Navigate a falling object left/right with buttons

GrubGames

Ok so I have a bouncing object and I want it to move left/right naturally using control buttons. Any help would be appreciated.

So far I set up some attributes to control the actor but it's just not acting naturally.

Thanks

rlehm

Create right and left button actors
Make two attributes
Mright
Mleft

In the buttons, when press, mright = true
Otherwise mright = false

In the falling actor
If mright =true
Change attribute self.motion.velocity.x = a number here

Do the same for the other button, remember it'll have a - number

Away from game salad so this is all on memory, sorry if it's wrong

hotMagic

Yeah that sounds good. If you want it to be some percentage thing, like a throttle, you could also do:
velocity.x=velocity.x *[some modifier like 1.25]

that way if it's moving sideways already for some reason, it won't slow down when you're trying to speed it up, which could happen if you chose a low static num. And you can set a max of course. good luck