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What are some common things and techniques in 2D platformers ?

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Started by alabdaly891 June 14, 2022 12:00 AM

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June 14, 2022 12:00 AM

I'm talking about things like Jump Buffering where the player can still jump after leaving the ground, And some common things like Moving platforms and jumping pads.

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June 14, 2022 11:31 AM

You might perhaps find some answers in the following TV Tropes page on the subject:

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PlatformGame

Or in the following Wikipedia page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platform_game

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