# True 8-way movement for games

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/true-8-way-movement-for-games/249778
**Category:** open source
**Created:** [January 22, 2008, 3:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/true-8-way-movement-for-games/249778 "2008-01-22T15:21:21Z")
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### Author: ![Dark\_Viper](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/dark_viper/32/3568_2.png) [@Dark\_Viper](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Dark_Viper)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2008, 3:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/true-8-way-movement-for-games/249778/1 "2008-01-22T15:21:21Z")

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I don’t really like to blatantly advertise but someone did post a game engine tutorial a while back so I thought I’d also help those who are starting out with flash game development.

For those wanting to know how to easily move their game characters in 8 directions I’ve posted a tutorial here:  
[http://blog.fatal-exception.co.uk/?p=9](http://blog.fatal-exception.co.uk/?p=9)

In the final example shown there, the object will move in all directions at the same speed, which most sometimes neglect (professional coders included -there are a lot of old professional games which enabled the player to move faster in a diagonal direction).

I hope y’all find it useful! 🙂