What exactly is a velocity variable and what do they do?

Find a game with a velocity variable in it.

footsocktoe wrote:

Find a game with a velocity variable in it.

I've seen many games, but I don't understand it cause I'm a dumb 13 year old.

SiddKidd wrote:

footsocktoe wrote:

Find a game with a velocity variable in it.

I've seen many games, but I don't understand it cause I'm a dumb 13 year old.

You're smart enough, but we need a game we can both look at. Anybody can make a variable and call it “velocity” or “speed” or whatever. That doesn't mean they are all using it the same way.

Find us a game with a velocity variable in it and I will tell you how they used it.

they can be used to make gravity and jumping scripts:

when green flag clicked
set [v] to [0]
forever
    
if <touching [ ground] ?> then
    
set [v] to [ 0]
if <key [space] pressed?> then
    
set [v] to [15]
end
end
change [v] by (-1)
change y by (v)

end

or friction, and acceleration there all somewhat similar and you can look up projects on how to do that if you want.

footsocktoe wrote:

SiddKidd wrote:

footsocktoe wrote:

Find a game with a velocity variable in it.

I've seen many games, but I don't understand it cause I'm a dumb 13 year old.

You're smart enough, but we need a game we can both look at. Anybody can make a variable and call it “velocity” or “speed” or whatever. That doesn't mean they are all using it the same way.

Find us a game with a velocity variable in it and I will tell you how they used it.

Thanks! But for right now, I don't need to know, as I'm sleeping. ttyl!

there are also plenty of projects that explain how velocity works.

https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/30980702/#editor, go through the tutorial and then read the notes in the sprite “script is here”

Maybe knowing this will help you relate. The velociraptor dinosaur is named this because it is so quick, velocity = speed

VicTwenty wrote:

Maybe knowing this will help you relate. The velociraptor dinosaur is named this because it is so quick, velocity = speed

not exactly.

<[(velocity)] = (((speed)) / ((timer)))>