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[Ishi]

I'm finding the double-tap to run quite good at the moment. It feels right to actively initiate the run rather than holding a button to run all the time.

Lifting / carrying stuff is unlikely as I want to focus the game on the agility aspect of Trixie (in Treasure Treasure she could jump higher, and Troy could push heavy things / carry objects). I came up with another decent upgrade idea today that'd work well as a final upgrade, and fit with the others nicely. Having said that I'm not wholly against putting some carryable objects and stuff in later; she's not a total weakling or anything after all. But only if I feel like the game needs something adding to it.

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That's the aforementioned Troy.

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Thanks for the animation compliments, I'm glad they're going down well as they're obviously a major focus of the game. Currently up to 94 animation frames total, plenty more to go in.

Today I did a first pass at wall-jumping. I think the next task will be to do some sort of editable scenery, and camera movement, so I can put a bit of an obstacle course together to test the core actions out.

[lasttea999]

Yummy pixels galore! Definitely looking forward to this.

[baconman]

Will she need "running shoes" before she can sprint, too? OMG, her treasures are gonna be shoes, aren't they?!

Glad to hear the coding's not giving you too much trouble. I'm right at the dreadable start of recoding movement on one of my platformers. Plenty of collision/ability checks all over the place, bleah. And trying to run along curves, ala 2D Sonic (though not as generous, and I'll probably skip the loop-de-loops... fun stuff alright. (Will be once it's done, though!)

Sexy specs ftw! I'd like to check out this "Treasure Treasure," too.

[Ishi]

Haha, well she likes shoes but isn't obsessed with them or anything. Shoes just seemed a feasible item that would let you wall jump. The other upgrades will be different bits of equipment.

The movement and collision and stuff has been fairly simple so far. I've not actually tested the slopes yet so I've got no idea if they'll work. The player movement is split up into tons of individual states (idle, walk, run, jump, inAir, crouch, crawl, hitWallInAir etc) so I have a lot of fine control over how each one behaves and how they link together. I probably wouldn't do it like that for a more arcadey game, which needs more flexibility and has way more overlap between states, but it should work well for this kind of explorey thing.

This is Treasure Treasure if you're interested: PC | Xbox 360

[Relix]

I'm finding the double-tap to run quite good at the moment. It feels right to actively initiate the run rather than holding a button to run all the time.

Can I ask how it works?
And does it keep the speed even if you jump/climb ledges?

One of the reasons why I don't like double tapping it's that it usually does not keep the momentum if you jump/do some other acrobatic stuff, making it feel sort of disconnected experience.

[Ishi]

So, double-tap and holding the direction initiates a run. It's also possible to double-tap + hold whilst doing something else, for example whilst falling through the air, and she'll start running once she lands.

Jumping, falling off ledges, wall-jumping, and quick-turns (skidding to run in the opposite direction) all maintain the momentum. Also rolling or sliding will maintain it if I add those.

Hanging onto and climbing up a ledge currently doesn't maintain it, as it brings you to a total stop. It might be nice to do something like, she can grab the ledge and somersault over it, if she's moving quickly and jumps up towards it. Carry the upwards and forwards momentum through. I don't think it'd feel right to fall downwards onto a ledge hang and spring easily up onto the ledge, though.

I mentioned the fuzzy double-tap controls. The jump is also a bit fuzzy in that you can press it before you land to immediately jump, and stuff like that. Same for the wall jump.

[Relix]

That does sound fluid, especially if you add that ledge thing, you could even make puzzles/tight platforming bits for it. I agree on that you shouldn't be able to carry the momentum from falling and grabing a ledge.

[Ishi]

A very rough first pass, just to post some progress for the evening.

[namragog]

A very rough first pass, just to post some progress for the evening.

I like where this is going.

[baconman]

A very rough first pass, just to post some progress for the evening.

I like where this is going.

Likewise. There's a lot of fun, nifty stuff you can do with that. Also:

"duh-duh-duh-DAH-duhhh"



Sorry, I couldn't resist.

[Relix]

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[HannesP]

A very rough first pass, just to post some progress for the evening.

I can't remember seeing this kind of jumping corner case in a game before. The animation's great and it'll look very pretty if implemented right.

[Ishi]

"duh-duh-duh-DAH-duhhh"



Sorry, I couldn't resist.

Pretty good! I saw a girl in a theme park once who looked like Trixie. And here she is in Rock Band 3, just for fun.

I can't remember seeing this kind of jumping corner case in a game before. The animation's great and it'll look very pretty if implemented right.

Coolio, maybe I'm innovating in a 2D platformer then. That's quite exciting.

[Ishi]

Here's a video of the current state of the wall jump and ledge flip.

[SolarLune]

Okay, the animation's awesome. Seriously, that's very fluid. I think that she should roll when falling from very far, but maybe you're going to add that. Great platforming!!!