Our first game!

Hi folks,

Just a wee note to thank you all for your help over the last few days - I've been scouring the forums for answers, starter sprites etc, while building a simple platform game as a summer project with my seven-year-old son.

He's been absolutely enthralled with the whole process of game-building, and as we've put him into the game, he really has taken ownership of it, and can't wait to show his friends when he gets back to school after the summer holidays.

There are a couple of wee bugs still to be ironed out, and one that I couldn't find an answer for is how to stop the player from reacting as 'falling' when standing on a solid platform with a vertical sine movement. Any hints would be much appreciated.

If you want to have a look at what we've built so far, I've published it to my own webspace at:

http://frecosse.com/workshop/game_2012/day05/

Many thanks again,

Graeme Attkins

Happy dad with happy son!

hmm not bad game but i feel the speed is too slow , also you must fix the vertical platform !! here is the way to fix it i hope you do it as soon as you read this post ^^

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/90034817/scirra/vertical_platform.capx

(this file is lost from scirra forum but i have re-uploaded it, all copyrights go to the owner of this capx)

Many thanks zsangerous - my son and I will look at this fix tomorrow - our last day of development on this game. Remember, it's not to be all-singing-and-dancing to all experienced gamers, it's his project, so need to let him direct the speed, style of gameplay etc.

We're also hoping to add in some touch-screen controls, so that his granny can play it on her iPad - will research that before picking him up tomorrow afternoon.

:)

Hahahah, awesome! ;] It?s great, congratulations to you and your son. (In my first game I did myself as the character too, after all it?s my game and I should be in it!;P)

Spotted a little bug on the first vertical moving platform, when the platform is moving down it?s not possible to jump.

Kind of creepy but I like the idea haha, yeah the moving platforms made this game 20x harder because they're kind of buggy but, good job man.

you sir, are an awesome dad.

you sir, are an awesome dad.

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I get an error when tryin to play it. :( Not the game, it's just not there to play (server issue?). Anyhoo, the fact you've involved your son and worked on it together is great and proof Scirra could be used in schools for other kids to enjoy!

That is a pretty awesome game.

Kudos to you and your aspiring game creating son!

Great work. A little buggy how you can jump too high and it resets you.

Out of curiosity: How did you get the walk cycle? Did your son walk across the room or did you have in on a treadmill?

you sir, are an awesome dad. (2)