I Need Help With a Sprite Moving Back and Forth on the X Axis along with FlipX

Unity Engine
1

So I’m completely new to C# and scripting in general, I have no idea how to do this. I’ve googled my problem and found tons of answers, none of which helped me. I have a sprite in a cage and I want the sprite to go back and forth while flipping it’s X. This is a 2D game. The sprite’s name is TrappedPerson1 and I have no official name for the script. Thanks and sorry in advance!

2

I’m not sure what you want but if you want to flip a sprite’s direction, set x scale to -1.

Moving left and right itself should be simple. Look up some tutorials.

3
  1. Add a component Rigidbody2D to your gameobject and set its body type to kinematic.
  2. Create a script OfficialName and put it on your gameobject
using UnityEngine;

[RequireComponent(typeof(Rigidbody2D))]
public class OfficialName : MonoBehaviour
{
    private Rigidbody2D rb;
    private float speed = 1f;
    private float amplitude = 3f;
    private Vector3 originalScale;

    private void Start()
    {
        rb = GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>();
        originalScale = transform.localScale;
        MoveToDirection(Vector2.right);
    }

    private void FixedUpdate()
    {
        if (transform.position.x > amplitude)
        {
            MoveToDirection(Vector2.left);
        }
        else if (transform.position.x < -amplitude)
        {
            MoveToDirection(Vector2.right);
        }
    }

    private void MoveToDirection(Vector2 direction)
    {
        rb.velocity = direction * speed;

        transform.localScale = new Vector3(direction.x < 0 ? -originalScale.x : originalScale.x, originalScale.y,
            originalScale.z);
    }
}
4

ok I’ll try this thanks!