Does anyone know how to make a sprite move in a circle around a central point?

It's easy. When you go to the costume editor, you will see there is a cross in the middle. That is the central point your sprite will be rotating around. Then, just use this script to move the sprite around that central point:

Hopefully I helped

Central point will be somewhere on the map.
So it will have the values X,Y.

Sorry, I was in a rush. Tell me if there's a problem.

Okay, I understand now. Thanks for the help guys!

@alberknyis

how are you supposed to write the start position?

Moltastro wrote:

@alberknyis

how are you supposed to write the start position?

it's not really a start position, but rather a start angle. (note that sine and cosine work through radians, so you should convert degrees to radians when adjusting that number. Example below)

also, please refrain from bumping old threads

Alberknyis wrote:

Central point will be somewhere on the map.
So it will have the values X,Y.

Sorry, I was in a rush. Tell me if there's a problem.

This script is correct, it is one that is effective because you can change it easily.

What if your “central point” is a sprite that moves around?

BuzzFun wrote:

What if your “central point” is a sprite that moves around?

Makes no difference! Either save the position when you start moving the circling sprite (Center X, Center Y above) or use the current position of the centre sprite in the goto x, y equations.

I meant like if you are making a dodgeball game and you want the character to turn around with the ball in its hands, and that character will move around and occasionally need the ball to “circle around” it.

BuzzFun wrote:

I meant like if you are making a dodgeball game and you want the character to turn around with the ball in its hands, and that character will move around and occasionally need the ball to “circle around” it.

just set centre X and centre Y to the player's position. You can turn the script into a custom block and then only call it when you need it. Furthermore, if you want the object to revolve around a point at exactly the point it started at, calculate the distance between the points using trig.

There's another way:

Or you can replace this block:

With:

Sorry for this scratchblocks things…

Alberknyis wrote:

Central point will be somewhere on the map.
So it will have the values X,Y.

Sorry, I was in a rush. Tell me if there's a problem.

there are no problems