Update: Still can't figure out the animation thing

So a while ago I asked for help changing the sprite whenever the player turns a specific direction. I got a lot of replies telling me to do different things and code and stuff, but none of them worked when I tried them. I'm not sure exactly how to go about this from here.

If you are having a hard time with direction. Use this: https://microstudio.dev/i/Vafis/basicdiagonalmovement/

Create different sprites for different animations and use a variable to store the animation:

init = function()
  player = object
    animation = "idle"
  end
end

update = function()
  player.animation = "idle"
  if keyboard.LEFT then
    player.animation = "left"
  end
  if keyboard.RIGHT then
    player.animation = "right"
  end
end

draw = function()
  // sprites in player folder are idle, left, and right
  screen.drawSprite("player/" + player.animation, 0, 0, 16, 16)
end