{"author_name":"Luis Anton","cat":"LD #31","comments":[],"epoch":1417907760,"likes":4,"metadata":{"p_key":"23694","p_author":"Luis Anton","p_authorkey":"504837","p_urlkey":"59092","p_title":"First day completed, not that bad!","p_cat":"LD #31","p_event":"LD31","p_time":"1417907760","p_likes":"4","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"504837","us_name":"Luis Anton","us_username":"Luis Anton","event_start":"1417737600","event_key":"26","event_name":"LD31"},"text":"

Quite a great first day! This time I got lucky and the theme I wanted was chosen, so I had an idea already in my head. As a kid, I loved drawing mazes for my friend to solve – then I stopped doing that. I remember the feeling of the whole thing in a single sheet of paper, full of keys, traps and monsters that required a specific item to be killed. This is it, translated into a 2D platformer. Yes, Castlevania in one screen ^_^<\/p>\n

I have published a few games, and I have lots of prototypes in my hard disk… but I’ve never built a 2D platformer before! So I was a bit unsure about this.<\/p>\n

But things have gone great so far! I can easily edit the map in the editor, so building the level\u00a0shouldn’t be a problem. Player movement is not that bad, either. I’ve been tweeting this all day, but here’s a summary:<\/p>\n

He can walk and jump. Wouldn’t be a platformer otherwise… but jump height depends on for how long the jump key is pressed (a la Mario Bros). That’s a nice touch, I think:<\/p>\n

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\"walk&Jump\"<\/p>\n

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He’s also able to climb ladders, but I feel they are a bit weird and I’m not using them. I also managed to get one-way platforms working, from which you can jump down if you need to.<\/p>\n

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\"platformsAndLadders\"<\/p>\n

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The player is also able to slide down walls, climb and wall-climb. That’s why ladders are not that useful anymore.<\/p>\n

\"wallClimb&Jump\"<\/p>\n

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I finally added switches, which are able to open doors or disarm traps. Traps or lava pitfalls kill you instantly, but I also added safe points to which you return when killed. There are also animated traps (those three moving things on the right side), which require a bit of timing.<\/p>\n

\"Platformer<\/p>\n

Not that bad at all, considering it’s my first platformer ever and that I’m building it from scratch. I’m pretty happy.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow I’ll draw a new tileset (the current one is not mine, but a free one I borrowed from Derek Yu), make a bigger level (you know, the whole screen) and add some basic enemies and fighting if I have time. May probably be forced to dump those, though…<\/p>\n \n

Tags: platformer<\/a><\/p>","time":"December 6th, 2014 6:16 pm","title":"First day completed, not that bad!"}