Screen wrap

Problem

You want to allow the player to “wrap around” the screen, teleporting from one side of the screen to the other. This is a common feature, especially in old-school 2D games (think Pac-man).

Solution

1. Get your screen (viewport) size

   onready var screen_size = get_viewport_rect().size
   

   get_viewport_rect() is available to any CanvasItem derived node.

2. Compare your player’s position

   if position.x > screen_size.x:
       position.x = 0
   if position.x < 0:
       position.x = screen_size.x
   if position.y > screen_size.y:
       position.y = 0
   if position.y < 0:
       position.y = screen_size.y
   

   Note that this is using the node’s position, which is usually the center of your sprite and/or body.

3. Simplifying with wrapf()

   The above code can be simplified using GDScript’s wrapf() function, which “loops” a value between the given limits.

   position.x = wrapf(position.x, 0, screen_size.x)
   position.y = wrapf(position.y, 0, screen_size.y)
   

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