Adding a second player

Driving around the circuit on your own is fun but not very challenging. It would be much better if you could invite a friend to compete against. In this step, we will introduce a second player character. Both characters will be visible on the same screen and will be controlled with one keyboard. We're effectively building a simple form of multiplayer.

Engage thrusters

To create a second player, we mainly have to copy the work we've done already. We need a second control sprite and a second kart sprite. We already added a Mario sprite to the game, so let's bring in his brother Luigi as the second player:

1. Right-click on the control sprite named player1 and choose duplicate.

2. The copy will be called player2 automatically. If that's not the case, change the name manually.

3. Go to the player2 Scripts tab.

4. Change the key pressed controls from a and d to left arrow and right arrow respectively.

The other script works exactly the same as for the player1 sprite.

Copying the sprite can...