# Following along tutorial gets me a black screen **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions\ **Created:** [July 10, 2024, 1:29pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/following-along-tutorial-gets-me-a-black-screen/77443 "2024-07-10T13:29:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 8
**Author:** ![theagemaway](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/theagemaway/32/38123_2.png) [@theagemaway](https://forum.defold.com/u/theagemaway)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 7:55am UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/following-along-tutorial-gets-me-a-black-screen/77443/8 "2024-11-27T07:55:36Z")
I had this same issue, and was able to solve it. I made a long post about it on another thread. Just adding this link in case it helps anyone seeing this > [@Black screen is shown when building](https://forum.defold.com/t/black-screen-is-shown-when-building/68933/8): > > hopefully this helps someone out there on the grand internet: Short story: go to game.project → graphics → OpenGL Version Hint → set “Highest Version Available”. this fixed the issue for me! Long long story: I recently downloaded Defold because I was fed up with Unity, tired of Godot, and not interested in Unreal. Defold seemed to be the only engine that can export to all of the major platforms, so I wanted to give it a try. So I watched hours of tutorial videos, then decided to finally start… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.defold.com/t/following-along-tutorial-gets-me-a-black-screen/77443)._