New tile based platform engine – part 4

For all jumping fanatics out there, I developed the jumping routine.

You can jump hitting SPACE, hope you like it.

From next post, I’ll start explaining how I developed this script and obviously I will add a lot of tile types.

Now I need some decent pixel art to give the game a polished look.

And don’t forget I am about to translate it into AS3…

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tile_size = 20;
ground_acceleration = 1;
ground_friction = 0.8;
air_acceleration = 0.5;
air_friction = 0.7;
ice_acceleration = 0.15;
ice_friction = 0.95;
treadmill_speed = 2;
max_speed = 3;
xspeed = 0;
yspeed = 0;
falling = false;
gravity = 0.5;
jump_speed = 6;
level = new Array();
level[0] = [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1];
level[1] = [1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1];
level[2] = [1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1];
level[3] = [1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1];
level[4] = [1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 3, 3, 3, 3, 1, 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1, 1];
player = [2, 1];
function create_level(l) {
	_root.createEmptyMovieClip("level_container",1);
	level_height = l.length;
	level_width = l[0].length;
	for (y=0; y<level_height; y++) {
		for (x=0; x<level_width; x++) {
			if (l[y][x] != 0) {
				t = level_container.attachMovie("tile", "t"+y+"_"+x, _root.level_container.getNextHighestDepth(), {_x:x*tile_size, _y:y*tile_size});
				t.gotoAndStop(l[y][x]);
			}
		}
	}
	x_pos = player[0]*tile_size+tile_size/2;
	y_pos = player[1]*tile_size+tile_size/2+1;
	level_container.attachMovie("hero","hero",_root.level_container.getNextHighestDepth(),{_x:x_pos, _y:y_pos});
}
create_level(level);
_root.onEnterFrame = function() {
	ground_under_feet();
	walking = false;
	if (Key.isDown(Key.LEFT)) {
		xspeed -= speed;
		walking = true;
	}
	if (Key.isDown(Key.RIGHT)) {
		xspeed += speed;
		walking = true;
	}
	if (Key.isDown(Key.SPACE)) {
		if (!falling and !jumping) {
			jumping = true;
			yspeed = -jump_speed;
		}
	}
	if (!walking) {
		xspeed *= friction;
		if (Math.abs(xspeed)<0.5) {
			xspeed = 0;
		}
	}
	if (xspeed>max_speed) {
		xspeed = max_speed;
	}
	if (xspeed<max_speed*-1) {
		xspeed = max_speed*-1;
	}
	if (falling or jumping) {
		yspeed += gravity;
	}
	xspeed += bonus_speed;
	check_collisions();
	level_container.hero._x = x_pos;
	level_container.hero._y = y_pos;
	xspeed -= bonus_speed;
};
function ground_under_feet() {
	bonus_speed = 0;
	left_foot_x = Math.floor((x_pos-6)/tile_size);
	right_foot_x = Math.floor((x_pos+5)/tile_size);
	foot_y = Math.floor((y_pos+9)/tile_size);
	left_foot = level[foot_y][left_foot_x];
	right_foot = level[foot_y][right_foot_x];
	if (left_foot != 0) {
		current_tile = left_foot;
	}
	else {
		current_tile = right_foot;
	}
	switch (current_tile) {
		case 0 :
			speed = air_acceleration;
			friction = air_friction;
			falling = true;
			break;
		case 1 :
			over = "ground";
			speed = ground_acceleration;
			friction = ground_friction;
			break;
		case 2 :
			over = "ice";
			speed = ice_acceleration;
			friction = ice_friction;
			break;
		case 3 :
			over = "treadmill";
			speed = ground_acceleration;
			friction = ground_friction;
			bonus_speed = -treadmill_speed;
			break;
		case 4 :
			over = "treadmill";
			speed = ground_acceleration;
			friction = ground_friction;
			bonus_speed = treadmill_speed;
			break;
	}
}
function check_collisions() {
	y_pos += yspeed;
	get_edges();
	// collision to the bottom 
	if (yspeed>0) {
		if ((level[bottom][right] != 0) or (level[bottom][left] != 0)) {
			y_pos = bottom*tile_size-9;
			yspeed = 0;
			falling = false;
			jumping = false;
		}
	}
	// collision to the top  
	if (yspeed<0) {
		if ((level[top][right] != 0) or (level[top][left] != 0)) {
			y_pos = bottom*tile_size+1+8;
			yspeed = 0;
			falling = false;
			jumping = false;
		}
	}
	x_pos += xspeed;
	get_edges();
	// collision to the left           
	if (xspeed<0) {
		if ((level[top][left] != 0) or (level[bottom][left] != 0)) {
			x_pos = (left+1)*tile_size+6;
			xspeed = 0;
		}
	}
	// collision to the right                         
	if (xspeed>0) {
		if ((level[top][right] != 0) or (level[bottom][right] != 0)) {
			x_pos = right*tile_size-6;
			xspeed = 0;
		}
	}
}
function get_edges() {
	// right edge
	right = Math.floor((x_pos+5)/tile_size);
	// left edge   
	left = Math.floor((x_pos-6)/tile_size);
	// bottom edge
	bottom = Math.floor((y_pos+8)/tile_size);
	// top edge
	top = Math.floor((y_pos-9)/tile_size);
}

Download the source code and enjoy.

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9 Responses

  1. Bob says:

    Thanks for doing this man!

  2. David D says:

    Maybe you could teach us how to make it double jump?

    Nice tutorial!

  3. Christian says:

    if you stand on the arrowfields and jump..the xspeed is 0 and you jump straight in the air..that’s no right behavior..thecharacter should inherit the xspeedvalue from the arrowfields if you press the jump button on an arrowfield..I hope you understand what I mean ;)

  4. mrcool says:

    Superb :D can you teach us how to do “cling to the wall” and then “jump when stick to the wall” ? :D

    Best!

  5. airFriction needs to be higher- from 0.9 to 0.99

  6. Nathan says:

    You should show us how to scroll the playing field.
    THAT would be cool.

  7. Bryan Devlin says:

    Hi there, I’ve been working on platform games myself mostly for my own personal fun. I downloaded your source and started playing around with it, such as making tiles that kill you and tiles that you hang from. Very Cool. I was wondering if you’d like to build a game together. I’d love to work on the graphics. I’ll post my version of your source if you are interested. Thanks. Bryan

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