Added acceleration

love/tommy/main.lua

@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 require "Tserial"
 
+function move(direction)
+
+end
+
+
+
 function love.load()
 	
 	love.filesystem.setIdentity("tommy")
@@ -15,6 +21,9 @@ function love.load()
 		player.w = 25
 		player.h = 25
 		player.speed = 100
+		player.current_speed = 0
+		--Must be less than 1
+		player.accel = 1/16
 end
 
 function love.keyreleased(key)
@@ -40,9 +49,18 @@ function love.update(dt)
 	
 	--Move character left or right
 	if love.keyboard.isDown("right") then
-		player.x = player.x + player.speed*dt
+		-- with acceleration
+		if player.current_speed < player.speed then
+			player.current_speed = player.current_speed + (player.speed*player.accel)
+		end
+			player.x = player.x + player.current_speed*dt
+
 	elseif love.keyboard.isDown("left") then
 		player.x = player.x - player.speed*dt
+
+	--Reset current speed if key is released
+	elseif not love.keyboard.isDown("right") then
+		player.current_speed = 0
 	end
 
 	--Also able to move or up down at the same time as one of the above
@@ -51,6 +69,7 @@ function love.update(dt)
 	elseif love.keyboard.isDown ("down") then
 		player.y = player.y + player.speed*dt
 	end	
+
 end
 
 function love.draw()