Windows I have followed the "simple platformer" tutorial and have no idea how to program an acceleration/deceleration mechanic.

[DeltAxShaRD]

Can someone break it down for me? I'm quite new.

 

[woods]

you can gain some insights in this thread maybe ;o)

[Beginner] Platformer Movement Acceleration and Jumping

I've done a bit of searching because I thought this topic was on the old GMC but alas- I've been working with GM for a long time but still am pretty garbage when it comes to programming (including drag and drop). All I want to know is how to add acceleration to the player's movement. So that...

forum.yoyogames.com

basically holding a key down will increase/decrease the players movement in that direction(i would suggest set a max speed variable to limit the player from speeding up indefinately )

rough and raw is basically something like this...

obj_player create event

// set variables
speed = 0; //starting speed is stopped
max_speed = 5; //the fastest we can go is 5
friction = 0.1 // we need to slow down over time

obj_player step event

// hold A to speed up left
if keyboard_check(ord("A"))
{
speed -= 0.5;
}
// hold D to speed up right
if keyboard_check(ord("D"))
{
speed += 0.5;
}

 

[DeltAxShaRD]

Thanks!