Simple 8 Way Movement

Here I'll show you how to add interactivity and make your charector in your game move in all eight dirrections with the arrow keys. Lets Begin...

1. First draw you charector from a birds eye view (looking from above)
2. Now Hit "Ctrl + F8"
3. Now Name it and select "Movieclip"
4. Then click "OK"
5. Click on your charector and give it the instince name of "man"
6. Now put the following script on your character:

• onClipEvent (load) {
• fight = false;
• }
• onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
• if (fight == false) {
• if (Key.isDown(Key.LEFT) && fight != true) {
• _rotation = 270;
• this._x -= 5
• }
• else if (Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT) && fight != true) {
• _rotation = 90;
• this._x += 5
• }
• if (Key.isDown(Key.UP) && fight != true) {
• _rotation = 0;
• this._y += 5
• }
• else if (Key.isDown(Key.DOWN) && fight != true) {
• _rotation = 180;
• this._y -=5
• }
• }
• }
• onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
• if (Key.isDown(Key.LEFT) && Key.isDown(Key.DOWN)) {
• _rotation = 225;
• }
• if (Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT) && Key.isDown(Key.UP)) {
• _rotation = 45;
• }
• if (Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT) && Key.isDown(Key.DOWN)) {
• _rotation = 135;
• }
• if (Key.isDown(Key.LEFT) && Key.isDown(Key.UP)) {
• _rotation = 315;
• }
• }

And there you go! Now test your movie/game by hitting "Ctrl + Enter". That will create an swf file (thats the actual movie/game file that you would give to your friends or upload to the internet.