FreeGameDev

Hello,

I'm new here and I'm learning to program and have decided to contribute to this project. I really like the fact that SuperTux is free and open source.

How do I set things up so that I can begin?

I'm thinking that the first thing I can contribute towards is to improve the floaty controls. I have an old super nintendo and have played Mario and SuperTux side by side. The controls of SuperTux can be very difficult to control when there are a lot of narrow platforms, he keeps sliding around and falling off platforms, Mario doesn't seem to have that problem.

Would this be too much for me as a beginner?

Thank you,

Moinsen,

if you're a beginner, I am not sure if you can easily navigate around the source code of SuperTux.

You can find installation instructions here:
https://github.com/SuperTux/supertux/bl ... INSTALL.md

If you want to try, this is the class where the player controls are coded:
https://github.com/SuperTux/supertux/bl ... player.cpp

--Tobbi

can we not tbh? i like supertux's controls and the game is easy enough as is

I think we should, because the controls can be very hard to manage, especially in the later levels.

I'd like some flexibility with it. However that'll mess up difficultly and make things unfair. And improving them may break a few levels (as in make them far to easy or too hard). However, PLEASE don't make the controls like Mario. I've tried it a couple of times and I HATE IT.

Flexibility would be nice, but yes, difficulty would become unfair. However, I honestly don't see why not, because the game already has a cheat menu and a console available in every level.

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