Very very new to coding trying to make/copy a simple snake game to mess around with. there is a part of the code to make the snake move across the pannel, but for some reason my snake will only move one block then stop, and only if I set the move(); method to run on its own without input. I want to be able to press a key to begin movement with ActionEvent e, but it for some reason is not working project consists of 3 classes (this is my firs time on this site very sorry if im doing this wrong).
this is the move method '''
public void move() {
System.out.println(" running");
for (int i = bodyParts;i>0; i--) {
x[i] = x[i-1];
y[i] = y[i-1];
}
switch(direction) {
case 'U':
y[0] = y[0] - unitSize;
break;
case 'D':
y[0] = y[0] + unitSize;
break;
case 'L':
x[0] = x[0] - unitSize;
break;
case 'R':
x[0] = x[0] + unitSize;
break;
}
}
'''
@Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
if (running) {
System.out.print("action working");
move();
checkApple();
checkCollisions();
} else {
repaint();
}
}
'''
'''
public class GamePanel extends JPanel implements ActionListener{
static final int sWidth = 700;
static final int sHeight = 700;
static final int unitSize = 25;
static final int gameUnits = (sWidth*sHeight)/unitSize;
static final int Delay = 100;
final int x[] = new int[gameUnits];
final int y[] = new int[gameUnits];
int bodyParts = 6;
int applesEaten;
int appleX;
int appleY;
int gameON;
char direction = 'R';
boolean running = false;
Timer timer;
Random random;
GamePanel(){
random = new Random();
this.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(sWidth,sHeight));
this.setBackground(Color.black);
this.setFocusable(true);
this.addKeyListener(new MyKeyAdapter());
this.
startGame();
move();
System.out.print("running = " +running);
}
public void startGame() {
newApple();
running = true;
gameON = 1 ;
//timer = new Timer(Delay,timer);
//timer.start();
}
'''
