com/u/CrouchingPython)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 4:33pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/y-moves-up/9938/1 "2021-09-08T16:33:43Z")

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Why would changing sprite’s Y position by a negative number make it move up? Or what am I missing here?

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**Author:** ![richard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/richard/32/5417_2.png) [@richard](https://forum.makecode.com/u/richard)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 4:34pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/y-moves-up/9938/2 "2021-09-08T16:34:48Z")

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In arcade (and in most graphics code) y goes down instead of up! (0,0) is the top left of the screen and (160,120) is the bottom right

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**Author:** ![CrouchingPython](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/crouchingpython/32/1216_2.png) [@CrouchingPython](https://forum.makecode.com/u/CrouchingPython)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2021, 5:28pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/y-moves-up/9938/3 "2021-09-08T17:28:45Z")

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Thanks for the reply. I’ve been doing Scratch and Minecraft, so… that coordinate system is embedded in my brain.