During the summer, I came across a video from a YouTube channel called 'Mix and Jam' which discussed and implemented a character controller based off of the one used in the game 'Celeste'. 

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Seeing this video inspired me to tackle this challenge myself and see if I could make a similar controller in the context of a hardcore platformer. Using this video and the gameplay of games such as 'Super Meat Boy' as inspiration, I set about working.

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About 3 days and 400+ lines of code later, I had come up with a really fun to play and 'tight' character controller that offered challenging gameplay for any player. Features such as wall jumping, dashing and even a climbing mechanic (which I have elected to turn off for the time being) made this a really challenging system to develop. 

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After finishing up the controller, I created a quick level to test the prototype in. Including obstacles such as spike traps and spinning saws, there was a lot of hazards a player could find themselves running into.

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Using Cinemachine within Unity greatly enhanced the overall feel of the game

by providing smooth camera transitions between rooms and scaling the camera's view dependant on screen size. 

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All of the art, besides the player and animations (made by the talented PixelFrog), was created by myself in Aseprite.

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Throughout this process I learned a great deal about developing a good character controller in the context of a platformer, a genre I wasn't all too familiar with before this project. I believe it is definitely one of the most effective pieces of work I have undertaken in terms of how much it taught me and I thoroughly look forward to future work on this project to hopefully develop a fully fledged platformer.

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Tools used: Unity, C#, GitKraken, Aseprite

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