How to Make a Metroidvania/Platformer | Playdate SDK Tutorial
In this video, I go step by step in teaching you how to make a metrodivania/platformer game similar to my game "The King's Dungeon" for the Playdate SDK using Lua.
Github Repo for this project: https://github.com/SquidGodDev/Metroi...
LDtk: https://ldtk.io/
Playdate LDtk Importer Library: https://github.com/NicMagnier/Playdat...
Animated Sprite Library: https://github.com/Whitebrim/Animated...
Diff Checker: https://www.diffchecker.com/
This is an intermediate/advanced tutorial. Some recommended resources before watching this video:
No experience programming
Learn to Program for Playdate Game Dev! Part 1/2: • Learn to Code in Lua for Playdate Gam...
The Beginner's Guide to Lua for Game Development: Getting Started From Zero: https://squidgod.itch.io/lua-for-game...
Playdate environment not yet set up
Getting Started with the Playdate SDK: Setup and Basics: • Getting Started with the Playdate SDK...
New to Playdate development
Everything About Playdate SDK Collisions in 7 Minutes: • Everything About Playdate SDK Collisi...
Everything You Need to Know About Sprites in the Playdate SDK: • Everything You Need to Know About Spr...
Object Oriented Programming for the Playdate SDK: • Object Oriented Programming for the P...
Get the game this tutorial was based off of: https://squidgod.itch.io/the-kings-du...
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:45 - Suggested Resources
1:40 - Required Setup
3:05 - Creating LDtk World
6:38 - Adding Libraries
7:52 - Setting Up Main File
8:27 - Creating Game Scene/Loading Level
14:22 - Creating Player Controller (Initialization)
21:00 - Player Update Loop
22:05 - Handle State
23:13 - Handle Movement and Collisions
26:02 - Input Handlers
27:38 - State Transitions
29:02 - Apply Gravity
29:43 - Spawning Player
31:22 - Flipping Player Image
32:18 - Jumping
34:43 - Fixing Run/Jump Issues
39:02 - Double Jump/Dash
44:58 - Moving Between Rooms
50:09 - Spike
54:25 - Spikeball
58:10 - Handle Player Hitting Hazard
1:01:54 - Spawn Hazards
1:03:19 - Ability Pickups
1:08:04 - Handle Player Picking Up Ability
1:09:17 - Remove Pickup Permanently
1:10:30 - Jump Buffer
1:12:54 - Improve Playdate Load Performance
1:15:13 - Caveats
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