MovingKnight.lua

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--
-- main.lua
--
-- Created by: Mr. Coxall
-- Created on: Jan 2018
-- 
-- This file animates a charact using a spritesheet
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display.setStatusBar(display.HiddenStatusBar)
 
centerX = display.contentWidth * .5
centerY = display.contentHeight * .5

local playerBullets = {} -- Table that holds the players Bullets


local dPad = display.newImage( "./assets/sprites/d-pad.png" )
dPad.x = 150
dPad.y = display.contentHeight - 200
dPad.alpha = 0.50
dPad.id = "d-pad"


local rightArrow = display.newImage( "./assets/sprites/rightArrow.png" )
rightArrow.x = 260
rightArrow.y = display.contentHeight - 200
rightArrow.id = "right arrow"


local sheetOptionsIdle =
{
    width = 587,
    height = 707,
    numFrames = 10
}
local sheetIdleKnight = graphics.newImageSheet( "./assets/spritesheets/knightIdle.png", sheetOptionsIdle )

local sheetOptionsWalk =
{
    width = 587,
    height = 707,
    numFrames = 10
}
local sheetWalkingKnight = graphics.newImageSheet( "./assets/spritesheets/knightWalking.png", sheetOptionsWalk )


-- sequences table
local sequence_data = {
    -- consecutive frames sequence
    {
        name = "idle",
        start = 1,
        count = 10,
        time = 800,
        loopCount = 0,
        sheet = sheetIdleKnight
    },
    {
        name = "walk",
        start = 1,
        count = 10,
        time = 1000,
        loopCount = 1,
        sheet = sheetWalkingKnight
    }
}

local knight = display.newSprite( sheetIdleKnight, sequence_data )
knight.x = centerX
knight.y = centerY
knight:setSequence( "idle" )
knight:play()


function rightArrow:touch( event )
    if ( event.phase == "ended" ) then
        -- move the character up
        transition.moveBy( knight, { 
            x = 150, 
            y = 0, 
            time = 1000 
            } )
        knight:setSequence( "walk" )
        knight:play()
    end

    return true
end

-- rest to idle 
local function resetToIdle (event)
    if event.phase == "ended" then
        knight:setSequence("idle")
        knight:play()
    end
end


rightArrow:addEventListener( "touch", rightArrow )
knight:addEventListener("sprite", resetToIdle)