How to add knockback? :S

Newbie & Debugging Questions
#1

Hi again! So Im currently trying to figure out how to add knockback to my game, but I’m stuck :frowning: I searched around a bit, but the only thing I could find was this:

  public void knockback(float r, float force){
      r = r - 180;
      
      force *= knockbackResistance; // how heavy the entity is (so lesser knock back)
      
      knockbackTimer = force * 8;
      knockbackTo = new Vector2((force * (float) MathUtils.sin(r * MathUtils.degreesToRadians)),
                         (-force * (float) MathUtils.cos(r * MathUtils.degreesToRadians)))
                                       .add(position);
               
   }


//Then I have this on the update loop for the entity

   public void update(){
      if(knockbackTimer > 0){
         position = Tools.lerp(position, knockbackTo, 0.2f);
         knockbackTimer -= Gdx.graphics.getDeltaTime() * 1000;
      }
        }

To be honest, I really don’t understand it :frowning: Help, please? :slight_smile: