Plataforma - ALL ABOUT CUSTOMIZATION

[datMoka]

No, I mean the implementation of the code.

Do you have your character moving on screen? How did you do that? using acceleration?

Try to make him move upwards but on every "refresh" (every tick, every time it loops, or however you call it) gravity pulls him down. It's easy to think about it if you have some physics knowledge. 

Say you used frame rate to continually move the character left and right by using setPosition what you'd want to do is when the player jumps, decrease the amount they move (speed) each time the jump loop goes around. This will continue until you reach the peak of their jump; this is where the movement factor reaches 0 and then starts to delve into the negatives which will bring the player back down to earth.

          0
        1 -1
      2     -2
    3         -3        <--basic little demonstration where the numbers equal the speed of the character
  4             -4
5                 -5

This is a basic theory of implementing gravity into the game; hope this helps a little

[santiaboy]

What datMoka said is correct. However, remember that the Y axis is "flipped" in computer graphics. So if you want to go upwards, the speed is negative and viceversa.

If you didn't understand what we said, I'm pretty sure there are tons of jump implementations on the internet. Google is your friend.

[santiaboy]

Platform - VERSION 0.9

What's new?
New settings loader and saver!
New in-game settings menu

Bug control:
Fixed the bug where your jump would reset if you were pressed against a wall (Thanks Gobbles!)

Donwload link (Only windows OS for now)(~12MB): http://www.mediafire.com/?t93x7xauupxkdjs

[N1ko]

Good job, I played through it and it was alright, the gameplay felt fluid other than the stick to wall bug (that you seem to have fixed now but I used to download link from the OP).

Obviously a WIP but so far so good.

[santiaboy]

I'm glad you liked it

New version! 1.0 RC
The Whole game(12MB only windows): http://www.mediafire.com/?4db266hs684whma
Update from 0.9 to 1.0 RC(448KB): http://www.mediafire.com/?5o5xdw2co3yul81

What's new?
Five new levels! (What goes up... set)
Improved the settings saver/loader.
You can now choose to show or hide the FPS.
Accent support (á, é, ö, etc).
German translation! (Thanks AlexAUT)
Small changes to the existing levels (to make them more fair)
Lots of change behind curtains, such as elminating all the "using namespace sf", and making everything more efficient.

As always, enjoy!

[AlexAUT]

Love the new Levels  Can't wait for more...

Do you use an editor to create the levels or do you hardcode them?



AlexAUT

[santiaboy]

I'm glad you liked them

I use Tiled to help me, but I am using a custom loader, as I don't need most of the stuff Tiled gives.

[santiaboy]

I realized that was a poor explanation, what I do is this: I have the sprite sheet.png (you can view this in "recursos/imagenes" folder) and I load it on Tiled. I use Tiled to create the map, and then export it to .txt. Afterwards, I delete some things (like headers for example) that are present on the exported .txt, but I don't want and therefore my custom loader doesn't recognize.

The tiles(rectangleShape) are loaded (tile size is dependant of the game resolution) one by one, and then I apply the correspondent sf::Texture to each. Actually, it's the same texture (the sprite sheet) but rectanlgeShape has a method (setTextureRect) that lets me grab only a portion of the sprite sheet.

Unfortunately, there's a bug (I think it's related to the sf::view, and not the sf::rectangleShape) where one line of pixels will load wrong, and so you end up with a line of wrong pixels on your texture. This is a known issue and they will fix it (I hope) for SFML 2.X. In other words, won't be fixed for SFML 2.0

[santiaboy]

Hey guys, it's been a while!

Plataforma got approved on Desura! http://www.desura.com/games/plataforma

I modified the first post to include the most important info. If you have any question about the game post it below and I'll try to answer it!

[eXpl0it3r]

Nice!
Will make sure to grab a copy!

[The Illusionist Mirage]

Nice game

Is it opensource?

[santiaboy]

Thanks!

Not for the moment. I thought about making it open source, but between the poorly commented code, and the fact that the variable/method names are in spanish, I don't think is a good idea.

However, if you have any doubts about how I made something in particular(map loader, settings loader, etc etc), let me know and I'll answer!

[santiaboy]

Hey guys!

A big important aspect of Plataforma is its customization. That's why I made a few videos explaining how to edit and create levels, characters, and sprite sheets. They have SPANISH audio, but ENGLISH subtitles. You can activate de subtitles, by activating CC.

Levels


Characters/Sprite sheets


If you want to know what I made to make it work, let me know and I'll try to explain it to you!

Cheers

[santiaboy]

Hey guys, I just started a Devlog!

What's this devlog about?
I am planning to make a series of Devlogs where I talk about Plataforma, what changed I've made, and what's coming.

What's this episode about?

In the first episode I talk about Puzzles pack and changing the way the camera moves. I show a few puzzles levels I made. Also, I've made a few aesthetic changes to the menus.

You can watch it embedded here:
 

How can I contribute to the game?

• Creating characters
• Creating sprite sheets
• Creating levels

If you made a cool looking character, a fancy level, or a hefty sprite sheet, you are more than welcome to post it on the forums: http://www.desura.com/games/plataforma/forum

• Participating on our competition! You have time until Friday to show your high score. More info here: http://www.desura.com/games/plataforma/features/plataformas-second-competition
• Making a review
• And now, you can donate via paypal

Please note that Plataforma is free, and will continue to be free. I'd appreciate if you could send a buck or two, as it helps me to continue focusing on Plataforma.

I hope you enjoy both the game and the devlog!

[santiaboy]

Oh boy, forgot to update this

I continued making the devlog, below there's #2 and #3. What changed? New music, all the high score implementation, new jump sound, aaand a cool intro.





How can I contribute to the game?

• Creating characters
• Creating sprite sheets
• Creating levels

If you made a cool looking character, a fancy level, or a hefty sprite sheet, you are more than welcome to post it on the forums: http://www.desura.com/games/plataforma/forum

• Participating on our competition! You have time until Friday to show your high score. More info here: http://www.desura.com/games/plataforma/features/plataformas-second-competition
• Making a review
• And now, you can donate via paypal

Please note that Plataforma is free, and will continue to be free. I'd appreciate if you could send a buck or two, as it helps me to continue focusing on Plataforma.

I hope you enjoy both the game and the devlog!