Floor Movement (Up and Down)

Need some help, How do I move an object upward and downward. Like 5 secs it will go upward and after 5 secs it will go downward, continue loop ?
Thank you

One way :

Use 2 variables - yDirection (initially set to -1) and movementTimer, set to 0 at the beginning of the scene.

  1. Change object’s y position by yDirection * TimeDelta() * <speed in pixels per second>.
  2. Add TimeDelta() to movementTimer.
  3. if movementTimer > 5
    {
    reduce movementTimer by 5
    yDirection = yDirection * -1
    }
  4. repeat


Edit

Actually, that may not be the best way - the object won’t turn at the same spot every time.

Try the following instead:

Use 3 variables - yDirection (initially set to -1), yOriginal (initial Y co-ordinate of the object) and movementTimer, set to 0 at the beginning of the scene.

  1. Add TimeDelta() * yDirection to movementTimer.
  2. If movementTimer > 5 or movementTimer < 0
    {
    Set yDirection = yDirection * -1
    Add TimeDelta() * yDirection to movementTimer.
    }
  3. Set object’s y co-ordinate to yOriginal + movementTimer * <speed in pixels per second>.
  4. repeat

And if you’d like the motion to be smooth acceleration and deceleration, then look into easing functions.