moveShape()

Purpose

Apply movement to a shape drawn with drawShape()

Description

Applies movement on a pixel-per-frame basis to a shape's x and y screen position

Syntax

moveShape( shape, x, y )
moveShape( shape, axes )

Arguments

shape Handle which stores the shape to move

x Amount (in pixels) to move the shape on the horizontal axis

y Amount (in pixels) to move the shape on the vertical axis

axes Vector describing the amount (in pixels) to mvoe the shape on both axes

Example

shape = createCircle( gwidth() / 2, gheight() / 2, 200, 360 )

// move the circle using the left control stick values
loop
    clear( grey )
    j = controls( 0 )
    moveShape( shape, { j.lx, -j.ly } * 5 )
    drawShape( shape )
    update()
repeat

Associated Commands