Game Development Reference
In-Depth Information
Controlling the hero
A sprite that only stands on the screen isn't going to make much of a game, so we'll add a
script to allow the player to move the hero to the left or right.
First, we'll add the physics of the movements related to our hero; we don't need anything
heavy, just a ridged body so that we won't pass through other objects in the world and a
collider so that we know when we bump into things:
1. Add a
RidgedBody2D
component by navigating to
Add Component
|
Physic-
s2D
|
RidgedBody2D
in the player's
GameObject
inspector.
2. Set the
Gravity Scale
parameter to
0
(as we are not using gravity), and check the
Fixed Angle
checkbox (as we want the player to always remain in the standing
position).
3. Next, add a
BoxCollider2D
component by navigating to
Add Component
|
Physics2D
|
BoxCollider2D
, and scale down the
Size X
parameter to
0.36
(just
to narrow the collision box to the width of the hero).
This should give you the view as shown in the following screenshot:
