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Down Ward - (jam beta)

7 years ago

Idle Animations & Help Text - Update


Gable stretches her little wing. :]


Idle anims

Gable will now do a little idle animation if you leave the controls alone for a while.
So far I’ve just added two animations, a little stretch, and a little yawn.
You can actually see her talons when she stretches her foot back. In the wild, owls use these deadly pixels to hunt.

A bird or owl will often stretch their wing and leg simultaneously, on the same side of their body.
Here’s an example of a female snowy owl stretching her right wing and leg together.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1S9VNS0-pk
(Snowy Owl Stretch.mov ~ Herb Houghton)


Map changes - Help & Guide Text

Figuring field (map 1)

  • All help text now has alternate controls shaded darker, to make it easier to visually separate the default vs alternate keys.

  • Added help text noting that all controls can be edited in the Keys or Buttons menu.

  • Added “Arrows / WASD Move” to starting help text, so that players who start with one set of keys won’t risk not finding out the other is an option.

Freemeasured steps (map 2)

  • Removed Spring Jump help text, as the tutorial now does a much better job of introducing Spring Jump.

Hearts (map 6)

  • Removed switchblock help text, because it’s probably no longer needed after Semisymmetric (map 5).


All feedback is welcome as always. :)



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