Game Devolpment Help

[N3RDY]

I have a lot of questions so here they come:

-How would I add the attack animation, which is on a seperate sprite sheet (when using anim8)?
-How would I make the character move through the map without pressing a key? (I know this is simple, I just forgot since this is one of my earliest projects)
-How would I add an ai who stands in place and attacks when the player is close?

[dusoft]

2. Change character's position in

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love.update

(e.g. x+1, y+2)
3.Detect distance between your NPC and the character and start attack if less than D pixels (or squares ...)

[milon]

-How would I make the character move through the map without pressing a key? (I know this is simple, I just forgot since this is one of my earliest

If it's a basic linear path or other simple ruleset, then dusoft has the correct answer. If it's more complex like navigating a maze, you'll want to look into A* or a similar sort of pathfinding algorithm. There's lots of tutorials on the internet & even a bunch floating around here too.

[dusoft]

If it's more complex like navigating a maze, you'll want to look into A* or a similar sort of pathfinding algorithm.

This one has served me well (just note that it uses reversed Y,X notation):
https://github.com/Yonaba/Jumper