Stand on pushable sprite

[harry]

Hi there,

Is there a way to stand on a pushable sprite ?

For example : push a crate and than jump on it to get on a platform

Kind regards, Harry

[jltursan]

Sure, I've seen something like this in games as Octukitty. I guess you can use a pushable blocks script with maybe some little tweaking to adapt it to a platform game context.

[Minilop]

Yes its definitely possible. I have used this mechanic extensively in both my Cocoa games.   Basically I started with the stock pushable script and ended up rewriting it for a 2D Platform game so that:

• Blocks can be pushed left and right
• Player can jump on block (and jump off it)
• Blocks can be pushed off a platform and they will drop down to the platform below
• Blocks can be pushed such that they push an enemy as well (and crush them into a wall!)
• Blocks can be pushed off a platform and crush an enemy beneath

Is this the kind of mechanic you are looking for?

As a starting point I've created a simple tutorial that covers the basics: Tutorial Let's create pushable crates we can push and jump onto

[harry]

Thanks for the reply, I've visit your tutorial and I'm gonna try it
Thank you very much
I will try your games too

[jltursan]

Feb 19, 2021 16:37:10 GMT Minilop said:

Yes its definitely possible. I have used this mechanic extensively in both my Cocoa games.   Basically I started with the stock pushable script and ended up rewriting it for a 2D Platform game so that:

• Blocks can be pushed left and right
• Player can jump on block (and jump off it)
• Blocks can be pushed off a platform and they will drop down to the platform below
• Blocks can be pushed such that they push an enemy as well (and crush them into a wall!)
• Blocks can be pushed off a platform and crush an enemy beneath

Is this the kind of mechanic you are looking for?

As a starting point I've created a simple tutorial that covers the basics: Tutorial Let's create pushable crates we can push and jump onto

That's really cool!, you only lack to be able to destroy the blocks

[Minilop]

Yes, it's only meant as a building block code, it's pretty easy to then extend it to create new mechanics for your games.

Also, I have just updated the tutorial so that it now uses the UNDOSPRITEMOVE command, previously I was just using adding and subtracting from the Player X when a Push fails. I think this is a better use of MPAGDs available commands.

[harry]

Thanks for the update, I love your guides

[Jonathan Cauldwell]

Feb 27, 2021 9:35:31 GMT Minilop said:

Also, I have just updated the tutorial so that it now uses the UNDOSPRITEMOVE command, previously I was just using adding and subtracting from the Player X when a Push fails. I think this is a better use of MPAGDs available commands.

Definitely. It's faster and uses less memory.