Enhancement: Readme update

.gitignore

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 # Godot 4+ specific ignores
 .godot/
 /android/
+.vscode/

README.md

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 # tween-scroll-test
+Simple test of how to create a scrollable/draggable menu similar to Arknights' IS map and many other draggable menus within the game (Operators, Moments, etc.)
 
+Godot 4.5

src/empty_space_thing.gd

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 extends Control
+# INFO name can be anything, doesn't need to be "SpaceNode"
 class_name SpaceNode
 
-var initial_pos: Vector2
-var offset: Vector2
+# adapted from pc_tile code (project-elysium-main)
 var draggable: bool = false
+var velocity: float = 0
+
+# variables for velocity calculation
+var mouse_first_location: Vector2
+var mouse_last_location: Vector2
+var mouse_release_location: Vector2
+var mouse_n_minus_one_location: Vector2
+var time_since_first_location: float = -1
+
+# Export variables, for ease of setting without going into the code
+@export var velocity_coeffecient: int = 500
+@export var max_x: int = 1000
+@export var min_x: int = 0
+@export var ease_out_time: float = 0.5
+@export var bounce: bool = false
 
 func _ready() -> void:
 	draggable = true
 	return
 	
 func _process(delta: float) -> void:
+	# Every frame, update the position based upon the velocity
+	# setting
+	global_position.x += velocity
+	
+	# if the current item is being dragged
 	if draggable:
+		# when the item is first clicked
+		if (Input.is_action_just_pressed("click")):
+			mouse_first_location = get_global_mouse_position()
 		
-		if Input.is_action_pressed("click", true):
-			self.global_position = Vector2(get_global_mouse_position().x, self.global_position.y)
-			
+		# basically a "while" the click is held
+		if Input.is_action_pressed("click"):
+			# update the mouse location
+			mouse_first_location = get_global_mouse_position()
+			# then update global position, for mouse tracking
+			# this is based upon the last location the mouse was, subtracked by the current
+			# location
+			global_position.x += -(mouse_last_location.x - mouse_first_location.x)
+		
+		# when the click is released
 		elif Input.is_action_just_released("click"):
+			# make note of where the mouse was released
+			# since we're using a sample of N, N-1 frames, rather than an 
+			# average over N frames, we use the in-built
+			# `delta` parameter
+			mouse_release_location = get_global_mouse_position()
 			
-			is_dragging.is_dragging = false
+			# simple if/else to compare which direction to go
+			if mouse_release_location.x < mouse_first_location.x:
+				# displacement calc
+				var distance = mouse_release_location.x - mouse_first_location.x
+				velocity = (distance / 
+					# velocity coefficient to adjust sensitivity
+					(velocity_coeffecient * delta))
+				# update to not draggable, to let tween resolve
+				draggable = false
+			
+			# other side of the if/else
+			elif mouse_release_location.x > mouse_first_location.x:
+				var distance = abs(mouse_first_location.x 
+					- mouse_release_location.x)
+				velocity = (distance / 
+					(velocity_coeffecient * delta))
+				draggable = false
+			
+			# when the drag is complete, create a tween to ease out towards zero
 			var tween = get_tree().create_tween()
 			
-			tween.tween_property(self, "global_position", Vector2(get_global_mouse_position().x, self.global_position.y), 0.5).set_ease(Tween.EASE_IN_OUT)
+			# ease out the velocity value to zero.
+			tween.tween_property(self, "velocity", 
+			0, ease_out_time).set_ease(Tween.EASE_OUT)
 			
-		else:
-			return
-
-func reset_draggable():
-	if not is_dragging.is_dragging:
-		is_dragging.is_dragging = false
-		draggable = false
+			# reset location values
+			mouse_first_location = Vector2(0,0)
+			mouse_release_location = Vector2(0,0)
+			
+			# able to be dragged again
+			draggable = true
+	
+	# if/else to handle reaching the "end" of the canvas
+	# as notated by max_x and min_x (see export vars)
+	if global_position.x >= max_x && velocity > 0:
+		if bounce:
+			# if bounce is enable, half the velocity and negate it
+			velocity = -(velocity)/2
+			print("velocity negated, bouncing")
+		# set the position to be within the right bounds
+		global_position.x = max_x - 1
+		time_since_first_location = -1
+		# draggable again, possibly redundant
+		draggable = true
+		return
+		
+	elif global_position.x < min_x && velocity < 0:
+		if bounce:
+			velocity = -(velocity)/2
+			print("velocity negated, bouncing")
+		global_position.x = min_x + 1
+		time_since_first_location = -1
+		draggable = true
+		return
+	
+	# finally, update the last known position of the mouse
+	mouse_last_location = get_global_mouse_position()

src/scroll_root.tscn

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 offset_right = 455.0
 offset_bottom = 299.0
 script = ExtResource("2_mej84")
+velocity_coeffecient = 110