How do I make a 2D object face the direction it is moving in top down space shooter

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1

I am very new to unity and have no clue how to make this work, I’ve been working on it for hours.
Here is what I have so far:

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;
using UnityEngine.UI;
using UnityStandardAssets.CrossPlatformInput;

public class PlayerController : MonoBehaviour {

	private Rigidbody2D body;
	public float speed;
	private int count;
	public Text counttext;
	public Text WinText;



	void Start()
	{
		body = GetComponent<Rigidbody2D> ();
		count = 0;
		WinText.text = "";
		SetCountText ();

	}


	void FixedUpdate()
	{
		
		Vector2 moveVec = new Vector2(CrossPlatformInputManager.GetAxis("Horizontal"),CrossPlatformInputManager.GetAxis("Vertical")) * speed;
		body.AddForce (moveVec);


	}
2

Add this to your FixedUpdate:

void FixedUpdate()
{
    Vector2 moveVec = new Vector2(CrossPlatformInputManager.GetAxis("Horizontal"), CrossPlatformInputManager.GetAxis("Vertical")) * speed;
    body.AddForce (moveVec);
	
	if (moveVec != Vector2.zero) {
		transform.rotation = Quaternion.LookRotation(moveVec, Vector3.back);
	}
}

Vector3.back is likely your upwards direction (towards the camera). If not, then change that accordingly.

If you want smoother rotation, use:

transform.rotation = Quaternion.Slerp(transform.rotation, Quaternion.LookRotation(moveVec, Vector3.back), Time.fixedDeltaTime * turnSpeed);