Make sprite move randomly within screen

I am very new to this and am trying to create a sprite that moves randomly within the upper portion of the screen much like the centipede from the classic arcade game. Can someone explain how to make this happen?

do you want it to move systematically?

or do you mind it appearing in random places-disappearing-and reappearing instantly in random places?

or you could make the bouncing balls effect - (on the example browser)

so that the sprite randomly moves bouncing off invisible solids.

and if you dont want it to keep spawning in the smae place:

on start of layout-set sprite x,y to random(whatever you boundreis of your upper portion of the screen is)

you should know for i in range right?

tell me if this works if not ill show some exmpls

happy to help,

Radkampfwagen

I want it to move around consistently - without disappearing and reappearing. It sounds like the bouncing ball solution is the best solution.

If you could show examples of what the x,y boundaries would look like, that would be incredibly helpful. My screen is set to 960 x 1280 if that's helpful.

Thank you so much for your help!

well first of all where is the "upper portion of the screen"

u just told me the whole dimensions of the game

do you want the randomly moving sprites at the top half,third,quarter of the screen?

I would like the sprite to move in the upper 3/4 of the game.

right im working at it

heres the link:

drive.google.com/file/d/1tB_NzDX4WjBVFgAUpyHEIA8muL2T4P8x/view

Should work

also look at this

construct.net/en/tutorials/random-movement-102

idk whether itll help