Challenging Feature (Patreon)

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So while I'm getting content in I've started work on a new game element. This isn't anything unplanned but it is a tricky one.

Carrying the player.

So currently the player can follow another character. This is just the code telling both characters to walk to a point. But I want one character to be able to pick up or push/pull another. Actually linking characters movement together is much more complex.

Firstly the motion has to be exact. This means that the two objects need to be temporarily joined together. They also need to link animations so the movement information of the parent can be transferred to the child.

I also need this to work for both characters and vehicles (Like a stroller for instance). I'm really glad I waited untill I re-structured the movement code before approaching this problem.

I have a prototype working but there are more complex elements than I expected. However, I hope by next week I'll have a nice visual to show people of this working.

After I have one character carrying another I think I have a good way to turn that into pushing them in a pram or stroller.