Pset3 breakout issue with the while live > 0 && bricks > 0

Question

I am trying to create the while lives > 0 && bricks > 0 loop but either the ball doesn't bounce off the right wall or the paddle doesn't follow the mouse. My code is below. Please help been stuck on this for hours and any other tips on my code are always appreciated.

// keep playing until game over
while (lives > 0 && bricks > 0)
{

    // check for mouse event
    GEvent event = getNextEvent(MOUSE_EVENT);

    // if we heard one
    if (event != NULL)
    {
        // if the event was movement
        if (getEventType(event) == MOUSE_MOVED)
        {
            // ensure circle follows top cursor
            double x = getX(event);

            setLocation(paddle, x, 535);
        }
    }


  // initial velocity
double velocity = 2.0;

// bounce forever

    // move circle along x-axis

     move(ball, velocity, 0);

    // bounce off right edge of window
    if (getX(ball) + getWidth(ball) >= WIDTH)
    {
        velocity = -velocity;
    }

    // bounce off left edge of window
    else if (getX(ball) <= 0)
    {
        velocity = -velocity;
    }

    // linger before moving again
    pause(10);
}

Answer 1

Try initializing your velocity outside the loop. Right now you are reinitializing it every iteration of the loop, so your velocity is always 2.0, and is never changing.