CharacterBody2D moves in weird ways when rotating

[ooccoo]

Godot Version

4.4

Question

I am trying to make an Arkanoid clone. I got the logic for moving the paddle working but I also wanted the player to be able to tilt the paddle. The tilting works but when I move in the same direction as the tilt the paddle moves down for some reason. Moving the opposite direction of the tilt though still just goes along the x-axis. I am using the velocity property and move_and_slide(). Initially I thought maybe the velocity direction is affected by the rotation of the CharacterBody2D but everything I’ve read about it says it is global. I’m a little stumped on where I am going wrong here so any help would be great!

Because I am a new user I am not able to attach a video but here are some screen shots.

And here is my code

class_name Paddle extends CharacterBody2D
const SCENE_REF: PackedScene = preload("res://scenes/paddle.tscn")

const SPEED = 1000.0
const ROT_SPEED = 80
const ROT_ANGLE = 20

var useMouse = false
var target_rotation = 0
var tween = create_tween()

static func instantiate() -> Paddle:
	var newScene = SCENE_REF.instantiate()
	return newScene

func _ready() -> void:
	Input.mouse_mode = Input.MOUSE_MODE_HIDDEN
	tween.set_loops()
	tween.tween_property($"Aim Line", "rotation_degrees", -35, 1).set_ease(Tween.EASE_OUT).from(-145)
	tween.tween_property($"Aim Line", "rotation_degrees", -145, 1).set_ease(Tween.EASE_OUT)
	tween.stop()

func _physics_process(delta: float) -> void:
	# Rotate the paddle
	var rotInput = Input.get_axis("turn_left", "turn_right")
	if rotInput == 0:
		rotation_degrees = move_toward(rotation_degrees, 0, ROT_SPEED * delta)
	else:
		rotation_degrees = clamp(rotation_degrees + rotInput * ROT_SPEED * delta, -ROT_ANGLE, ROT_ANGLE)
	
	# Move the paddle
	if useMouse:
		var target = get_global_mouse_position()
		target.y = position.y
		velocity = position.direction_to(target) * SPEED
		if position.distance_to(target) > 10:
			move_and_slide()
	else:
		var direction := Input.get_axis("move_left", "move_right")
		velocity.x = direction * SPEED
		move_and_slide()
	
func EnableAimLine() -> void:
	$"Aim Line".visible = true
	tween.play()
	
func DisableAimLine() -> Vector2:
	$"Aim Line".visible = false
	tween.stop()
	return Vector2.from_angle($"Aim Line".rotation)

[ooccoo]

Was able to figure it out and it was just a simple mistake. I wasn’t disabling the collision of the ball when attaching it to the paddle so the paddle was pushing against the ball and moving down.