Prototype: More void + grappling hook #1399
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Add a pile of books that has a float metadata "ingest_time" and is set to 2.0. This will be used to stop the Void spreading enemy for that amount of seconds. For testing, this prop is also hookable and will move towards the player, colliding with it. So the player could change its place or bring it from other "islands" with the grappling hook.
In TileMapCover: Report the nodes as they are being consumed. And fix the function documentation comment, previously it was also returning true or false if nodes (not tiles) were consumed. In the enemy new ingesting state, it does nothing more than waiting. Transition to this state if the metadata of a consumed node says to be ingested, and set the waiting to that amount of time. Also emit particles when not the enemy is not moving. The previous solution for emitting particles when not consuming stuff was distance-based. Now if the enemy is standing in the new INGESTING state, nothing would be displayed.
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Play this branch at https://play.threadbare.game/branches/endlessm/more-void-grappling. (This launches the game from the start, not directly at the change(s) in this pull request.) |
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I think the special thread-following camera logic isn't working quite right here, I think it is not considering that the player is moving as it bounces between the needles. It's also a little frustrating to line up each shot. Should we be even kinder to the player and give each needle a default direction that is the correct direction (or the most obvious correct direction if there are 2 options, making the player work harder to go a fancier route)? |
Yes, I noticed this too and forgot to comment about it.
I was thinking in defaulting to the direction that is closer to the one the thread coming has. What do you think? |
Worth a try! |
Actually this is how it works today with keyboard: recording.webmWith joypad or mouse is difficult because the direction gets updated in the immediate next physics process loop to the direction that the input action is. |
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Here I prototyped how it would look to use needles to go back the way that the Void has devoured.