Batch Game Movement (Tutorial)

Now, there are many ways to get a character in batch to move, however, in this tutorial is probably the shortest codes anyone has made.

Enjoy!

Note: Copy and paste the following code into notepad or another text-editing program and save it as movement.bat

@setlocal enableextensions enabledelayedexpansion
@echo off
title movement
color 0a

set length=         
set height= a

:controls
cls
echo Use WASD to move your character ([]).
echo.
for %%a in ( %height% ) do echo.
echo %length%[]
choice /c wasd /n
if %errorlevel% equ 1 call:up
if %errorlevel% equ 2 call:left
if %errorlevel% equ 3 call:down
if %errorlevel% equ 4 call:right

:left
set length=!length:~0,-1!
goto controls

:right
set length=%length%
goto controls

:up
set height=!height:~0,-2!
goto controls

:down
set height=%height% a
goto control

As you can see, the code is very small (29 lines to be exact). This, I believe, is one of the smallest anyone has made.

Feel free to use it as the basis for any games to come, also, extra points if you make pong with it.

In this code, your character will be confined to a "cage".

@setlocal enableextensions enabledelayedexpansion
@echo off
color 0a
title Movement 2 ~ Grid
cls
goto data

:data
set lespa=         
set rispa=         
set space=5
set err=0
set right=10
set left=10

:hud
cls
echo Move your character (X) with the WASD keys. Press R to reset
echo #######################
if %space% equ 0 if %err% neq 1 (
echo #%lespa%X%rispa%#
echo #                     #
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if %space% equ 1 if %err% neq 1 (
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if %space% equ 2 if %err% neq 1 (
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if %space% equ 5 if %err% neq 1 (
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echo #%lespa%X%rispa%# )
echo #######################
echo.
echo.
choice /c wasdr /n
if %errorlevel% equ 1 goto w
if %errorlevel% equ 2 goto a
if %errorlevel% equ 3 goto s
if %errorlevel% equ 4 goto d
if %errorlevel% equ 5 goto data

:w
set /a space=%space%-1
if %space% lss 0 set space=0
goto hud

:a
set lespa=!lespa:~0,-1!
set /a left=%left%-1
if %left% lss 1 set left=1 && set lespa=%lespa%
set rispa=%rispa%
set /a right=%right%+1
if %right% gtr 19 set right=19 && set rispa=!rispa:~0,-1!
goto hud

:s
set /a space=%space%+1
if %space% gtr 10 set space=10
goto hud

:d
set rispa=!rispa:~0,-1!
set /a right=%right%-1
if %right% lss 1 set right=1 && set rispa=%rispa%
set lespa=%lespa%
set /a left=%left%+1
if %left% gtr 19 set left=19 && set lespa=!lespa:~0,-1!
goto hud