Quick recap: in the game you saved earlier, how did we get the monkey moving with the joystick or arrow keys? Today we'll keep building Monkey Mayhem at our devices — adding points for each donut, a sound when you collect one, and a 30-second countdown to make it a real challenge. Open the project you saved earlier and we'll predict before we build.

Before anyone runs anything, commit to a prediction. When we add the code that lets the monkey collect donuts and earn points, what do you think will happen on screen the moment the monkey touches a donut? Will the donut stay or vanish? Will the score change? Decide now — we'll check who was right later.

Welcome to our exciting coding adventure, Monkey Mayhem! In this lesson, you will create a fun game using MakeCode Arcade. You will control a monkey character who loves to eat donuts. Your task is to help the monkey collect as many donuts as possible within 30 seconds. Are you ready to start coding? Let's go!

Open the MakeCode Arcade website using the link below and create a new project. You can call the project whatever you want.

https://arcade.makecode.com

Arcade: How to create a new project

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Create a new Arcade project using the makecode.com website.

Next, you will create your player sprite. This is the character that you will control in the game. Add the following code:

let mySprite = sprites.create(img`...`, SpriteKind.Player)

Then click on the grey box and choose a sprite character from the gallery. In our example we will choose the monkey character.

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Arcade: How to create a sprite in Arcade

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Click on the gray box in the sprite block to open the Editor. You can choose a sprite from the Gallery or you can paint your own sprite using the Editor.