create a variable and replace the line that makes the basket ball move up with variable = variable +1 then use if (variable > 0) { place code to move up here. }

if(Greenfoot.isKeyDown("space")) { isKeyPressed = true; } if(isKeyPressed ) { int p = meter.getPower(); move(p); } This is my code right now and it won't work

You are not showing all that you currently have. If what you are showing was all that you had, then it should move continuously once the space is pressed. The other possibility is the meter control. Show the class code for the 'meter' object.

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this won't work because isKeyPressed will only equal true, if the key is pressed, you have to make an integer and that will work

Not true -- if the initial value of 'isKeyPressed' is false. The value is changed to true to indicate that the "space" key was pressed. By changing its value the second 'if' statement will begin to return true and the actor will start moving (provided that 'meter.getPower()' returns a non-zero value).

@FutureCoder Why would there be a difference in the type of variable used to indicate the key has been pressed, in the beginning the boolean starts off false (0), then when the space bar is pressed it becomes true (1). Since the only values of your int are 0 and 1 it makes more sense to use a boolean.

Boolean values only have a true or a false value. The '1' and '0' referred to are internal computer bit-stored information and are not translated as actual values for a boolean field (just saying, so as not to confuse).

try this code to get the object to move up

The following is the same code: I don't think the problem discussed here is moving, it seems to me that the object is supposed to move after the space bar is pressed (to which a solution has been given).