Can anyone explain how the look_at() function works? like, in terms of math.

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  • In 2D it's just applying atan2(y, x) to the rotation. In 3D the rotation is applied around the cross product of the given up direction and the new forward vector (target - position). This is done using the Basis object, see the very bottom of this script.

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