moveguy.py

import pygame

pygame.init()

screen = pygame.display.set_mode((800, 600))
player = pygame.Rect(300,250,50,50)
speed = 25

run = True
while run:
    screen.fill(0)  #clear old rect and don't leave a trail
    pygame.draw.rect(screen, (255,0,0), player)

    events = pygame.event.get()
    for event in events:
        if event.type == pygame.KEYDOWN:
            if event.key == pygame.K_UP:
                #player.move_ip(0,-1)
                player.y -= speed
            elif event.key == pygame.K_DOWN:
                #player.move_ip(0,1)
                player.y += speed
            elif event.key == pygame.K_LEFT:
                #player.move_ip(-1,0)
                player.x -= speed
            elif event.key == pygame.K_RIGHT:
                #player.move_ip(1,0)
                player.x += speed


    # key = pygame.key.get_pressed()
    # if key[pygame.K_UP] == True:
    #     player.move_ip(0,-1)
    # elif key[pygame.K_DOWN] == True:
    #     player.move_ip(0,1)
    # elif key[pygame.K_LEFT] == True:
    #     player.move_ip(-1,0)
    # elif key[pygame.K_RIGHT] == True:
    #     player.move_ip(1,0)

    for event in pygame.event.get():
        if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
            run = False


    pygame.display.update()
    #pygame.display.flip()

pygame.quit()