Simulate hoverboard movement

[Batzi]

Hey guys! Hope you are doing well!

 

So I have a sprite of a guy on a hoverboard. I am trying to simulate a hoverboard movement so that everytime he moves, it goes up and down as it moves towards the target.

 

I am trying to simulate something close to this:

 

 

 

Now this is going back and forth but I'd like it to go up and down instead.

 

How would you implement it? Would you use gravity?

[Skeptron]

I would use a patterned function like sin or cos to get a slight deltaY to add to the player's y coord each frame.

[Batzi]

I would use a patterned function like sin or cos to get a slight deltaY to add to the player's y coord each frame.

when you say player's y coord you mean the player's position on the y-axis and not the velocity right?

[Skeptron]

Yes, but I guess you could have the same result playing with his velocity. Might be even better, as that will trigger collisions.