Something I wanted to make was a way that sprites could move exponentially. Basically, they would move the fastest at the beginning and slow down/cut speed in half as it gets closer to where it's supposed to go to create some cool-looking transitions. How do I do this?

whyhellothere1 wrote:

Something I wanted to make was a way that sprites could move exponentially. Basically, they would move the fastest at the beginning and slow down/cut speed in half as it gets closer to where it's supposed to go to create some cool-looking transitions. How do I do this?

If you know the math it's just like graphing the equation. x and y

Actually, it's not trivial. Fortunately I've had a go at this - see https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/129324720/ - press and hold an arrow key, and the background will scroll, slowly at first working up to a maximum speed, then it will slow down and stop when you release the key.

I'm not sure using this technique for a moving sprite (rather than a background) would be too useful though - there's not very much distance to travel in before you hit the edge (unless of course you bounce, or are moving in a circle etc)…

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what if you wanted it to do slowly at first and then faster

repeat until <[done]>
change x by ((speed)*([x position to move to]-(x position)))
change y by ((speed)*([y position to move to]-(y position)))
end

This is the simplest way to do what you want, fast at first then slows into the position
Just make sure speed is something small like 0.1