I'm with you both on this. I see the value in connecting with others, but the internet is an intimidating place. Kudos for taking the plunge and putting yourself out there!

I can't believe I didn't think of this earlier, but there's nothing stopping you from mixing and matching these. Movement has three stages: acceleration, cruising speed, and deceleration. Nothing stopping you from using linear acceleration and seek steering for deceleration. Get wild and experiment!

I was also able to adapt the acceleration based on an easing function, just like how P-speed worked in Super Mario World. The longer you hold down a direction, the faster your acceleration is. https://r.btdev.org/75

One drawback with this is you still turn on a dime. Not very realistic!

"But straight lines are boring", you say. We can add an ease-out curve to our acceleration by using a seek steering function. We adjust our velocity based on the difference between the current and ideal velocity. Use a percentage of that to adjust the curve duration. https://r.btdev.org/74

The obvious next step is linear acceleration. The generic code for this is relatively simple, but adds a few quirks like "don't decelerate into the negative". The Godot-specific version ends up being only a few lines. I'm assuming other engines would be just as simple. https://r.btdev.org/73

Maybe there's something to that if I keep poking. Juice-to-squeeze isn't there yet.

Here was a great example of way overthinking it: using a Curve to decide how much acceleration to apply by sampling current vs max velocity. Tune the curve wrong, and your acceleration flatlines 😬. Fail to account for radial acceleration, and you can't turn at max speed.

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I'll keep toying around with these on stream tonight, then move onto researching other topics. Likely rotate + move and click-to-move movement styles.

Better, closer, warmer. Less Tokyo Drift than before. Next up: staying away from the wall. imgur.com/a/EywuQBM #godotengine #gamedev