My example is of course very crude. If you want a more natural movement, you should definitely do more than just rotate the bow sprite.

Maybe create separate sprites for arms/torso and allow them to move to a certain angle. Or add different animations for your character. Or combine both methods.

Yea, I am still a noob to this lol if you can point me to videos where I can learn to do those things it will be appreciated.

btw I ran the layout on my laptop and it ran better, just my computer i guess lol

Have no idea.. It's all good on my side.

Try running the game in debug mode (Ctrl-F4), maybe you could see anything there.

Also, I made a new version of this game for another post. Now featuring weapon shops!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/qma5ppbyh8zcg ... .capx?dl=0

Ahh ok i will check it again in a bit, i would like to know how to make the bow move around with the mouse but also have the character's arms holding it wherever you aim

This should get you started:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ygidyzwdtnt4t ... .capx?dl=0

ok yea this kind of what I am trying to do, I can work with this. But when i run layout the fps is around 3 ... How can i fix this?

Hello I am new to Construct 2 and as I am learning how to make a game, there are a few things I am missing. I am trying to make a game that functions like Contra but instead uses mouse movement for aiming and is a bow and arrow instead of a gun. I would also like to know how to make the character's sprite move with the bow as he is aiming to make it look natural.