PyGame - Moving with Numeric Pad Keys

If we want to effect diagonal movement of an object on game window, we need to use numeric key pad keys. While keys 4,6,8 and 2 correspond to left, right, up and down arrows, num keys 7, 9, 3 and 1 can be used to move the object in up-left, up-right, down-right and down-left diagonal movements. These keys are identified by Pygame with following values −

K_KP1       keypad 1
K_KP2       keypad 2
K_KP3       keypad 3
K_KP4       keypad 4
K_KP5       keypad 5
K_KP6       keypad 6
K_KP7       keypad 7
K_KP8       keypad 8
K_KP9       keypad 9

Example - Using keys to Move Image

For left, right, up and down arrow press, x and y coordinates are incremented/decremented as before. For diagonal movement, both coordinates are changed as per direction. For instance, for K_KP7 key-press, both x and y are decremented by 5, for K_KP9 x is incremented and y is decremented.

main.py

import pygame
from pygame.locals import *
from sys import exit

image_filename = 'pygame.png'

pygame.init()
screen = pygame.display.set_mode((400,300))
pygame.display.set_caption("Moving with arrows")
img = pygame.image.load(image_filename)
x = 0
y= 150
while True:
   screen.fill((255,255,255))
   screen.blit(img, (x, y))
   for event in pygame.event.get():
      if event.type == QUIT:
         exit() 
      if event.type == KEYDOWN:
         if event.key == K_KP6:
            x= x+5
         if event.key == K_KP4:
            x=x-5
         if event.key == K_KP8:
            y=y-5
         if event.key == K_KP2:
            y=y+5
         if event.key == K_KP7:
            x=x-5
            y=y-5
         if event.key == K_KP9:
            x=x+5
            y=y-5
         if event.key == K_KP3:
            x=x+5
            y=y+5
         if event.key == K_KP1:
            x=x-5
            y=y+5
   pygame.display.update()

Output

The Pygame logo image can be moved in multiple directions using keys.