New 'thrust' demo. Added Body.moveLeft, moveRight, moveUp, moveDown, rotateLeft, rotateRight and thrust methods. Also hooked up force and created an asteroids style example.

examples/wip/p24.js

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ var game = new Phaser.Game(800, 600, Phaser.CANVAS, 'phaser-example', { preload:
 
 function preload() {
 
+    game.load.image('backdrop', 'assets/pics/remember-me.jpg');
 	game.load.image('box', 'assets/sprites/block.png');
 
 }
@@ -21,17 +22,23 @@ function px2p(v) {
 
 function create() {
 
+    game.world.setBounds(0, 0, 1920, 1200);
+    game.add.sprite(0, 0, 'backdrop');
+
 	box = game.add.sprite(200, 200, 'box');
 	box.anchor.set(0.5);
 	box.physicsEnabled = true;
 
-	box2 = game.add.sprite(400, 100, 'box');
-	box2.anchor.set(0.5);
+	box2 = game.add.sprite(400, 200, 'box');
+	box2.anchor.set(0.5); // if using physics you nearly always need to anchor from the center like this unless you don't need rotation
+	// box2.scale.set(2); // if you need to scale, do it BEFORE enabling physics. You can't do it at run-time.
 	box2.physicsEnabled = true;
 
 	box2.body.setZeroDamping();
 	box2.body.fixedRotation = true;
 
+	game.camera.follow(box2);
+
     cursors = game.input.keyboard.createCursorKeys();
 
     game.physics.defaultRestitution = 0.8;

examples/wip/p25.js

@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+
+var game = new Phaser.Game(800, 600, Phaser.CANVAS, 'phaser-example', { preload: preload, create: create, update: update, render: render });
+
+function preload() {
+
+    game.load.image('backdrop', 'assets/pics/remember-me.jpg');
+	game.load.image('ship', 'assets/sprites/thrust_ship2.png');
+
+}
+
+var ship;
+var cursors;
+
+function p2px(v) {
+	return v *= -20;
+}
+
+function px2p(v) {
+	return v * -0.05;
+}
+
+function create() {
+
+    game.world.setBounds(0, 0, 1920, 1200);
+
+    var bg = game.add.sprite(0, 0, 'backdrop');
+    bg.alpha = 0.2;
+
+	ship = game.add.sprite(200, 200, 'ship');
+	ship.anchor.set(0.5);
+	ship.physicsEnabled = true;
+
+	game.camera.follow(ship);
+
+    cursors = game.input.keyboard.createCursorKeys();
+
+    game.physics.defaultRestitution = 0.8;
+
+}
+
+function update() {
+
+    if (cursors.left.isDown)
+    {
+		ship.body.rotateLeft(100);
+    }
+    else if (cursors.right.isDown)
+    {
+		ship.body.rotateRight(100);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+		ship.body.setZeroRotation();
+    }
+
+    if (cursors.up.isDown)
+    {
+    	ship.body.thrust(400);
+    }
+
+}
+
+function render() {
+
+	// game.debug.renderText('x: ' + box2.body.velocity.x, 32, 32);
+	// game.debug.renderText('y: ' + box2.body.velocity.y, 32, 64);
+
+}
+