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# Simple Movement

Create a basic movement system that lets you control a Player cube with mapped keyboard input axes.

In this tutorial, you will create a simple movement system, controlling a "Player" cube using mapped keyboard input.

## Simple Movement

[Video](https://connect-mediagw.unity.com/h1/20190718/videos/3b78d811-0696-420a-9d2b-ebb95987436e_04_Simple_Movement.mp4) ([Transcript (en)](https://connect-mediagw.unity.com/h1/20200205/d29166e8-dbcb-4377-9e3c-41543ca4d36d_04_Simple_Movement.vtt))