Chapter 18. Interesting worlds

In this chapter we’ll discuss some ways of enriching a game by changing the world. We’ll discuss these four additions to a world.

  • Side-scroller. Make the world long and thin and have your player move through it.

  • Gravity. Put in gravitational forces.

  • Walls. Put walls into the world.

  • Trails. Use color to mark out a trail the player can move on.

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