Flash MX 2004 Games : Art to ActionScript

Chapter 17: Platformers
If the cat calls ‘userRight’ then we need to decide what to do based on the current action. The
cat action could be ‘STOPRIGHT’, ’STOPLEFT’ or ‘WALKLEFT’. The current action dictates
what the cat action should be set to.
1 //===============userRight=====================================
2 //This is called by the userAction function
3 //parameters=======================================================
4 //none
5 //=================================================================
6 function userRight() {
7 switch (action) {
8 case STOPRIGHT :
9 initAction(STARTRIGHT);
10 break;
11 case STOPLEFT :
12 initAction(STARTLEFT);
13 break;
14 case WALKLEFT :
15 initAction(TURNRIGHT);
16 break;
17 }
18 }
Listing 17.5
‘userLeft’ works in a similar way with the directions reversed.
1 //===============userLeft=====================================
2 //This is called by the userAction function
3 //parameters=======================================================
4 //none
5 //=================================================================
6 function userLeft() {
7 switch (action) {
8 case STOPLEFT :
9 initAction(STARTLEFT);
10 break;
11 case STOPRIGHT :
12 initAction(STARTRIGHT);
13 break;
14 case WALKRIGHT :
15 initAction(TURNLEFT);
16 break;
17 }
18 }
Listing 17.6
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