Time for action – create a new MouseFollow Script

  1. In the Project panel, right-click/alternate-click on an empty chunk of space and navigate to Create | JavaScript. Alternatively, you can navigate to Assets | Create | JavaScript in the menu at the top of the screen, or use the Create button at the top of the Project panel.
  2. A new Script is added to the Project panel. Name it MouseFollow.
  3. Drag-and-drop your new MouseFollow Script onto your Paddle GameObject.
  4. Double-click to open the Script in MonoDevelop. Just as before, we're going to add a single, simple line of code inside the curly braces (sandwich buns) of the Update function (sandwich):
        function Update () {
           transform.position.x = 2;
        }
  5. Add a Rigidbody component to Paddle by navigating to Component ...

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