Improving the lessons (Patreon)

(Work in progress) For the finished demo I'm trying to make the lessons a bit clearer. I've heard a lot of players struggling to pass them, especially the exercises where you have to change between gaits.

The main reason behind this I believe is that there aren't clear enough instructions on when precisely the gait needs to be changed. The way the exercises have been programmed in the present version is that the gait is almost immediately checked when you take the checkpoint. Therefore if you attempt to change the gait too close to the checkpoint it can easily register it incorrectly. On the other hand when you're between the checkpoints the gait isn't being checked.

I'm working on adding guides on the ground that tell you precisely where each gait should be ridden (in the video walk is white, trot is green). I haven't yet decided if I want to stick with the dotted lines or come up with something else. The arrow signs are also colored with the gait color. The first arrow with a new gait no longer checks the gait, only the arrows in between do the check, giving the player more time to perform the transition.

Another thing I might add is that the exercises would let you have 1-2 failed checkpoints before having to do the whole thing again. The total amount of fails would then be counted at the end of the lessons and the lesson would be graded based on how many fails you had.

Please comment below what you think of these changes!