🔒 Hi, does anyone know why my player doesnt move?

[timber estuary]

import pygame
pygame.init()

screen_width = 480
screen_height = 360

player_x = screen_width/2
player_y = screen_height/2
player_width = 4
player_height = 4

player = pygame.Rect((player_x, player_y, player_width, player_height))

screen = pygame.display.set_mode((screen_width, screen_height))

run = True

while run:

    for event in pygame.event.get():

        if event.type == pygame.K_w:
            player_y = player_y + 4

        if event.type == pygame.K_s:
            player_y = player_y - 4

        if event.type == pygame.K_d:
            player_x = player_x + 4

        if event.type == pygame.K_a:
            player_x = player_x - 4

        if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
            run = False

    player = pygame.Rect((player_x, player_y, player_width, player_height))
    pygame.draw.rect(screen, (255, 0, 0), player)

    pygame.display.update()
pygame.quit()

[still jackal]

Hey @timber estuary!

Please edit your message to use a code block

Add a py after the three backticks.

```py
print('Hello, world!')
```

This will result in the following:

print('Hello, world!')```

[still jackal]

@timber estuary

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[tame jungle]

do you get any errors or anything?

the error is that pygame events can only detect if a key has been pressed, not what key has been pressed

to do that, you'd use pygame.key.get_pressed(), then checking it using the key

import pygame
pygame.init()

screen_width = 480
screen_height = 360

player_x = screen_width/2
player_y = screen_height/2
player_width = 4
player_height = 4

player = pygame.Rect((player_x, player_y, player_width, player_height))
screen = pygame.display.set_mode((screen_width, screen_height))

clock = pygame.time.Clock()

run = True

while run:
    for event in pygame.event.get():
        if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
            run = False

    keys = pygame.key.get_pressed()

    if keys[pygame.K_w]:
        player_y -= 1
    if keys[pygame.K_s]:
        player_y += 1
    if keys[pygame.K_a]:
        player_x -= 1
    if keys[pygame.K_d]:
        player_x += 1

    screen.fill((0,0,0))
    player = pygame.Rect(player_x, player_y, player_width, player_height)
    pygame.draw.rect(screen, (255,0,0), player, 0)

    pygame.display.update()
    clock.tick(60)
pygame.quit()```

I added a clock so it doesnt refresh out of control
I also added the fill so that the old position is removed

@timber estuary incase you didnt see it

[small lodge]

the thing you were doing wrong is event.type == pygame.K_w you should've done event.type == pygame.KEY_DOWN and then event.key == pygame.K_ESCAPE for example
but Ryan studio made a better one, because this event for pressing a key just detects a keypress, it doesn't move the player too much.

[still jackal]

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