Thanks for the replies.

I tried a sequence (see updated example above) but it looks as if calling a method (fire_laser) doesn’t count as an action as I get an error. The ship still fires three at once.

I tried your example too and that’s close to what I am after! The lasers stop mid flight on touch end.

Thanks for the replies.

I tried a sequence (see updated example above) but it looks as if calling a method (fire_laser) doesn’t count as an action as I get an error. The ship still fires three at once.

I tried your example too and that’s close to what I am after! The lasers stop mid flight on touch end.

How can I execute a series of actions on a single touch? For example, if I have this example from the Pythonista documentation but I want to shoot say 3 lasers, one right after the other or with a slight pause between. I tried adding the three lines defining the laser, it’s action, and it’s sound in a loop, but instead of firing the lasers in succession it fired all three at once.

Second question, is there a “do while touch” method that would repeatedly fire lasers while the touch is held?

EDIT:
Updated script to include Action.sequence. I get an error that the action sequence does not include any actions.

from scene import *
import sound
import random
import math

class MyScene (Scene):
	def setup(self):
		self.background_color = 'midnightblue'
		self.ship = SpriteNode('spc:PlayerShip1Orange')
		self.ship.position = self.size / 2
		self.add_child(self.ship)

	def update(self):
		x, y, z = gravity()
		pos = self.ship.position
		pos += (x * 15, y * 15)
		# Don't allow the ship to move beyond the screen bounds:
		pos.x = max(0, min(self.size.w, pos.x))
		pos.y = max(0, min(self.size.h, pos.y))
		self.ship.position = pos

	
	def touch_began(self, touch):
		self.run_action(Action.sequence(self.fire_laser(),self.fire_laser(),self.fire_laser()))
	
	def fire_laser(self):
		a=random.random()*500-250
		laser = SpriteNode('spc:LaserBlue9', position=self.ship.position, z_position=-1, parent=self)
		laser.run_action(Action.sequence(Action.move_by(a, 1000), Action.remove()))
		sound.play_effect('arcade:Laser_1')