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Does Slime 64 allow screen size change, window manipulation or locks in a fullscreen? If it does allow different screen sizes, does the code take in account the Screen Vector2 besides the white cilinder vertical deadzone?

game development is so fascinating to me. i'm a programmer in an entirely different field but i understand the frustrations y'all encounter and its cool to see your approach. great work here

When performing a standard jump on flat ground, the camera essentially doesn't move. However under normal gameplay, if the player moves up far enough to surpass the deadzone, the camera target pretty quickly (but smoothly!) lerps up to keep them in frame. Similarly the same happens when descending.

When airborne we raycast down to see if the player is near any ground. If they are, and the grounded camera position would be *higher* than its current position, it ascends to match. Notice how the camera doesn't descend when going downhill. This prevents undesired "dips", as seen in Yooka-Laylee.

However, these systems aren't enough on their own. Player action should always inform camera behavior. When the player double jumps, they have indicated they want more height. We snap the camera's vertical target to match where they performed the double jump, and then resume normal behavior.

Really cool thread! I'm always very interested in seeing this kind of behind the scenes stuff. Anyway, I went to download the demo and I've just finished the 100%. Great stuff! Hope that the feedback helps!

Thanks so much!!! I'll make sure to read up and hope to impress even more with the full game!

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Adore threads like these! Almost tempted to make a platformer now just to try out some of these techniques (almost 😂)

oh my god I am so interested in different styles of third person cameras and what makes them feel good or bad... Do you have recommendations for resources to learn about different types and features? Amazing thread. Your camera is great!!

I sure do!! My journey started with this GDC talk: youtu.be/C7307qRmlMI?... I actually bought the book from the start and found it helpful in the abstract to really understand the ~7 degrees of control you have over the camera as a designer From there lots of hands-on game experimenting

This tweet from @walaber.com was extremely helpful to get started: > When you see a game that looks super smooth and you're curious how the camera works, try overlaying some lines on the screen to help observe the camera behavior. I've never done this and *not* noticed something interesting.

This project is looking great! Many devs tend to overlook the importance of a good camera system, as the camera greatly affects how movement and controls feel in a game and impacts overall game-feel. It’s nice to see that’s one of the first things you’re addressing.

Noting this down for my own work. Cameras difficult