Hola.

I've started to work on a Arkanoid/Breakout clone as my first project. I'm using Omega and everything is going alright. I have the paddle following the mouse and this is how i want it to be, but it looks so wrong with those quick stops when you stop moving the mouse. So i need some friction to make the paddle continue to move smoothly for a bit.

The paddle will also be movable in the Y direction, not the whole screen though but a little bit to make it possible to hit the ball harder and thus making the ball accelerate.

I'm terrible at math and have no experience with physics, so any help
regarding these questions will be greatly appreciated. Some examples would be great aswell