Postmortem

What went right-

What went right during the project was getting the jumps correct with the jump height in the physics platformer game. 

While not included in the finished game, I had an asset ready to create the hazard by turning the godot icon at a 45 degree angle and coloring it black and adding the collision box. 

What went wrong-

Inspired by other platformers such as super meat boy and celeste, I wanted to create hazards that restart the game instantly when the player comes in contact with the hazards. I was not able to create a triangle shape in godot nor was I able to create a custom shape with the collision boxes.

My plan was to reuse the same code from my rhythm game but it did not work when copy pasting or retyping the code to the physics game. I was sure that the mistake on my end was the different names I used for the rhythm game code and the physics game code. But i got frustrated and scrapped the idea. So I just tried changing the sizes of the platformers to add a slight bit of precision and timing when jumping.

The night before the game was due, I noticed that i placed all the platforms as a child node to the player node, this resulted to the entire level warping beyond what i intended when i tried changing the size of the player character. When i changed the size of the player, all the platforms changed size as well since they were all a child of the player node, and the size change were inconsistent and was not able to be proportionately changed as the player size increased. 

One other attempt that failed was the implementation of blocks that follow the same gravity as the player character. I originally wanted to have a tower of stacked boxes that the player can push and use as a bridge to be able to get the player to the right most elevated platform. I did try watching some tutorials, using ai, and toying around with the rigid body 2D in godot but I found no success.

What did i learn-

The main lesson I learned from this assignment is to not underestimate creating even a microscopic sized game. I admit that i did not use the time given wisely due to overconfidence, originating from previous assignments in the class where i found success in new codes i never tried before in godot, as well as being too comfortable with the hazard code that i used in my previous game. I just did not expect the hazard code not to work in this attempt. 

What I learned with what i did create is getting a good estimate with the jump height of the player character in godot’s platformer code, allowing me to play around with various sized platformers and how I can create a platformer game with obstacles of varying dimensions. I know now not to underestimate the upcoming UI/UX game.