microsoft/pxt-arcade

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Arcade game editor based on Microsoft MakeCode

Stars: 546
Forks: 263
Open beginner issues: 4
Indexed issues: 574
Avg merge: 7h 35m
Merged PRs (30d): 46

Dominant language: TypeScript
License: MIT
Last GitHub push: Sep 11, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
Contributing guide: No contributing guide
Code of conduct: Code of conduct
Beginner labels: help wanted

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574 open issues indexed

Not all tutorials run on all Arcade hardware Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

microsoft/pxt-arcade#7750 · Opened Sep 16, 2026
Add metadata to improve Home Page Search Open

homescreen search

microsoft/pxt-arcade#7749 · 1 assignee · Opened Sep 15, 2026
Theme: Images and Text toolbox item labels have low contrast in JavaScript/Python editor under Tokyo Night theme Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

microsoft/pxt-arcade#7748 · Opened Sep 11, 2026
Firewall helper Open

customer feedback

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/pxt-arcade#7742 · Opened Sep 9, 2026
Ensure elements marked as presentational do not have global ARIA or tabindex so that all screen readers ignore them.: A11y_arcade.makecode.com_AI4W Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

microsoft/pxt-arcade#7741 · Opened Sep 9, 2026
Ensure elements with an ARIA role that require child roles contain them (#mainmenu): A11y_arcade.makecode.com_Make Code Arcade_AI4W Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 65/100

microsoft/pxt-arcade#7740 · Opened Sep 9, 2026
Offline extensions Open

extension Offline

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

microsoft/pxt-arcade#7738 · Opened Sep 8, 2026
Theme: Simulator D-pad background disappears during button interaction on Bubblegum theme Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 75/100

microsoft/pxt-arcade#7733 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 8, 2026
Theme: Experiments button text has insufficient contrast in the Tokyo Night theme after clicking Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 72/100

microsoft/pxt-arcade#7732 · 1 comment · Opened Sep 8, 2026
[Jumpy Platformer] Switching from Python to Blocks generates "_initActionKind" error Open

decompile p2 python

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 68/100

microsoft/pxt-arcade#7714 · 3 comments · Opened Sep 2, 2026
Keyboard controls - no way to get to Search menu Open

accessibility keyboardnav p2

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 68/100

microsoft/pxt-arcade#7682 · Opened Aug 27, 2026
Add song duration indicator to Song Gallery Open

music

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 65/100

microsoft/pxt-arcade#7680 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 27, 2026
Piano Editor Extension: Previously Selected Track Not Retained When Reopening Piano Editor Open

extension music p2

microsoft/pxt-arcade#7678 · 1 comment · 1 assignee · Opened Aug 27, 2026
[Screen Reader] Narrator focus outline does not fully cover tab items and Shareable link box in Share dialog Open

p2 screenreader

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

microsoft/pxt-arcade#7653 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 14, 2026
[Screen Reader] Close button name is not announced in Blocks hint when navigating via keyboard Open

p2 screenreader

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 56/100

microsoft/pxt-arcade#7648 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 13, 2026
[Screen Reader] Clickable block name is incorrectly announced in tutorial step content during keyboard navigation Open

p2 screenreader

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

microsoft/pxt-arcade#7647 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 13, 2026
[Screen Reader] Project card selection state (selected/unselected) is not announced on “View All My Projects” page during keyboard navigation Open

p2 screenreader

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 65/100

microsoft/pxt-arcade#7646 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 13, 2026
Explain with AI Fails for Large Projects Open

Explain-AI p2

microsoft/pxt-arcade#7645 · 1 assignee · Opened Aug 13, 2026
Ensure the contrast between foreground and background colors meets WCAG 2 AA minimum contrast ratio thresholds (.name): A11y_arcade.makecode.com_Make Code Arcade_AI4W Open

accessibility

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 68/100

microsoft/pxt-arcade#7642 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 11, 2026
Print code not showing named assets Open

p2

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

microsoft/pxt-arcade#7636 · Opened Aug 7, 2026
Firefox: Hint Content Is Cut Off at the Bottom of Long Tutorial Container Steps Open

browser compat p2 tutorial

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 58/100

microsoft/pxt-arcade#7619 · Opened Aug 4, 2026
Allow opening and downloading corrupted projects Open

p2

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

microsoft/pxt-arcade#7602 · Opened Jul 21, 2026
404 For Current Project - Work Lost Open

github-integration needs repro

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

microsoft/pxt-arcade#7601 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 12, 2026
support webusb for microbit Open

webusb

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

microsoft/pxt-arcade#7599 · 2 reactions · Opened Jul 6, 2026
Github Project Keeps Copying - Needs Help Open

identity p2

microsoft/pxt-arcade#7596 · 3 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Jul 1, 2026
Share page on mobile not rotating Open

mobile sharepage

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 64/100

microsoft/pxt-arcade#7594 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 25, 2026
Copy/Paste checklist results Open

