Run code that if the player is stuck in any wall, push them out into the nearest empty space
#Potential fix to the plethora of entering wall issues
young yoke
hollow finch
if it only were that simple 🙏 😭
young yoke
I was thinking the way it would work is going clockwise checking every direction they could be spit in, starting with the direction you last moved, then if you aren't pushed out, repeating again with a pixel more checked in each direction
rinse repeat until the player is no longer in the wall
strange abyss
Or void out and spit back to the entrance of the room
hollow finch
not possible in multiplayer
strange abyss
<-- forgets about that
hollow finch
haha
strange abyss
Everyone voids out
Thermonuclear wall clip!
Wait
Couldn't you then just spit them onto another player?
hollow finch
no that would lead to many softlocks and skips
strange abyss
Ah, true
Man fixing issues is harder than I thought
hollow finch
haha welcome to my life
young yoke
Just sayin, but my solution is what worked for my game
hollow finch
this solution wont work well in QM since you would still be pushed into a solid object, there is no way for the player to escape here
young yoke
... which is a single player platformer metroidvania made in GMS2, but that couldn't possibly have any meaningful differences
hollow finch
lol
most likely what i will do is that if you get squashed, you will be reset to your last safe position
like when you fall into a hole
young yoke
Ya
hollow finch
thats the safest approach
strange abyss
like when you fall into a hole
I was just about to say the hole and deep water has a reset right?
Could always use that! Have rock particles for getting embedded into the wall
hollow finch
lol
strange abyss
When you get embedded into the wall, it's only one tile right? So you wouldn't have to figure out a long backtrack to get navigable ground?
hollow finch
im already keeping track of the last safe position
and no its not necessarily just one tile unfortunately
i have to keep a history of the last N safe positions
so quick test, but this is kinda the idea
i would prefer to stylize it more, maybe with a goofy mario-like squash animation
strange abyss
so quick test, but this is kinda the idea
Oh hey, that's perfect!
Looks a lot simpler than how I imagined but knowing game dev I know it's not
hollow finch
strange abyss
Squimsh!
hollow finch
yea haha
mint olive
Have them explode into confetti
strange abyss
squimsh
Rock particles
Confetti detonation
Have a random effect each time, confuse the player for getting squished!
mint olive
They can squish and then explode into confetti
hot bear
Just pull a spelunky and have it instantly kill the player