Went to driving school

project.godot

@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ accelerate={
 }
 brake={
 "deadzone": 0.5,
-"events": [Object(InputEventKey,"resource_local_to_scene":false,"resource_name":"","device":0,"window_id":0,"alt_pressed":false,"shift_pressed":false,"ctrl_pressed":false,"meta_pressed":false,"pressed":false,"keycode":0,"physical_keycode":83,"key_label":0,"unicode":0,"echo":false,"script":null)
-, Object(InputEventKey,"resource_local_to_scene":false,"resource_name":"","device":0,"window_id":0,"alt_pressed":false,"shift_pressed":false,"ctrl_pressed":false,"meta_pressed":false,"pressed":false,"keycode":0,"physical_keycode":32,"key_label":0,"unicode":0,"echo":false,"script":null)
-, Object(InputEventKey,"resource_local_to_scene":false,"resource_name":"","device":0,"window_id":0,"alt_pressed":false,"shift_pressed":false,"ctrl_pressed":false,"meta_pressed":false,"pressed":false,"keycode":0,"physical_keycode":4194322,"key_label":0,"unicode":0,"echo":false,"script":null)
+"events": [Object(InputEventKey,"resource_local_to_scene":false,"resource_name":"","device":0,"window_id":0,"alt_pressed":false,"shift_pressed":false,"ctrl_pressed":false,"meta_pressed":false,"pressed":false,"keycode":0,"physical_keycode":32,"key_label":0,"unicode":0,"echo":false,"script":null)
+, Object(InputEventKey,"resource_local_to_scene":false,"resource_name":"","device":-1,"window_id":0,"alt_pressed":false,"shift_pressed":false,"ctrl_pressed":false,"meta_pressed":false,"pressed":false,"keycode":0,"physical_keycode":83,"key_label":0,"unicode":115,"echo":false,"script":null)
+, Object(InputEventKey,"resource_local_to_scene":false,"resource_name":"","device":-1,"window_id":0,"alt_pressed":false,"shift_pressed":false,"ctrl_pressed":false,"meta_pressed":false,"pressed":false,"keycode":0,"physical_keycode":4194322,"key_label":0,"unicode":0,"echo":false,"script":null)
 ]
 }
 left={
@@ -55,3 +55,9 @@ right={
 , Object(InputEventKey,"resource_local_to_scene":false,"resource_name":"","device":-1,"window_id":0,"alt_pressed":false,"shift_pressed":false,"ctrl_pressed":false,"meta_pressed":false,"pressed":false,"keycode":0,"physical_keycode":68,"key_label":0,"unicode":100,"echo":false,"script":null)
 ]
 }
+reverse={
+"deadzone": 0.5,
+"events": [Object(InputEventKey,"resource_local_to_scene":false,"resource_name":"","device":-1,"window_id":0,"alt_pressed":false,"shift_pressed":false,"ctrl_pressed":false,"meta_pressed":false,"pressed":false,"keycode":0,"physical_keycode":83,"key_label":0,"unicode":115,"echo":false,"script":null)
+, Object(InputEventKey,"resource_local_to_scene":false,"resource_name":"","device":-1,"window_id":0,"alt_pressed":false,"shift_pressed":false,"ctrl_pressed":false,"meta_pressed":false,"pressed":false,"keycode":0,"physical_keycode":4194322,"key_label":0,"unicode":0,"echo":false,"script":null)
+]
+}

src/game/player.tscn

@@ -8,13 +8,9 @@ size = Vector2(36, 20)
 
 [node name="player" type="StaticBody2D" node_paths=PackedStringArray("camera")]
 script = ExtResource("1_g4ij8")
-acc = 600.0
-dec = 400.0
-max_speed = 3000.0
 turn_speed = 0.8
 brake_strength = 600.0
 drift_factor = 1.2
-camera_offset_factor = 0.5
 camera = NodePath("Camera2D")
 
 [node name="Sprite2D" type="Sprite2D" parent="."]
@@ -30,6 +26,5 @@ shape = SubResource("RectangleShape2D_w2nj7")
 [node name="Camera2D" type="Camera2D" parent="."]
 rotation = 1.5708
 ignore_rotation = false
-position_smoothing_enabled = true
 rotation_smoothing_enabled = true
 rotation_smoothing_speed = 10.0

src/game/player_controller.gd

@@ -1,25 +1,30 @@
 extends StaticBody2D
 # constants
 ## acceleration of the car while holding the accelerate button
-@export var acc := 20.
+@export var acc := 600.
+## acceleration of the car while driving backwards
+@export var rev := 500.
 ## natural deceleration of the car
-@export var dec := 4.
+@export var dec := 400.
 ## maximum speed of the car
-@export var max_speed := 100.
+@export var max_speed := 1200.
+## maximum speed of the car while driving backwards
+@export var max_reverse := 500.
 ## how many radians the car turns per second, higher value -> faster turns
 @export var turn_speed := 1.
 ## affects how fast the brakes, higher value -> quicker to stand still
 @export var brake_strength := 30.
 ## regulates how much more you can turn while breaking, values below 1 mean you can turn worse while drifting
 @export var drift_factor := 1.5
-## regulates how far the camera looks ahead of the player (affected by speed)
-@export var camera_offset_factor = .2
+## maximum number of pixels how far the camera looks ahead of the player (affected by speed)
+@export var camera_offset = 400.
 
 # references
 @export var camera : Camera2D
 
 # variables
 var momentum: Vector2
+#var direction = 0 # 1 for forward, 0 for standing still, -1 for reverse
 
 # Called when the node enters the scene tree for the first time.
 func _ready():
@@ -30,6 +35,7 @@ func _ready():
 func _process(delta):
 	var acc_d = acc * delta
 	var dec_d = dec * delta
+	var rev_d = rev * delta
 	var turn_d = turn_speed * delta
 	var brake_d = brake_strength * delta
 	var turn_factor = 1
@@ -42,6 +48,11 @@ func _process(delta):
 	if Input.is_action_pressed("accelerate"):
 		momentum += acc_d * Vector2(1,0).rotated(rotation)
 	
+#	if Input.is_action_pressed("reverse"):
+#		print_debug("reverse vector: ", rev_d * Vector2(-1,0).rotated(rotation))
+#		momentum += rev_d * Vector2(-1,0).rotated(rotation)
+#		print_debug("momentum vector = ", momentum)
+	
 	if Input.is_action_pressed("brake"):
 		turn_factor = drift_factor
 		if momentum.length() > brake_d:
@@ -53,8 +64,11 @@ func _process(delta):
 		rotate(turn_d*turn_factor*-1)
 	if Input.is_action_pressed("right"):
 		rotate(turn_d*turn_factor)
+		
+	if !Input.is_action_pressed("brake"):
+		momentum = Vector2(1,0).rotated(rotation) * momentum.length()
 	
-	camera.position = Vector2(momentum.length() * camera_offset_factor, 0)
+	camera.position = Vector2((momentum.length() / max_speed) * camera_offset, 0)
 	camera.rotation_degrees = momentum.angle() + 90
 	
 	if momentum.length() > max_speed: