Creating a 2D Platformer Controller

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Hi, welcome to this series on creating a 2D platformer controller that can reliably handle slopes and moving platforms. Hope you enjoy!

Full playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFt_AvWsXl0f0hqURlhyIoAabKPgRsqjz
Download source: GitHub - SebLague/2DPlatformer-Tutorial: A 2D Platform Controller in Unity

Episode one:

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Creating a Basic Platformer Game (Outdated?)
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Iā€™ve uploaded episode 02

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And episode 03

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And episode 04

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Thanks a lot for the tutorial, kinda hard to understand the code at first, but after a couple times watching, Iā€™m getting the gripā€¦This is a really nice technique, and the movement it is really preciseā€¦

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Hi Romi, thanks for the feedback! Let me know if you have any questions, Iā€™d be happy to answer them.

In other news, episode 05 is out:

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Episode 06 covers the main part of the moving platform implementation:

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It looks great, Iā€™ll check it out. Although I did kind of hope it would cover realistic rotation of the character on slopes in line with the angle as well. Very posh accent btwā€¦:smile:

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Thanks Hasen, Iā€™ll add that to the list of things I might cover :slight_smile:

Episode 07 allows passengers of a moving platform to collide with other objects:

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Episode 08 is now up. It covers a waypoint system for controlling the movement of platforms.

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Hey Seb,

Thanks for the excellent tutorial series. Not only is it a really cool looking controller but it also teaches you some cool ways to structure your code.

I think that One Way Platforms are a must in any 2D platformer and you should cover it. It would also be awesome if you covered one way slopes that could be used like stairs to get on the One Way Platforms. And of course you should be able to drop down from the platforms as well.

Something like this:

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Which is something I really badly need! :smile:

Cheers!

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Thanks for the great ideas Shadeless, Iā€™ll integrate those as soon as possible :slight_smile:

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Here is the latest episode on wall jumping:

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Episode 10 covers variable jump height and jumping/falling through platforms.

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Hi again, hereā€™s episode 11 on camera following:

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Thanks for the tutorial, Iā€™ve definitely learned some new tricks and the controller works fairly well. Few comments from a newer/learning programmer:

  • The first few tutorials had a lot more ā€œteachingā€ then the later ones. I find by the slopes I was just struggling to keep up with your typing speed with little context into what we were actually doing until I paused the video and spent time reading the code line by line, some of which Iā€™m still not 100% clear on.

  • The math explanations were great. Iā€™d have a hard time knowing to use them with a blank sheet and an idea, but I definitely understanding how they work in this context.

Few ideas:

  • One way platforms
  • Rotating the character on a slope
  • Ladders/ropes
  • Setting up sprite (looking correct direction, etc)
  • Hit reaction (pushed backwards/up when hit by something, etc)

Thanks again!

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Thank you Senladar, for your feedback and your suggestions. Iā€™ll strive to bring more actual teaching back into future episodes. Sorry if it got a bit lost along the way ^^

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I did a lot of platformer tutorials before and Iā€™ve been wanting to come back to Unity. This seems to be a good restart! Iā€™ll try this one! Thanks!

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Nice one

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Hi,
Have you implemented the leaser beam type effect as you showed in first tutorial of your pervious thread.Please share that like effect.
Thanks !

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