this tiny bug almost RUINED my precision platformer | BUMBI devlog

Bringing another devlog about my indie game called Bumbi! Making games is hard, but making a game with slopes and corners is even harder :c Fun Fact all of the background music is acapella and are soundtracks in the game!

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[PatrikBergsten]

Making a platformer is easy! Making a good platformer is the Dark Souls of programming!

[thegooseshow]

I love how you point out every problem and give the solution to it but the real solution you give is just always GET GUD lol

[foxhollowgames]

Oh gosh i feel your pain so badly. Collisions in GM are ROUGH.

Thank you for sharing your process and can't wait for the full release!

[Gbtx]

Got featured in this video 😎 ty!

Playing bumbi has been a lot of fun, and watching it receive all these great updates has been awesome.

Please wishlist BUMBI! it'll be worth it, I promise!

[harishsanjay]

daamn i was just thinking about your channel and you randomly popped up

[E_Fig]

I haven't seen your other devlogs, but Bumbi (Or the main character, I don't know if they're named Bumbi) is adorable. Just a cute lil' guy.

[rickloyd]

Have you considered using a circular collider instead of lines? Also, think about using two of them: one for jumping, larger than the character, and another for enemies, smaller than the character. This should eliminate any feeling of unfairness in the platformer. Good luck with your game!

[moneypits]

Good luck with it! Watching with interest :)

[dibaterman]

Is there a reason not to do radial detection? Oh maybe it's different in GM... hmm.

[Incognian]

fixing 1 thing breaks 10 other things sounds about right

[KotCR]

You need to add an option that gives the player character constantly flailing arms for shits and giggles when running around 😆.
Bonus points if they get stuck on obstacles, get shredded, and then regrow back.

[aussiescorner]

Been watching a lot of your videos as of late and gotta say i'm learning a lot and having a lot of fun working on projects of my own. Keep up the good work. +1 sub, +1 wishlist

[plasticflower]

It bothers me how there's always a gap between the player's feet and the ground. Maybe it's not as bothersome when actually playing the game? But here it looks off.

[CrossCoderDev]

Platformer hard to make.

Guess we have to git gud.

Wishlist Bumbi.

[AllOfTheAbove]

We need to find a way to get Dashie to play this. Also I know how you feel when you try to fix one thing and breaks all everything else. 😅 2:54 ❤

[rodrigoalves]

i wishlisted because of the song at the end

[lordfrazao]

It looks cool (and stressful lol). I hope everything goes well with your game, I tried to get into the game dev field but unfortunately in my country making a living from games is still a reality for very few. In the future, if everything goes well, I will try again.

[DreadKyller]

There's a reason most modern platformers have abandoned the "shoot a ray out" method of collision detection, and now you know it :) Unfortunately GM collisions can be notoriously difficult to get working good outside simple conditions.

[SAMJEET]

Omg samyami really wanna play that game it looks awesome don't listen to the ppl who say it's bad I've always wanted to become a game dev that's why I watch ur inspiring videos but I don't have a computer only an Ipad and a phone so yeah🎉🎉🎉

[nottheimpostor]

i think it would be better you use place_meeting(x+value, y+value, obj) to check for collisions. (value is optional)