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Duck on a sphere 'world'

I'm trying to make a rubber duck move along the surface of a round 'world' - I should be able to rotate the duck on it's local Y axis and then move the duck forward, with the duck following the surface of the world.

Effectively these are tank controls for a duck, on the surface of a sphere.

I'm able to spin the duck on it's Y axis when it's at the top or bottom of the world, then push it forward on the nested X axis.

The problem is that when the duck is away from the poles, pushing left and right cause the duck to orbit the world instead of turn on it's local Y axis (and then move forward (around the globe) relative to the duck).

I'm currently attempting to apply rotations to the duck before translating it with the code pictured, but I don't seem to have any change to my undesired behaviour... =/

BeginMode3D(camera);

DrawModel(world, worldPos, 1.0f, WHITE);    // Draw world

rlPushMatrix(); // DUCK MATRIX Y

rlRotatef(duckOrbitRotationY, 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f);
// rlTranslatef(0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f); // Swapped the order of the rotation, then translate

// rlPopMatrix();

rlPushMatrix(); // DUCK MATRIX X

rlRotatef(duckOrbitRotationX, 1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);

rlPushMatrix(); // DUCK MATRIX Z

rlTranslatef(0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f);
//rlRotatef(duckOrbitRotationY, 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f);

// rlRotatef(duckOrbitRotationZ, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f);

DrawModel(model, duckPos, 1.0f, WHITE);    // Draw duck

rlPopMatrix();

rlPopMatrix();

rlPopMatrix(); // END DUCK MATRIX
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    \$\begingroup\$ Please share code as formatted text, not as images. You can visit the help center for formatting support. You may also be interested in How can I fix my planet-facing camera, which involves similar control system math around a sphere. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Jan 26 at 1:00
  • \$\begingroup\$ Replaced image with code quote. Will investigate the planet-facing camera link. Somewhat new to using C++/Raylib, any help appreciated. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Jan 27 at 0:07

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