Code Validation

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 65/100

microsoft/pxt-arcade#7591 · Opened Jun 19, 2026
AP CS Principles - checklist requests Open

Code Validation

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

microsoft/pxt-arcade#7588 · Opened Jun 16, 2026
Error Explainer in Blocks - can only handle 1 issue? Open

error message Explain-AI p2

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

microsoft/pxt-arcade#7586 · Opened Jun 13, 2026
Projects keep getting 409 conflicts despite only being edited in one browser Open

cloud sync p2

microsoft/pxt-arcade#7570 · 1 assignee · Opened May 15, 2026
Keyboard navigation through image editor Open

keyboardnav

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 52/100

microsoft/pxt-arcade#7554 · 2 comments · Opened Apr 12, 2026
Version History playback for Teachers Open

customer development

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/pxt-arcade#7521 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 12, 2026
Differentiate between local vs. global variables Open

blocks

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 38/100

microsoft/pxt-arcade#7520 · Opened Mar 12, 2026
Keep code focus/selection when moving from Blocks --> Text and vice versa Open

decompile monaco

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

microsoft/pxt-arcade#7519 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 12, 2026
Simulator doesn't load when clicking “Run” in Animation extension (stop animation) help documentation Open

p2 sidedocs

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

microsoft/pxt-arcade#7517 · Opened Mar 12, 2026
“Sprite Sight” toolbox drawer remains expanded after returning from “+ Extensions” in Blocks editor Open

p2 toolbox

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

microsoft/pxt-arcade#7516 · Opened Mar 12, 2026
Ensure links are distinguished from surrounding text in a way that does not rely on color (a[rel="nofollow noopener"][href$="code"]): A11y_arcade.makecode.com_Command Line Interface_AI4W Open

accessibility

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 48/100

microsoft/pxt-arcade#7512 · Opened Mar 10, 2026
chase the pizza should have images baked into tutorial file Open

extension Offline tutorial

Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 45/100

microsoft/pxt-arcade#7511 · Opened Mar 9, 2026
Bug arena game freezing Open

needs repro

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 30/100

microsoft/pxt-arcade#7507 · 7 comments · Opened Mar 8, 2026
Issue with assignments are unsupported line 54 Open

compiler

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/pxt-arcade#7505 · 6 comments · Opened Mar 8, 2026
Support custom extension icons in tutorials Open

extension tutorial

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/pxt-arcade#7503 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 6, 2026
Offline app: Community Games Missing “Open in Editor” Button Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 40/100

microsoft/pxt-arcade#7501 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 5, 2026
Offline app: Video Cannot Enter Full Screen Mode Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

microsoft/pxt-arcade#7500 · Opened Mar 5, 2026
Offline app: Arcade Table and Arcade Cabinets Card Images Missing Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

microsoft/pxt-arcade#7499 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 5, 2026
ST7735 screen on RP2040 board shows only black/white picture Open

hardware

microsoft/pxt-arcade#7490 · 1 assignee · Opened Mar 1, 2026
VS Code Extension: No “Rename” option when editing assets Open

p2 vscodeextension

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

microsoft/pxt-arcade#7486 · 2 comments · Opened Feb 27, 2026
VS Code Extension: Asset Actions Enabled Without MakeCode Project Open Open

p2 vscodeextension

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

microsoft/pxt-arcade#7485 · Opened Feb 26, 2026
VS Code Extension: Missing Delete Icon for TILES Assets Open

p2 vscodeextension

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 55/100

microsoft/pxt-arcade#7484 · Opened Feb 26, 2026
VS Code Extension: Unable to delete an asset in VS Code Extension Open

p2 vscodeextension

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

microsoft/pxt-arcade#7483 · Opened Feb 26, 2026
UI Buttons for export and print are confusing in the eval tool Open

Code Validation p2

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

microsoft/pxt-arcade#7467 · Opened Feb 19, 2026

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