Changing Direction with 2 keys only for LightBike Game

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:bust_in_silhouette: Asked By Daniel Chicchon

Hi everyone, first time poster.

For my first project, I am building a lightbike game and am having trouble with how to set a direction for the player with only two keys.

Here is my code so far:

var screen_size var score : int = 0
var speed : int = 300

var velocity : Vector2 = Vector2()
onready var sprite : Sprite = get_node("Sprite")
onready var camera : Camera = get_node("Camera2D")

func _ready():
	screen_size = get_viewport_rect().size
	pass

func _physics_process(delta):
	if Input.is_action_just_pressed("move_left"):
		velocity = Vector2()
		velocity.x = -speed
	elif Input.is_action_just_pressed("move_right"):
		velocity = Vector2()
		velocity.x = speed
	
	move_and_collide(velocity * delta)

Here I only want to use the left and right keys to move the player left or right relative to their current vector. Haven’t had much luck looking in the Vector2 docs so far so I figured I would ask the question here instead.

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:bust_in_silhouette: Reply From: Daniel Chicchon

Solved my own question!

Here is the new implemented code:

extends KinematicBody2D

var screen_size
var score : int = 0
export var speed : int = 300

# Later I will implement an inital direction vector that the player chooses
var rotation_dir = PI/2
var velocity : Vector2 = Vector2(speed,0).rotated(rotation_dir)

# Rotation/Direction Vector

func _physics_process(delta):
  if Input.is_action_just_pressed("move_left"):
	rotation_dir -= PI/2
	print(rotation_dir)
	velocity = Vector2(speed,0).rotated(rotation_dir)
  elif Input.is_action_just_pressed("move_right"):
	rotation_dir += PI/2
	print(rotation_dir)
	velocity = Vector2(speed,0).rotated(rotation_dir)
	
 move_and_collide(velocity * delta)

  func _input(ev):
    if ev is InputEventKey:
	var text = OS.get_scancode_string(ev.scancode)
	$InputLabel.text = text