Planet Trotter

Changes:

• Added a Health System
• Re-added the Collectable counter

Life Update:
To explain the big gap in updates, I got burnout. while working on the project I ended up working too hard and too fast, and a certain point I stopped to take a break and couldn’t bring myself to work, but I’m back now and won’t let that happen again.

Devlog 8:

Did:
-Started w/ fixing coyote time
Reworked jump to make coyote time work
Remade double jump by making double jump variable

-Make System for changing levels
Used signals w/ parameters to send path to next level

-Fixed up collectables
Turned of collisions for .1 seconds so collectables won’t be collected on start up (hopefully)

Changes:
-Cleaned up backend more
-added coyote time
-make scene/ level changing work

Changes:
-organized file system and scene tree

Changes:

• Changed dash mechanic so dashing downwards is possible
• Added sliding mechanic

The sliding was strange to add, but I ended up figuring it out. Adding this I’ll make the game’s movement feel more fluid, like celeste. Later I’ll make a momentum system to increase the slide and the dash distance depending on speed

Changes:
-Added camera zoom
-Added collectable counter

The camera zoom feature is mainly for testing, but I though while I work on a map system I’ll give a pseudo map that make traversing the test area easier.

Changes:
-Polished movement
-player jumps off of walls
-dash is stronger
-Added collectables
-Added camera movement

The collectable system was the most challenges from collision errors to tracking & counting collectables, but I did figure it out and learned how to signal between scripts at the same time.

I also learned about the camera positioning smoothing option in Godot which cut out a lot of learning and trial & error that I would need to figure out.

I and a couple friends are going to create a game about venturing unknown planets in search of a new earth to inhabit

To start off I created a simple movement system with a double jump, dash and wall cling mechanic.

the dash was hardest to implement because of all the small hiccups and things to keep track of, but I did manage to get a hold of it after a lot of trial and error.

I started this project with the aim to learn composition and I’m happy that I was able to implement that into this project. If you don’t know composition makes your code more readable and modular.
As you can tell there aren’t any sprites, but there will be in the future, but for now the Godot logo will be my placeholder.