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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IMO it really helps find the mid-point between nearest-neighbor derp and bilinear blur, retaining the intended shape of the image with very minimal blur.

Here's the full shot where you can't see the pixels as close.

I've been staring at this stuff all day but it looks sharp to me!
😅

As an example, on a very zoomed out(small in the game window) Speck, here's the without and with shader comparison.

You might think it just looks like bilinear, so the third image is bilinear interpolation🙂

Image order: Nearest Neighbor > Shader > Blinear

Had a great time at @sxswsydney.com this week!

Huuuuge thanks to all the organizers and thanks for everyone who came and played Speck. ❤️❤️❤️

We got lots of great insight and feedback.
Was awesome to see how people play and discover a few pain points which we can now address.

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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I've made a commit to #GitHub at least once a week for a year! 😊

Close call last week while I was away 😬

Fireflies!

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Thanks for all the recent follows!
😏

Is this Instagram?
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Heh, spooky contribution graph.

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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