I'm a noob to coding, something basic isnt working how I thought it would.

Okay so I wanted to make arrow key movements for my character, and it isn't working. the code for this function is:

function moveCharacter("Knight") -- Opening parenthesis correctly added here if key(UP) then y = y - 2 -- Move up end if key(DOWN) then y = y + 2 -- Move down end if key(LEFT) then x = x - 2 -- Move left end if key(RIGHT) then x = x + 2 -- Move right end end

Does anyone have any ideas?

here is a basic snippet to get you started:

update = function()
  if keyboard.UP then y = y + 2 end
  if keyboard.DOWN then y = y - 2 end
  if keyboard.LEFT then x = x - 2 end
  if keyboard.RIGHT then x = x + 2 end
end

draw = function()
  screen.clear(0)
  screen.drawSprite("icon", x, y, 16, 16)
end

(btw, if you use ``` before and after your code that you post here, it will format it nicely)

Did you define the key function and the UP, DOWN, LEFT, and RIGHT variables? For keyboard inputs, you can use keyboard.UP, keyboard.DOWN, keyboard.LEFT, and keyboard.RIGHT.

maybe this could help something?

https://microstudio.dev/i/TwiceUponATime/suggestions/