This has been a helpful metaphor for the act method during the class taught at Martin Luther King Jr. Early College. For example, instead of saying "in the act method, do this..." you would describe the act method as the heartbeat of the actor and consistently use the heartbeat metaphor throughout your instruction.

A method is where you tell the computer what to do this tells the icon or chracter what actions to and which way to move

A method is where you tell the computer what to do this tells the icon or chracter what actions to and which way to move

A method is kind of like a command. It helps the code of the sprite, in the game world move or do something. For example, the public void act is a method that contains part of the public boolean which is another method. That can a llow the sprite to do an action. So basically a method is a command that is integrated into a code.