Platform game with a gun?

[ThePearl]

Hi there! You might have noticed that I posted this both in AS2 and AS3. That's because I know how to create a basic platform game in both languages but I need help with including a gun.

So, just a 2 or 4 directional gun, like in Cave Story, I wanna be the guy and many many more.

I tried by my own, changing a variable every time you hit a button, for example;

onClipEvent(enterFrame) {
           if (Key.isDown(Key.LEFT)) {
        left = 1;
        right = 0;
        _x -= xspeed
    }
    if (Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT)) {
        right = 1;
        left = 0;
        _x += xspeed
            }

Just example code, should work.(?)

[senocular]

Please keep your questions to one thread : ) Thanks!

I've kept this one because it had more code to work with.

[ThePearl]

Oh ok, sorry then. Thanks for keeping one had two because I'm thinking of changing to AS3 but I'm not sure, I'll prob. stay at 2 anyway

I'll stay online for a while so keep posting : )

[ThePearl]

Oh cmon I really need help, can't find anything on the web