GameMaker: Studio 100 Programming Challenges

© Ben Tyers 2017

Ben Tyers, GameMaker: Studio 100 Programming Challenges, 10.1007/978-1-4842-2644-5_16

16. Rotate and Move Object to Mouse Position

Ben Tyers¹ 

(1)Worthing, West Sussex, UK

Challenge Outline To make an object rotate so it points toward the mouse, then slowly moves to the mouse position.	Level 1 Beginner 40 Minutes Medium 20 Minutes Advanced 8 Minutes
Additional Challenge Rotate to point to mouse via shortest rotation angle. Only start moving when pointing at mouse +/- 10 degrees.	Points In Time 10 Additional 20

Notes on Approaching This Challenge

A function exists for calculating the direction between 2 objects. You can use this value ...