Problem it solves

You need to know how far away an enemy, power-up, or another sprite is from the player before doing something—playing a sound, firing a projectile, or ending the game.

What this block does

Returns the distance in pixels between the centers of two sprites, points, or tile locations. If either sprite is missing or destroyed, it returns 0.

The block

Block ID: spriteutilextdistbw

Parameters

Returns

number — The distance in pixels.

Example

let mySprite = sprites.create(img`.`, SpriteKind.Player)
let myEnemy = sprites.create(img`.`, SpriteKind.Enemy)
let distance = spriteutils.distanceBetween(mySprite, myEnemy)
console.log(distance)

Add the extension

Add github:jwunderl/arcade-sprite-util to your project, or open: Import arcade-sprite-util.