Show and hide a sprite

Bind keys to show and hide to let the player toggle a sprite’s visibility.

whenKeyPressed("space", () => {
  hide();
});

whenKeyPressed("up arrow", () => {
  show();
});

Pressing Space makes the sprite invisible; pressing Up brings it back.

Note

A hidden sprite is still active — its scripts keep running and it can still detect collisions. Only its visual appearance is affected.

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• Animate a sprite with costumes — switch costumes when the sprite reappears for a pop-in effect
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Functions used

• whenKeyPressed — run code when a key is pressed
• show — make this sprite visible
• hide — hide this sprite

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