Platformer Prototype 1

This week I've made a few more additions to the game.

The first addition this week is a new enemy. The pursuit bot is a simple, diesel powered robot that chases after the player on its one wheel. It isn't very smart, but it can jump over obstacles in its path to get at the player.

The second addition is the ability to swim. Now whenever the player jumps into a body of water, they'll start swimming! There aren't currently any implemented levels that use this mechanic, but it's been tested and it works pretty much perfectly.

The last new addition to the game this week is the bounce piston. Jumping on this piston will launch the player into the air. An instance variable has been implemented to allow different pistons to throw the player to different altitudes. As with swimming, no levels that use these new pistons have yet been implemented into the game.

The last thing is that I have published a prototype for the game, tentatively titled Inkwell. You can find a link to the work in progress below.