Re: Aw: Re: Aw: Re: [stella] Jumpman Experiment

[Ruffin Bailey <rufwork@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > I'm a bit clueless here anyway, what would you guys think about 
> > collission
> > detection for a Jumpman level? Just to have him move around. How for
> > example could he walk up or down a ramp or detect that he's near 
> > enough to
> > a ladder now?
>
> I wouldn't use collision detection for this. If you did that then the
> Jumpman could "hang" off a ladder and still climb. Also, how would you
> determine he climbed too far vs. the player pushing up in open space?

When I was thinking (aka "pipe dreaming") about writing a platformer 
for the 2600 in a different life, that was one of my big quandaries.  
Recall that, at least on the C=64, there were some of those same 
issues.  If you could catch/jump into a platform most anywhere on the 
Jumpman's body, he'd scurry on up.  There were also some strange 
behaviours with the ladders as they touched platforms and with the 
"vines"/chains.  I doubt any of that was, at least initially, the 
design, but it made for a better game.

Now, obviously, the C=64 had enough wherewithal to differentiate 
between ladders and platforms (and the "vines"), so having the PF do 
double or triple duty is tough, but I was going to start simple 
(allowing some silly actions like those described earlier in the 
thread) and see if I got just as lucky.

Ruffin Bailey