move With Buttons

Add movement control to a player sprite with the controller arrow buttons.

mp.moveWithButtons(mp.playerSelector(mp.PlayerNumber.One))

A player’s sprite will move vertically or horizontally with the controller’s arrow buttons. The horizontal vx and vertical vy values a speeds (pixels per second) at which the sprite will move when an arrow button is pressed. If no values are set for vx and vy, the default value of 100 is used.

Parameters

• player: the player to set movement control for.
• vx: an optional velocity (speed) to move the player in the left or right direction. The default value is 100.
• vy: an optional velocity (speed) to move the player the up or down direction. The default value is 100.

Example

Set a character sprite for player 2 and make it move with the controller buttons.

scene.setBackgroundColor(10)
mp.setPlayerSprite(mp.playerSelector(mp.PlayerNumber.Two), sprites.create(img`
    . . . . . f f f f f . . . . . . 
    . . . . f e e e e e f . . . . . 
    . . . f d d d d d d e f . . . . 
    . . f d f f d d f f d f f . . . 
    . c d d d e e d d d d e d f . . 
    . c d c d d d d c d d e f f . . 
    . c d d c c c c d d d e f f f f 
    . . c d d d d d d d e f f b d f 
    . . . c d d d d e e f f f d d f 
    . . . . f f f e e f e e e f f f 
    . . . . f e e e e e e e f f f . 
    . . . f e e e e e e f f f e f . 
    . . f f e e e e f f f f f e f . 
    . f b d f e e f b b f f f e f . 
    . f d d f f f f d d b f f f f . 
    . f f f f f f f f f f f f f . . 
    `, SpriteKind.Player))
mp.moveWithButtons(mp.playerSelector(mp.PlayerNumber.Two))

See also

is button pressed

multiplayer