Character setup

Character Setup

To create a character you have to configure at least its physics, input, movements.

Recommended structure.

• Character (Character, Enemy)
  • Input (DefaultInput, AIInput...)
  • Actions (Every CharacterAction*)
  • Visual (Animator*)
    • HitBoxes
      • EnterAreas
      • DealDamage
      • RecieveDamage

Character Behaviour.

• BoxCollider2D: The physical body. Used to calculate collisions, raycast origins, etc.
• PlatformerCollider2D: How the Character collide with the world.
• Character
• CharacterHealth: Life/Damage handler.

Hitboxes

HitBox type: EnterAreas

This is the body used to check where the character is in Ladders, Grabbables, Liquids...

Should be smaller than EnterAreas HitBox, to make easy for the player to enter areas.

HitBox type: Recieve damage / Deal Damage

Where Character recieve or deal damage. NOTE: if they overlap don't forget to check Do not deal damage to sef.

Actions (Movements)

An Action need a Character and Input, It's recommended to create all Actions in a child node.

• GroundMovement

  Ground horizontal movement. keyboard: right-left while OnGround

  NOTE: Slope rules are not here, are part of PlatformCollider2D

• AirMovement

  Airborne horizontal movement. keyboard: right-left while not "OnGround"

• Jump

  Variable Jump, also handle the rest of custom jumps. keyboard: space

• Grab

  When Character enter a Grabbable area, first position player in the "desired position".

  Then Stop all movement.

  To Dismount press Down, or jump.

• Ladder

  When a Character enter a Ladder and is pressing Up/Down, start climbing the ladder. keyboard: up/down

  Dismount pressing left/right or jumping.

• LiquidMovement

  When a Character enter "enough" in a Liquid Liquid the liquid will oppose gravity and give the Bouyancy sensation.

  Character can move horizontally and exit Jumping or runnning in a slope.

• Melee

  When an action (button) is held perform and attack.

  It's basically a succession of DamageArea overtime.

• MovingPlatforms

  Fall through platforms while pressing down.

• Projectile

  Fire projectiles with given offest and difference fire modes.

• Slipping

  Slip when slope can't be climbed.

  While slipping player cannot move horizontally, it's forced down slope.

• WallStick

  Stick to walls, and perform wall-jumps.

• Push

  Push objects (Box)

  NOTE: Require CharacterActionGroundMovement

Input

DefaultInput

Keyboard and CnControls and WiiMote

AIInput

Fake input used by AI to perform actions. This make very easy to code AI because you just need to think in key press/up, and configure the AI the same way you main character works.

TestInput*

These inputs are for automated testing, not needed for your Game.