Movement Too Fast

Questions
1

I made it so when I press a button, the red slime in the middle moves (ignore the other slimes and the health bars), but as you can see, the movement is very fast, which I don’t like. How do I make the movement slower?
Here’s the code:

function init(self)
	msg.post(".", "acquire_input_focus") -- <1>
	self.vel = vmath.vector3() -- <2>   
	Taking_Damage = 0
end

function update(self, dt)
	local pos = go.get_position() -- <3>
	pos = pos + self.vel * dt -- <4>
	go.set_position(pos) -- <5>

	self.vel.x = 0 -- <6>
	self.vel.y = 0
end

local Death = false

function on_input(self, action_id, action)
	if action_id == hash("Test Run") and Death == false then
		self.vel.x = -21000

end
end

2

That is 21000 pixels/s.

4

If you’re saying it’s 21000 pixels per second, I don’t know what to do, because if I lower the number, the number of pixels it moves is less; how would I lower the speed but also make it move the same distance

5

You are setting the velocity to zero at the end of the update function which means that it only moves for a single frame. Do not set the velocity to zero and decrease the speed.

6

Might I also suggest using the go.animate function for this sort of movement.

local pos = go.get_position()
go.animate(".", "position.x", go.PLAYBACK_ONCE_FORWARD, pos.x - 350, go.EASING_INOUTSINE, 1)

Use the power of the engine to do it for you. This function can animate various other things automatically for you. Much easier than doing it manually.

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7

Thank you! Works perfectly.

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