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EnanoTLL

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Push Arrows

A very straight forward idea: arrows that push you.

They come in 8 different flavors: up, down, left, right, and their respective invisible types.
Here are some graphics I made earlier:

Now I know what you're thinking, "Don't gravity arrows have the same effect?" "Why not just use gravity arrows?"

Well, there's a big difference between these and gravity arrows.
•Gravity arrows change gravity, which means your acceleration is only one of four directions: up, down, left or right.
•Push arrows only push you, which means the downwards gravity force has an effect too.

Here are some examples (with images) of how this would work:

▼•Gliding in mid-air

•With gravity arrows

We have the following setup:

You jump...

And you glide all the way to the end.

•With push arrows

We have the same setup:

You jump...

But the downwards force acts on you and you fall off in mid-air, kind of as if you were holding down on gravity arrows.

▼•While holding up

•With gravity arrows

Here we have a simple minigame.

You jump while holding up and get to the top.

Nothing new.

•With push arrows

Here we have the same minigame, but with push arrows instead:

You jump while holding up...

...But nothing happens, kind of as if there were no arrows at all.

▼•Wall climbing

•With gravity arrows

Works as intended. Nothing new.

•With push arrows

You get pushed to the right but end up falling anyway due to gravity still acting on you.

▼•Jumping

▼Example #1

•With gravity arrows

We have this setup:

And you jump. That's it.

•With push arrows

You do get pushed upwards, but you are unable to jump.

However in a setup like this, in theory, you could jump, since your gravity is still down.

▼Example #2

•With gravity arrows

Jumping with different gravity effects.

Your jump goes against the gravity arrows, no matter what gravity effect you have.

•With push arrows

Same scenario as before.

Your jump will be against your current gravity rather than against the arrows.

▼•Moving around

•With gravity arrows

We have this example:

In this situation you are unable to jump.

But you can still hold up to move around.

•With push arrows

We have the same example.

But in this case you cannot move upwards

However you can still jump out because of the ground below.

Other small notes:
•The acceleration of these arrows is the same as gravity arrows.
•These could either be a relatively low price on the shop (maybe ~300 energy) or completely free. I prefer the latter.

What do you guys think? Got a question? A suggestion? Feel free to contribute!

In my opinion these arrows may seem simple and bland at first, but thinking about it, gravity arrows are just as bland as these and yet we have incredible minigames made with them!

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Anatoly

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Re: Push Arrows

Good graphics + idea.

First.

Gratulations.

However could be done already with systematically placing arrows.

Abelysk

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Re: Push Arrows

Confusing at first but now I get it. Neat idea, like a weaker boost arrow.

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Re: Push Arrows

what if u faal with mcuh speed into them?

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EnanoTLL

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Re: Push Arrows

what if u faal with mcuh speed into them?

Same effect as going into a bunch of gravity arrows.

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Re: Push Arrows

...why?

Luka504

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Re: Push Arrows

You should rename it as Wind arrows since it's the best comparison. Yeah this looks kewl I approve.

...why?

I think wind arrows could offer much more possibilities when it comes to level design.

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Re: Push Arrows

You should rename it as Wind arrows since it's the best comparison. Yeah this looks kewl I approve.

...why?

I think wind arrows could offer much more possibilities when it comes to level design.

seems kinda unnecessary but ok

Zoey2070

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Re: Push Arrows

cool idea. i kinda do think it acts more as wind than anything. interesting concept.

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Re: Push Arrows

It might be interesting if you could push against these arrows - i.e. stopped moving if you held Left while touching right-arrows.

And maybe you could fight against them (slowly) if you had the speed effect.

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EnanoTLL

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Re: Push Arrows

It might be interesting if you could push against these arrows - i.e. stopped moving if you held Left while touching right-arrows.

And maybe you could fight against them (slowly) if you had the speed effect.

I thought of that mechanic too but later scrapped the idea because is that they are intended to act similar to regular gravity arrows when going against them.
Speed effect could work out but gravity acceleration is faster than speed effect, unfortunately.

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Re: Push Arrows

Awesome idea! I can seen this getting good use in many different ways, across many different types of levels. Keep up the fresh ideas nerd.

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Abelysk

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Re: Push Arrows

You should rename it as Wind arrows since it's the best comparison. Yeah this looks kewl I approve.

...why?

I think wind arrows could offer much more possibilities when it comes to level design.

seems kinda unnecessary but ok

It's mainly QoL. Gravity arrows require players to press down for those disgusting timing minis, etc. With this you can fit in extra gravity in between push arrows to make unique minis.