I'm trying to make a game where the player can move in all 8 directions and I want the visuals to match up.
I haven't found any tutorials on how to make a clean and easy to understand script for 8-directional visuals though.

Uhh, it is really easy.

when green flag clicked
forever
if <key [right arrow v] pressed?> then
change x by (10)
end
if <key [left arrow v] pressed?> then
change x by (-10)
end
if <key [up arrow v] pressed?> then
change y by (10)
end
if <key [down arrow v] pressed?> then
change y by (-10)
end
end

This not only makes it go in four directions but also all other 4 diagonal directions.

No, I need the visuals to be 8-directional too.

S_prite wrote:

No, I need the visuals to be 8-directional too.

What does that even mean?

you need to make the player walk animation in 8 directions

colinmacc wrote:

S_prite wrote:

No, I need the visuals to be 8-directional too.

What does that even mean?

I mean if the character is going southwest, I want it to switch to the “going southwest” costume.

S_prite wrote:

colinmacc wrote:

S_prite wrote:

No, I need the visuals to be 8-directional too.

What does that even mean?

I mean if the character is going southwest, I want it to switch to the “going southwest” costume.

OK, something like this I guess… Assuming your costume names are N, S, E, W, NE, SE, NW and SW …
I don't know if you have a default costume if you're not moving, but I assumed so.. Also the set to blank blocks, are not space, but actually blank.

switch costume to [default v]
set [vcostume v] to []
if <key [up arrow v] pressed?> then
set [vcostume v] to [N]
end
if <key [down arrow v] pressed?> then
if <(vcostume) = [N]> then 
set [vcostume v] to []
else
set [vcostume v] to [S]
end
end
set [hcostume v] to []
if <key [left arrow v] pressed?> then
set [hcostume v] to [W]
end
if <key [right arrow v] pressed?> then
if <(hcostume) = [W]> then 
set [hcostume v] to []
else
set [hcostume v] to [E]
end
end
switch costume to (join (vcostume) (hcostume))

If you have multiple costumes for each direction you could add a number to the end of the costume names generated by @colinmacc's script. That number just cycles from 1 to n each time through the loop.

deck26 wrote:

If you have multiple costumes for each direction you could add a number to the end of the costume names generated by @colinmacc's script. That number just cycles from 1 to n each time through the loop.

Yes.

I mean personally I wouldn't have a different costume for each direction, but if (for example) it was a top-down view of a guy walking, Just cycle through the costumes as @deck26 describes, and then just rotate to point in the direction you're going.

colinmacc wrote:

deck26 wrote:

If you have multiple costumes for each direction you could add a number to the end of the costume names generated by @colinmacc's script. That number just cycles from 1 to n each time through the loop.

Yes.

I mean personally I wouldn't have a different costume for each direction, but if (for example) it was a top-down view of a guy walking, Just cycle through the costumes as @deck26 describes, and then just rotate to point in the direction you're going.

Agreed. It may also be possible to share costumes - eg left and right movement might share the same costume set with left-right rotation style.

Can someone give me a 8 direction sprite with run animation