12th Aug
Changed how drifty the main character is. Made the hitboxes more forgiving.
Okay there is no way I'm finishing this in time for the jam.
Most of the time has been just working on the Character's mechanics and nothing else.
Concept
Dr Evil Lulzs has just killed your master you vow to get your revenge in 30 seconds. This gives you thirty seconds to reach Dr Evil Lulzs and attack or you will explode violently.
01 Aug
Managed to get some actual gameplay in. Added title screen/intro. Added actual level that can be played through but not completed. Death implemented, music (not mine added) one type of trap entity added.
Got the attack mostly implemented but nothing to attack at the moment :( (it does give you a speed boost however)
27th July
At the moment you can jump, roll, run left/right and nothing much else.
TODO
Still to do wall sliding/jumping
- Attacking
- unjank the roll,
- change the hitbox for the roll.
- Enemy AI
- Death
- Level design
- Trap code
- Intro sequence
- Cart Label
- Optional tutorial section
- Lame jokes.
- A game
Intended mechanics
Rolling is slower than running but its good for avoiding things.
Attacking will give you a slight speed boost.
Air friction will be less than ground friction, (so chaining attack and jump should give you more speed)
Intend to do an optional tutorial level where your master trains you.
Tutorial ideas.
Screen one.
Your master is sitting out of reach on the top of the screen.
you: "Why am I wearing red. I thought ninjas should be stealthy"
master: "Ninja secret. Red allows you wall jump"
you: ".."
Wall jump your way to a flag.
Screen two.
Flag on right of screen. low gap with spikes in middle.
master: "Roll past spikes, young tardigrade"
you: "why put spikes in training"
Screen three.
Large gap to jump across:
master: "Attack makes you faster, young sushi"
you: "That makes no sense"
when you attack and jump you can jump over gap
you: "Where did that sword come from"
Screen four
master "you have done well young snotrag"
you: "could you learn my name"
master: ".."
master: "Now for the secret of eternal life"
master: "All you need is ..."
master hit by a flying syringe
you "NOOO Dr Evil LULZS"
you "You killed my master"
you "I will kill you in 30 seconds"
cut to main game.
previous version
I really like this!
The platforming/physics has a really nice feel to it, which is hard to get right.
And even though you can't currently "win" it's surprisingly fun to just try to run through what's there as fast as possible.
The exploding into pixels on death is also a cool effect.
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