With the addition of platforming in GIMKIT creative it allows for many different ways for you to enhance your players movement options in a variety if ways. In this post I’m want to show you guys all the ways I have you can manipulate your players movement to further enhance your players experience.
Speed:
Although changing you players speed has always been a thing in GIMKIT creative, it has never been this impactful before the addition of platforming. This is because with platforming, you being able to manipulate your players speed not only effects your walking speed, but also your jump distance. This allows for players to jump over larger gaps. However, this will means that you need to make your platforms larger in order to accommodate for your players enhanced speed, so that your players don’t get frustrated when trying to get a running start before making a jump.
Ways you could make your speed enhancement more interactable is to make it so that your players need to get an upgrade via a puzzle or purchase. You could also make your players find a secret in order to activate a boost pad:
Boost pad example
The cyan barrier is suppose to indicate to the player that the barrier is where the speed boost will be activated, and that once you step onto the barrier they will have enhanced speed. To do this, all you need is a:
- zone that is connected to activates a speed modifier when stepped on [set to whatever speed you want]
- and that same zone being connected to a different speed modifier [set to speed: 1.0]
This makes it so the speed boost is only active if the player is standing on the barrier.
Wall jump:
Something I have noticed when creating my map is that you cannot go through one block gaps. However you can still stand in between them as shown below:
This means that by having multiple of these nooks, you can effectively give your players a wall jumping mechanic. Just make sure you tell your players within your map how to do this.
Speed/Slope Boosting (SB)
SBs are a glitch in gimkit platforming where you jump on a slope juuust right, so that it propels you forward at extreme speeds. The glitch is easiest when done on a sloped surface however it can be done with an edged one.
This glitch can be used for secrets and maybe even some intentional boundary breaks. However this should NOT be a main mechanic of your game since this glitch is extremely hard to master.
If you guys have any ideas I should add please let me know
= Healing Pad
= Damage Boost
= Mystery Box
= In-Game Currency