Platform Gaming

Wow think I have taught more so far this year than all last year, well at least it seems that way. For the past 2 weeks me and the game design students have been working on platform gaming. We used Patrick's jumping tutorial as a stepping stone. After we finished his tutorial which includes movement and jumping we continued on into unknown territory. Not all went smoothly but I have worked my butt off trying different bits of code to get our new features to work, and success. We now have enemies that kill the hero, scoring that is dependent on pickups placed along the level, and scoring that moves with our characters throughout the game. Next step who knows but it has been fun and the students seem to be enjoying it.