Test Arcade Game

[Drojal]

When I press the right button for example, the player doesn’t head to the right side immediately.

Also, when I press the left button and after some ms I release it, my character is animated as he still moves to the left even if I have released the left button. It doesn’t happen with the rest move buttons.

Moreover, I want my character to be animated, while he uses his sword or shield (A and B button respectively) even when he is stationary. For now he is animated only when I move and use the A or B button. My code for this is in the orange blocks to the right hand side.

This is my code: https://arcade.makecode.com/S34570-14289-56605-84829

[richard]

I think a lot of your problems will be solved by using the arcade-character-animations extension:

With that extension you can make it so that the sprites animate using simple rules like “facing left” or “facing right”:

Also it looks like you are manually checking for overlaps inside of a forever. It’s much easier to use overlap events:

[richard]

Also, here’s a trick I use to code sword/shield type games:

Coding a sword type weapon?

Hello, I am looking to code a sword or other weapon that my sprite can swing. I want the sword to be able to destroy enemies it hits but am struggling to find a good way to do so. So far I have made the sword a projectile but am looking for other ideas. I know that making a firing projectile would be easier but I have done that in another game. Thanks for your help

[Drojal]

So before every animation that I have right now in my code, I just use the animation extension that you sent me? Also, by saying that I check manually the overlaps, you mean the “if” that I use?

[richard]

yes, exactly! The overlap event blocks are more efficient and easier to use than checking overlaps with if statements in a bunch of places. They also guarantee that your overlap code will run at the right time in the game loop