With this, we had our first version of "working", roley sonic-like platformer physics! 😀

But it was riddled with edge cases, literally. Undesirable snapping on ledges, ect.
Its difficult to reliably determine the slope of an object in real time in #gamemaker
More work needed.

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After some googling I found:
info.sonicretro.org/Sonic_Physic...
An amazing resource detailing how #Sonic works!

From that I started using "sensors" to collide with the ground.
This is where things started to come together! 😍

Not the end of the journey though...

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Next for Speck, I tried a custom method.
Aiming for precise collisions & using ray casts to determine slope directions.

I also made a 4 state character controller.
One grounded state per cardinal direction.

Once again this method wasn't "it".

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Here's why I wanted it btw.
To make some hanging lanterns and other ropey decorative things for Speck.
🙂

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This is the first 2 videos I have.

I'd never made rolling physics before this so I figured why not first try just using box2D physics?

We did not stick with this method as it lacked enough control.
Tweaking the physics properties and forces was too painful.

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Speck will be at #SXSWSydney tomorrow!

If you're attending and want to try out our short demo you'll be able to find me at the games showcase Friday and Saturday.

P.S. On Saturday you can get in for free ;)

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Added some last minute collectable collection juice before the #SXSW demo later this week.

Sound on for extra points. 🔊👌

Feedback welcome ❤️

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Here's a video showing off some of the movement mechanics in Speck.

Speck is a rolly bouncy momentum platformer with secrets, puzzles, a story; all that good stuff.

I've got lots of development videos from the start so I might make a thread showing how we got here.

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Fireflies!

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Setup a pretty sweet animation-curve management component for this #GameMaker project.

It takes in an animation curve and plays it from start to finish just like a sprite or sequence.

Can do everything from basic tweens like these turrets, to the bounce effect on the ball I showed before.
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So bouncy!

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