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Day 1 : tried to get more familiar with godot cause i havent made any 3d stuff on it

is kinda similar to unity but you cant move in the scene with WSAD and change elevation with Q and E


on the plus side , Godot got a built in character controller so i just used that as a base and was building on top of that .. idk GDscript so most of it was just trial and error

oh and it have a grey box editor .. sorta ... you can use primitive shapes to make a prototype level and export them to use them as a base in an external 3d software like blender

Anyway

Here is what ive done so far :

- Character can move on solid surfaces
- Can dash [with 2 sec cooldown to dash again]
- Can fast fall [basically multiplies the gravity by 5 and resets to 1 when ground is touched]
- Camera can follow and orbit around the player [also have a spring arm so it wont clip through walls]

umm soo .. it have been some time since i touched the game jam thingie😅 [a little shy of 2 months] .. honestly since ive done anything productive at all ..

i didnt have the motivation nor the creativity to make a progress .. gn iski will try to brute force it till something comes up

was trying to make the employer gn he ended up looking like a generic mob .. so iski might use this as a base enemy

tried rigging .. but is pain to do .. will cross that bridge when i get there

Did a run cycle that i wont even be using gn

im really getting tempted to go play kenshi just to come up with a story

and maybe sable too for the exploration aspect

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Day .. 1😅 [will explain when if im done]

so today was re-exploring 3d character movement in godot

and most of it was why you cant use code made for godot 3 in godot 4🫠

also you know i cant code cause i thought tab = 2 spaces .. but apparently not🤧 . fk indentations

bcha back to the main topic .. as usual it all starts with the base character controller 3d node

1st code was about adjusting the variables given iza lay to make the character feel less floaty when jumping

code 2 was trying to make a variable jump height ..i.e tap space for short jump .. and long press to jump higher .. also added a fall multiplier when jumping to make it fall more quick and not hover in the air

Code 3 was trying to figure out wall jump .. but it kept recognizing the wall as a floor and resetting the jump .. enabling infinite jump instead .. so that was scrapped due to skill issue

code 4 was basically the visual thingie to stretch the character when holding the jump button to indicate the jump is being charged [tbc]

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bcha ye .. 4th one was the visual and adding a coyote time .. i.e you can jump in the air immediately after leaving a platform

i was also trying to implement a ledge grab .. but wef .. again skill issue .. so will have to keep it simple


next in line would be some sort of collection system .. cause it is a platformer and you need a goal to reach

and visuals .. cause who wanna stare at a gray world and a gray capsule


i also have to improve the camera .. gn i like it being like this .. i will just add some easing for it to not feel stiff

this camera angle saves a lot of time when doing level design cause players cant see a lot of things and i can leave them void

bcha this much rambling should be enough for today

Day 2 😁

We finally got a character now :) .. still dont have a name .. so feel free to suggest

Technical updates

-Camera can now smoothly follow the player
-Player can collect items .. they get destroyed on contact [will figure out the counting system other time]
-The player now rotates to the direction of movement
-There is a sprinting system with a depleting and regenerating stamina bar

Visual update

Frog :)


.. also cave man discovers that git exist😅

had some other work to do so didnt progress on the dev side today

but look at him move :)

Day 3 .. should have posted this on sat .. but eeh

Bcha where were we

Technical updates

-Item counter works [looks for items in a specified group]
-Item collection works [basically the item counter .. but decrease the number of items when collected]
-Health degrades over time .. refills when collecting item
-Main Menu [start switches scene , quit closes app]
-Counter resets when reloading screen .. was pain to figure out .. but god bless Singleton [persistent data across scenes]
-Win and lose screen based on item count and hp [i.e win if item counter is 0 and lose if hp is 0]

Visual updates

-better stamina and hp ui
-there is a somewhat functional Menu ui
- item counter on top right
-also did basic map design .. but didnt finish it so maybe for next update

oh .. also got featured in a Yt vid😅

plans for next

- better level
-save and load / checkpoint system
-better UI ..and maybe a splash screen too
- iski gize kalegn maybe finish the cutscene drawings

and i think itll be ready for mvp

Here a pre-alpha build if anyone wanna try and give suggestions [Windows build]

[the winscreen and dance button dont work for some reason .. gn is for the better]