Briar Heart is a "MetroidVania" style game set in the forest home of our faun main character. With a heavy focus on exploration and discovery as well as strong combat and dynamic character control we hope to capture the best of both namesakes.

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Gameplay bugs (Games : Briar Heart : Forum : Bugs / Issues, Suggestions, Feedback : Gameplay bugs) Locked
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Feb 25 2013 Anchor

-The turn and jump is a little weird. If I turn then jump immediately, sometimes I won't turn around and instead jump in the same initial direction.

-Also when I try to turn and jump I'll switch directions and jump, however the character will not rotate.

-I don't always grab onto ledges whether I'm holding left/right or not.

-Sometimes I get stuck on ledge especially if my shins hit the ledge.

-Chunky gameplay either due to low frame rate or something else

-Not sure if this is on purpose but fastest means of travel is jumping not running.

Would like to be able to rotate in midair.

Also, slowly fall down stairs if I'm not moving on them.

Feb 25 2013 Anchor

Good feedback. Working on the rotating in midair and the jumping issues with that. Getting stuck on the ledge is being worked on as well.
Thanks!

Feb 26 2013 Anchor

When I load the game in Chrome, it freezes if the Unity window has focus, but then resumes if it loses focus. Problem is, I can't control the game if it doesn't have focus. If I go into Full Screen mode, it works fine.

Feb 26 2013 Anchor

I got stuck the first time I played this. I jumped off the top level and fell all the way to the floor. When I landed on the floor, I got stuck in the floor and could not move or jump at all. I had to reload the game to continue.

I was somehow able to jump up on the platform in the topmost right room. I haven't been able to do it again, but when I jumped up the first time I got stuck in the ceiling and again had to restart.

Feb 26 2013 Anchor

@vargonian What OS are you on?

Feb 26 2013 Anchor

I am using Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit.

Feb 26 2013 Anchor

Alright! I'll take a look at that. Thanks @vargonian!

Feb 28 2013 Anchor

Jumps while running down hills are spotty. Sometimes you fall to the bottom of the hill, other times you seem to short-hop until you hit the bottom. Since the hills are fairly steep, I'm not sure what the intended behavior is, but it feels inconsistent.

Also, there's a lot of thrashing when landing on a platform and immediately turning around. The animation usually seems to flip the character at that point.

Feb 28 2013 Anchor

@theoreticalb Plan to solve the stair issues is have stair climbing (up/down) animations.

Hey all,

Just released new build (0.2.1) fixes / adds:
- jumping & turning
- ledge grab reliability
- getting stuck while jumping at a ledge
- falling into the floor
- landing and turning

Let me know what you think!

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