# Game Design - Move Sprite at Angle/Direction

**URL:** <https://forum.code.org/t/game-design-move-sprite-at-angle-direction/35753>\
**Category:** Unit and Lesson Discussion\
**Created:** [January 21, 2022, 6:08pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/game-design-move-sprite-at-angle-direction/35753 "2022-01-21T18:08:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![alex\_moore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@alex\_moore](https://forum.code.org/u/alex_moore)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2022, 6:08pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/game-design-move-sprite-at-angle-direction/35753/1 "2022-01-21T18:08:21Z")

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I got to help a student figure out how to make a spaceship move forward in the direction it’s facing (based on angle). Here’s what we came up with (borrowed/edited from some Javascript tutorials):

> **[Check out what I made](https://studio.code.org/projects/gamelab/US6MKjFiZY0vGWcg5llV9M37ewIkPEmGRIr0qcLAiw0)**
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> I wrote the code myself with Code.org

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**Author:** ![melynn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.code.org/melynn/32/4925_2.png) [@melynn](https://forum.code.org/u/melynn)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 3:49pm UTC](https://forum.code.org/t/game-design-move-sprite-at-angle-direction/35753/2 "2022-01-22T15:49:23Z")

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@alex_moore,

What a great resource. Nice job and thank you for sharing!

~Michelle