Also, the collision system _does_ work, I just need to work on impact animations/particles.

Also the server based projectile generator can spawn something like 50k projectiles and maintain 60fps, which is way to many projectiles if I'm being completely honest.

Also, if anyone is curious about the jump prediction algorithm, it's super simple. I use the kinematics equations to piecewise calculate segments of a mid-fidelity parabola, once per frame. Each segment is a ray cast (5 per jump prediction) that exits early if a forbidden object is detected.

I probably will eventually, it's all a bit hacky for my use cases. I was thinking about developing some Godot coursework for my day job, so I'll probably open source my tooling then. But if there's anything you're interested in lmk and I can post a gist or two in the meantime.

Why do this instead of an animation tree? I find the animation tree to be a bit restrictive for my use case in Godot.

Just for an example I tried to map this behavior in an animation tree and it was non-trivial. This gives me more control and it takes a minute to remap animations.

I'm a bit extra with the configuration settings too.

It's not perfect and right now it relies on property scanning to determine if the transition happens, so if you have a base class that defines transitions as properties and you override it, it can be a bit inaccurate.

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Why I'm working on art? I needed to get a better feel for the environments the game is taking place in so I can better design enemies to inhabit those spaces. Honestly not necessarily how it _should_ be done, but I'm playing around with experimental, iterative design.

I have a set of additional sprites that have a shader that remaps the color based on a uniform and then applies a dithering effect to it that's animated with a tween. I think I'll make a video about it eventually.

Thanks! I've been spending unholy amounts of time tweaking animations, shilloutes and timings, because the kind of platforming I'm trying for is 100% polish based.

As somebody who recently finished a terminal degree in HCI the job prospects in the US are absolutely _dire_. Also the no-no word list makes grant writing functionally impossible if you need human subjects in your research.