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Sensing functions

Free functions you can call directly in sprite code.

andClones

Section titled “andClones”
andClones(): Sprite[]

Get this sprite together with all of its clones.

Delegates to Sprite.andClones

askAndWait

Section titled “askAndWait”
askAndWait(question: string): void

Ask the user a question and wait for an answer.

Pauses the script (a generator). In sprite code the free-function wrapper awaits it for you.

Delegates to Sprite.askAndWait

colorTouching

Section titled “colorTouching”
colorTouching(color: Color, target: any): boolean

Check whether this sprite is touching a given color.

Delegates to Sprite.colorTouching

getAnswer

Section titled “getAnswer”
getAnswer(): string | null

Get the most recent answer from askAndWait.

Delegates to Sprite.answer

getLoudness

Section titled “getLoudness”
getLoudness(): number

Get the current microphone loudness.

Delegates to Sprite.loudness

getMouseX

Section titled “getMouseX”
getMouseX(): number

Get the mouse x position.

Delegates to Sprite.mouse

getMouseY

Section titled “getMouseY”
getMouseY(): number

Get the mouse y position.

Delegates to Sprite.mouse

getSprites

Section titled “getSprites”
getSprites(): Sprite[]

Get all sprites in the project.

Delegates to Sprite.sprites

getStage

Section titled “getStage”
getStage(): Stage

Get the stage object.

Delegates to Sprite.stage

getTimer

Section titled “getTimer”
getTimer(): number

Get the value of the project timer in seconds.

Delegates to Sprite.timer

isMouseDown

Section titled “isMouseDown”
isMouseDown(): boolean

Check whether the mouse button is down.

Delegates to Sprite.mouse

keyPressed

Section titled “keyPressed”
keyPressed(key: string): boolean

Check whether a key is currently pressed.

Delegates to Sprite.keyPressed

nearestEdge

Section titled “nearestEdge”
nearestEdge(): string

Get the nearest edge this sprite is touching.

Delegates to Sprite.nearestEdge

restartTimer

Section titled “restartTimer”
restartTimer(): void

Reset the project timer to zero.

Delegates to Sprite.restartTimer

touching

Section titled “touching”
touching(target: "mouse" | "edge" | Sprite): boolean

Check whether this sprite is touching a target, “mouse”, or “edge”.

Delegates to Sprite.touching