# spaceship flying freely without gravity

**URL:** https://phaser.discourse.group/t/spaceship-flying-freely-without-gravity/8422
**Category:** Phaser 3
**Created:** [December 21, 2020, 9:35am UTC](https://phaser.discourse.group/t/spaceship-flying-freely-without-gravity/8422 "2020-12-21T09:35:50Z")
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### Author: ![demiurgen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e0b2c6/32.png) [@demiurgen](https://phaser.discourse.group/u/demiurgen)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2020, 9:35am UTC](https://phaser.discourse.group/t/spaceship-flying-freely-without-gravity/8422/1 "2020-12-21T09:35:50Z")

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Hi  
I am trying to get an object to move freely without gravity lika a spaceship in space.  
I am just starting out som I know very little about Phaser. I have just messed a little with the first tutorial code.  
Can anyone tell me how I can get my object to move freely on the screen?  
This is my code:

```
var config = {
    type: Phaser.AUTO,
    width: 800,
    height: 600,
    physics: {
        default: 'arcade',
        arcade: {
            gravity: { y: 300 },
            debug: false
        }
    },
    scene: {
        preload: preload,
        create: create,
        update: update
    }
};

var player;
var cursors;
var game = new Phaser.Game(config);

function preload (){
    this.load.image('sky', 'assets/sky.png');
    this.load.image('star', 'assets/star.png');
}

function create (){
    this.add.image(400, 300, 'sky');
    player = this.physics.add.sprite(400, 300, 'star');
    player.setCollideWorldBounds(true);
    cursors = this.input.keyboard.createCursorKeys();
}

function update (){
    if (cursors.left.isDown){
        player.setVelocityX(-160);
    }
    else if (cursors.right.isDown){
        player.setVelocityX(160);
    }
    else if (cursors.up.isDown){
        player.setVelocityY(-160);
    }
    else if (cursors.down.isDown){
        player.setVelocityY(160);
    }
    else{
        player.setVelocityX(0);
    }
}
```

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### Author: ![samme](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/phaser.discourse.group/samme/32/5275_2.png) [@samme](https://phaser.discourse.group/u/samme)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2020, 5:02pm UTC](https://phaser.discourse.group/t/spaceship-flying-freely-without-gravity/8422/2 "2020-12-21T17:02:11Z")

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See [https://phaser.io/examples/v3/view/physics/arcade/asteroids-movement](https://phaser.io/examples/v3/view/physics/arcade/asteroids-movement).