Extend a Tiled Sprite on one direction

[Keith_1357]

I’ve played with a similar concept. Most recently with a frog’s tongue. I also tried it with a grappling hook like in Zelda.

The key is to put it in the center of a start and end position. You can use a tiled or a panel sprite. The benefit of a panel sprite is you can have fixed ends and just lengthen the center part.

I used a tween and calculated the time nased on distance to keep the speed consistent whether it was short or long.

See:

Make a tongue come from a frogs mouth to a target

I messed around in the past with a grappling hook like from Zelda. I used the same principle as the basis for this. I ended up rewriting it. Use as much or as little as you want to. The timing might need some work or maybe a lot of work. The nice thing is the togue target remains fixed even if the player moves. project: [image] The point used for the mouth needs work. it should take into account the size of the tongue and the angle. think of the mouth as a circle. you need to center that ci…