we ball I guess

assets/player.js

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+// Copyright (c) 2026 Dominic Masters
+//
+// This software is released under the MIT License.
+// https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
+
+const PLAYER_SPEED = 5.0;
+
+var player = {};
+
+var _entity, _position, _physics;
+
+player.create = function(texEntry) {
+  _entity   = Entity.create();
+  _position = _entity.add(Component.POSITION);
+  _physics  = _entity.add(Component.PHYSICS);
+
+  _physics.bodyType   = Physics.DYNAMIC;
+  _physics.shape      = Physics.SHAPE_CUBE;
+  _physics.gravityScale = 1.0;
+
+  var r       = _entity.add(Component.RENDERABLE);
+  r.texture   = texEntry.texture;
+  r.type      = Renderable.SPRITEBATCH;
+  r.color     = new Color(220, 80, 80);
+  // upright quad: (-0.5,0,0) → (0.5,1,0) in XY plane
+  r.sprites   = [[-0.5, 0, 0, 0.5, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1]];
+
+  _position.localPosition = new Vec3(0, 1, 0);
+};
+
+player.getPosition = function() {
+  return _position;
+};
+
+player.update = function() {
+  if(!_physics) return;
+  var vx = Input.axis(INPUT_ACTION_LEFT, INPUT_ACTION_RIGHT) * PLAYER_SPEED;
+  var vz = Input.axis(INPUT_ACTION_DOWN, INPUT_ACTION_UP) * PLAYER_SPEED;
+  // Preserve vertical velocity so gravity and landing work correctly.
+  var vy = _physics.velocity.y;
+  _physics.velocity = new Vec3(vx, vy, vz);
+};
+
+player.dispose = function() {
+  Entity.dispose(_entity);
+  _entity   = null;
+  _position = null;
+  _physics  = null;
+};
+
+module.exports = player;