First, I just want to say thanks for all the great feedback I've gotten in comments and email. I don't make any money from doing these tutorials, I don't want donations and I'm not a fan of ads so your comments are what keep me going. Silly I know, but just a little "Thanks!" really does make all the work that goes into the site and these tutorials worth it. So "Thanks!" for the comments and emails. Keep them coming! I love hearing back from people using the tutorials and benefiting from them.
I have been working on completely re-doing the Wizard tutorial and the re-write is now down and posted. I have broken this tutorial into four parts to make it a bit more digestible and easier to follow. This is Part 1 and it covers getting basic input from the player via the keyboard and then using that input to move a sprite around on the screen.
You can head on over and check out, The Wizard: Part 1- Moving a Sprite around the Screen.
As always, the source code is provided along with the tutorial and feedback is strongly encouraged and welcome. Enjoy!