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Timed Back and Forth Movement

This behavior moves objects back and forth for a chosen time or distance, vertically or horizontally.

Authors and contributors to this experimental extension: Greench.

This behavior moves an object (like an enemy) for a chosen time or distance, then flips it and starts over, moving the object back and forth, vertically or horizontally.

Note: animations must be facing Right (for horizontal) or Down (for vertical) direction.

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Timed Back and Forth Movement

Move an object (e.g. enemy) for a chosen time or distance, then flip it and start over.

Behavior properties

  • Moving distance (in pixels) (🔢 Number). Default value is 200.
  • Moving speed (in pixel/s) (🔢 Number). Default value is 100.
  • Moving maximum time (in seconds) (🔢 Number). Default value is 2.
  • Move the object vertically (instead of horizontally) (🔘 Boolean). Default value is false.
See internal technical details

  • Moving distance (in pixels) is stored as Distance (Number). Default value is 200.

    This behavior must be used on an object also having a behavior with type "FlippableCapability::FlippableBehavior". This is stored on property Flippable.

  • Moving speed (in pixel/s) is stored as Speed (Number). Default value is 100.

  • Moving maximum time (in seconds) is stored as Timeout (Number). Default value is 2.
  • Move the object vertically (instead of horizontally) is stored as Vertical (Boolean). Default value is false.

No expressions for this behavior.

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