Created as a demo for @thebutterwarrior. See forum post: http://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/topic/5007/ Left and right arrows. Space to jump!
I've tried to keep this simple and it's not actually how I'd do player movement, but it works and I hope it helps. Take a look at http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/25711091/ if you'd like to see something a little more complex.