Refactor MoveTowards so that it only handles deciding a direction

behaviours/move_towards.gd

@@ -1,44 +1,22 @@
+@icon("res://behaviours/move_towards.svg")
 extends Node2D
 class_name MoveTowards
 
 
-signal move(movement: Vector2)
+## A node emitting the [signal move] signal each physics timestep to move towards the position of [field target].
-signal detached
-signal captured
 
 
-@export var speed: float = 100.0
+signal move(norm: Vector2)
-@export var can_detach: bool = false
 
 
-enum State { DETACHED, CAPTURED }
+@export var target: Node2D = null
-
-var state: State = State.DETACHED
-
-func get_followed_global_position():
-	return Vector2.ZERO # OVERRIDE ME!
 
 
-func get_followed_mouse_position():
+func _ready() -> void:
-	var global_followed_position: Vector2 = get_followed_global_position()
+	if target == null:
-	var relative_followed_position: Vector2 = global_followed_position - global_position
+		Log.w(self, "No target is set, no signals will be emitted.")
-	return relative_followed_position
 
-
+func _physics_process(_delta: float) -> void:
-func _physics_process(delta: float) -> void:
+	var gap = target.global_position - global_position
-	match state:
+	var norm = gap.normalized()
-		State.CAPTURED:
+	move.emit(norm)	
-			var relative_followed_position: Vector2 = get_followed_mouse_position()
-			var direction: Vector2 = position.direction_to(relative_followed_position)
-			var actual_speed: float = min(delta * speed, relative_followed_position.length())  # Don't overshoot.
-			var movement: Vector2 = direction * actual_speed
-			move.emit(movement)
-
-func _on_capture_area_mouse_entered() -> void:
-	state = State.CAPTURED
-	captured.emit()
-
-func _on_capture_area_mouse_exited() -> void:
-	if can_detach:
-		state = State.DETACHED
-		detached.emit()

behaviours/move_towards.svg

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<svg
+   viewBox="0 0 512 512"
+   version="1.1"
+   id="svg1"
+   sodipodi:docname="move_towards.svg"
+   width="16"
+   height="16"
+   inkscape:version="1.3.2 (091e20ef0f, 2023-11-25, custom)"
+   xmlns:inkscape="http://www.inkscape.org/namespaces/inkscape"
+   xmlns:sodipodi="http://sodipodi.sourceforge.net/DTD/sodipodi-0.dtd"
+   xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+   xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
+  <defs
+     id="defs1" />
+  <sodipodi:namedview
+     id="namedview1"
+     pagecolor="#ffffff"
+     bordercolor="#000000"
+     borderopacity="0.25"
+     inkscape:showpageshadow="2"
+     inkscape:pageopacity="0.0"
+     inkscape:pagecheckerboard="0"
+     inkscape:deskcolor="#d1d1d1"
+     inkscape:zoom="1.6464844"
+     inkscape:cx="223.8102"
+     inkscape:cy="236.56465"
+     inkscape:window-width="1920"
+     inkscape:window-height="1020"
+     inkscape:window-x="1280"
+     inkscape:window-y="32"
+     inkscape:window-maximized="1"
+     inkscape:current-layer="svg1" />
+  <!--! Font Awesome Free 6.5.2 by @fontawesome - https://fontawesome.com License - https://fontawesome.com/license/free (Icons: CC BY 4.0, Fonts: SIL OFL 1.1, Code: MIT License) Copyright 2024 Fonticons, Inc. -->
+  <path
+     d="m 470.6125,278.6 c 12.5,-12.5 12.5,-32.8 0,-45.3 l -160,-160 c -12.5,-12.5 -32.8,-12.5 -45.3,0 -12.5,12.5 -12.5,32.8 0,45.3 l 105.5,105.4 h -306.8 c -17.7,0 -32,14.3 -32,32 0,17.7 14.3,32 32,32 h 306.7 l -105.3,105.4 c -12.5,12.5 -12.5,32.8 0,45.3 12.5,12.5 32.8,12.5 45.3,0 l 160,-160 z"
+     id="path1"
+     style="fill:#8da5f3" />
+</svg>

behaviours/move_towards.svg.import

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+[remap]
+
+importer="texture"
+type="CompressedTexture2D"
+uid="uid://d10wobjiuh1mm"
+path="res://.godot/imported/move_towards.svg-f5d5c8fa66b43d0301cc029ecee0a291.ctex"
+metadata={
+"vram_texture": false
+}
+
+[deps]
+
+source_file="res://behaviours/move_towards.svg"
+dest_files=["res://.godot/imported/move_towards.svg-f5d5c8fa66b43d0301cc029ecee0a291.ctex"]
+
+[params]
+
+compress/mode=0
+compress/high_quality=false
+compress/lossy_quality=0.7
+compress/hdr_compression=1
+compress/normal_map=0
+compress/channel_pack=0
+mipmaps/generate=false
+mipmaps/limit=-1
+roughness/mode=0
+roughness/src_normal=""
+process/fix_alpha_border=true
+process/premult_alpha=false
+process/normal_map_invert_y=false
+process/hdr_as_srgb=false
+process/hdr_clamp_exposure=false
+process/size_limit=0
+detect_3d/compress_to=1
+svg/scale=1.0
+editor/scale_with_editor_scale=false
+editor/convert_colors_with_editor_theme=false

behaviours/move_towards.tscn

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[gd_scene load_steps=2 format=3 uid="uid://cml7rqvyfuagx"]
+
+[ext_resource type="Script" path="res://behaviours/move_towards.gd" id="1_256ue"]
+
+[node name="MoveTowards" type="Node2D"]
+script = ExtResource("1_256ue")