Game Journal #20; Solving the tools issue (Patreon)

Hi!

So after much consideration and analysis I've come to the solution to the tools issue when tickling the characters in the game. So the character can finally react to where you're tickling with the tools! :D

The Problem:

The problem was the way I set up the game colliders (the green outline) on the tickle tools and the character. I didn't planned it very well it seems. I programmed the tools to animate the character when they came in contact with him making him laugh and react but this was a big mistake. because there are several places to tickle I was not able to set different tickle spots for the tools. I mean I could, but that would be too much work to do.

The Solution:

I came to the conclusion that it should not be the tools to make the character react to them, I should make the CHARACTER react to the tools depending on where they land. Confusing I know. What I mean is that instead of making the tools detect where they land, the character should do that instead. doing this makes for a much better solution and much simpler too.

This way I can set up different colliders or sensors on the character himself that will detect if a tool is there or not. This is what I did for the touch mechanics for he game. If you use your fingers or the mouse the character detects this and reacts accordingly. So all I have to do is do exactly the same for the tools :D

I still need to make the edits for this, but it should work very well. Allowing the character to finally react accordingly to the tool location. ;3

I know it may seem like an obvious thing to do but I am a 1 person development team and I need time to figure out the bugs. So thanks for your patients! Expect this in the next update, which I hope to have soon as well.

As Always thanks for your support!