i am trying to create pong to learn godot but im stuck on making the ball

[hollow lily]

First things first: Take “var” off of lines 14 and 16 so they just say collider = …

You do not need var there because you have already defined the variable on line 6

Second thing: only check each raycast if the ball velocity is in the same direction

Like:
if velocity.x > 0 and $RayCast2D_right.is_colliding():
velocity.x = velocity.x * -1

[loud solstice]

i applied that but it still doesnt work, the problem is that it reverses the direction but only while the ray cast is still colliding, i need it to work like a switch but it isnt

nvm js got it bouncing

i needed to replace "velocity.x = velocity.x * -1" with "SPEED = velocity.x * -1"

new problem i now get this error when trying to launch the game

[hollow lily]

Does the paddle script have a line at the top that says “extends CharacterBody2D”?

Both paddles will need it

[loud solstice]

i figured it out i just needed to make the root node a character body 2d instead of a Node2D