Uploaded December 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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This episode lays the groundwork ready for us to start working on our tower placement. In this episode we learn how to detect the position of the mouse, create a ray, detect what it hits and paint the town red!

TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
0:30 Detecting the mouse position
3:50 Getting mouse ray
6:00 Making raycasts
8:06 Using RunService
10:35 Interacting on click
14:30 Outro

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