Dashing into corners in SPECTER redirects your momentum upwards instead of stopping you. It's a small touch but it's my favorite feature. It allows mistimed or misaligned movement to turn into more of a fun dance. #gamedev #pixelart #indiedev #indiegame #screenshotsaturday - ThreadSky

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jakobscott.bsky.social • 49 days ago

Dashing into corners in SPECTER redirects your momentum upwards instead of stopping you. It's a small touch but it's my favorite feature. It allows mistimed or misaligned movement to turn into more of a fun dance. #gamedev #pixelart #indiedev #indiegame #screenshotsaturday

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depressionwizard.bsky.social•49 days ago

😮 that's very cool I might need to copy it

spritewrench.com•48 days ago

That's some very slick traversal there.
Was this something you consciously had in mind as you designed the levels? Or was this something that you landed on during iteration?

jakobscott.bsky.social•48 days ago

Thank you! We started with character movement "in mind" and built loose levels around those intentions, then sort of went back & forth, tuning things like jump height. But now movement is locked and level design is using that movement as it's foundation.

spritewrench.com•48 days ago

Sounds solid.
Never really got too deep into platformer design but I can imagine this feels hella rewarding once you land on it.

And now that movement is sorted, you can have all kinds of fun with the level design

bigbut5.bsky.social•49 days ago

It’s those little details that makes all the difference to how a game feels!

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