Mode: pause

Questions
1

subject: Have Codea a Pause mode?
Can I do this…
i have an object (for example, cat)
cat position: (x,20)

the cat go ten steps to the right → x=x+10
pause, waiting, (2seconds) —> Code?
the cat go ten steps to the left → x=x-10

(without complex controlstructures, it’s for children)

2

If you want a simple method you can look at tween.delay().

tween.delay(2,callback_func)
3

@AnnSophie If you’re looking for something simple to move a sprite around the screen and pause, try this. The sprite is controlled by what’s in the “dirTab” table. It contains 3 values per entry. The first is the x direction, the second is the y direction, and the third is the number of seconds to pause after that move. In the example below, the sprite starts at x=100 y=100. In the “dirTab”, the first move is 200 for x, 20 for y, and a pause for 5 seconds. It will then move -100 for x, and -10 for y, and pause for 4 seconds. It will then move -5 for x, 200 for y, and pause for 6 seconds. After that it will then start at the beginning of the table and continue those moves. You can add more values to the “dirTab” as long as they’re vec3(x,y,pause). If the sprite goes off the screen, it will move to the center and continue.


displayMode(FULLSCREEN)

function setup()
    dirTab={
        vec3(200,20,5),
        vec3(-100,-10,4),
        vec3(-5,200,6)
           }
    x=100
    y=100
    xcount=0
    ycount=0
    offset=0
    delay=0
end

function draw()
    background(40, 40, 50)
    fill(255)
    if x<0 or x>WIDTH or y<0 or y>HEIGHT then
        x=WIDTH/2
        y=HEIGHT/2
    end
    sprite("Planet Cute:Character Princess Girl",x,y)
    direction()
end

function direction()
    if xcount==0 and ycount==0 then
        if delay>0 then
            delay=delay-(1/60)
            text("PAUSED",WIDTH/2,HEIGHT-50)
            return
        end
        offset=offset+1
        if offset>#dirTab then
            offset=1
        end
        delay=dirTab[offset].z
        xcount=dirTab[offset].x
        ycount=dirTab[offset].y
    end
    if xcount~=0 then
        if dirTab[offset].x>0 then
            x=x+1
            if xcount>0 then
                xcount = xcount - 1
            end
        end
        if dirTab[offset].x<0 then
            x=x-1
            if xcount<0 then
                xcount = xcount + 1
            end
        end
    end
    if ycount~=0 then
        if dirTab[offset].y>0 then
            y=y+1
            if ycount>0 then
                ycount = ycount - 1
            end
        end
        if dirTab[offset].y<0 then
            y=y-1
            if ycount<0 then
                ycount = ycount + 1
            end
        end
    end        
end
4

This could easily be done with tween.delay.

I feel like it would be more appropriate to use Scratch for this, though…