Plumb the basics of input control and limit player movement to range

Scenes/BattleScene.gd

@@ -2,8 +2,32 @@ extends Node2D
 
 var movement_queue = []
 
+var player_to_move : bool = false
+var player_original_position : Vector2 = Vector2.ZERO
+var player_movement_range = 5
+
 func _physics_process(delta):
 	
+	# player should carry on queued movements no matter what
+	player_movement()
+	
+	# note down the player position before moving
+	if not player_to_move:
+		player_original_position = $Player.map_position
+	
+	# if the player needs to move, allow the input to be for the player
+	if player_to_move:
+		player_movement_input()
+		return
+	
+	# select the card chooser if dice is selected
+	if (Input.is_action_just_pressed("ui_accept")
+		and $UI/DiceView.selected == true):
+		$UI/DiceView.selected = false
+		$UI/CardView.selected = true
+
+
+func player_movement_input():
 	if Input.is_action_just_pressed("ui_up"):
 		movement_queue.append(Vector2.UP)
 	if Input.is_action_just_pressed("ui_down"):
@@ -13,6 +37,11 @@ func _physics_process(delta):
 	if Input.is_action_just_pressed("ui_right"):
 		movement_queue.append(Vector2.RIGHT)
 	
+	if Input.is_action_just_pressed("ui_accept"):
+		player_to_move = false
+
+
+func player_movement():
 	#remove uneeded inputs from the queue
 	for i in len(movement_queue) - 1:
 		#remove if adjacent values are opposites
@@ -28,8 +57,14 @@ func _physics_process(delta):
 	if len(movement_queue) == 0:
 		return
 	
-	#move the character once space in the queue if not moving
 	if not $Player.moving:
+		#if the player is moving too far, cancel movement and empty queue
+		if (($Player.map_position + movement_queue[0]
+			- player_original_position).length() > player_movement_range):
+			movement_queue = []
+			return
+		
+		#move the character once space in the queue if not moving
 		$Player.map_position += movement_queue.pop_front()
 		$Player.target_position = $TileMap.map_to_world($Player.map_position)
 		$Player.target_position += $TileMap.cell_size/2

Scenes/BattleScene.tscn

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ tile_data = PoolIntArray( 65540, 0, 0, 131074, 0, 0, 131075, 0, 0, 131076, 0, 0,
 [node name="Player" parent="." instance=ExtResource( 2 )]
 
 [node name="Camera2D" type="Camera2D" parent="Player"]
+visible = false
 offset = Vector2( 0, 200 )
 current = true
 drag_margin_h_enabled = true
@@ -46,15 +47,15 @@ drag_margin_top = 0.05
 drag_margin_right = 0.3
 editor_draw_drag_margin = true
 
-[node name="CanvasLayer" type="CanvasLayer" parent="."]
+[node name="UI" type="CanvasLayer" parent="."]
 
-[node name="CardView" parent="CanvasLayer" instance=ExtResource( 4 )]
+[node name="CardView" parent="UI" instance=ExtResource( 4 )]
 anchor_top = 0.509722
 anchor_right = 0.754687
 margin_top = -7.62939e-06
 margin_right = 1.52588e-05
 
-[node name="DiceView" parent="CanvasLayer" instance=ExtResource( 5 )]
+[node name="DiceView" parent="UI" instance=ExtResource( 5 )]
 anchor_left = 0.754687
 anchor_top = 0.509722
 margin_left = 1.52588e-05