Gravity Based Jump

[PrettzL]

I'd like to experiment with jump charging and pressing no directional input being the way jump is currently.

While adding if you look where you are trying to jump toward and/or holding a direction for movement while releasing a jump charge you go in that direction, similar to how Spider Surfaces work in 0g and the Hunter in Left for Dead 1 & 2 operates.

This would allow for acrobatic leapfrogging making movement less based on grapple indoors and a lot more skill centered by allowing different types of dodges rather than just a jump where opponents merely have to aim up to shoot you.

[Grandy]

Not sure I understand what you mean completely here.

[PrettzL]

While affected by gravity you'd be able to direct your jump by the way you're looking with your mouse and which directions you're pressing on keyboard. So if you were moving forward and released jump you would do a shallow jump forward and pick up speed touching the ground again.

If you were holding right and forward you would do a dodge like jump ahead of your direction and right picking up speed.

Releasing jump and pressing no movement commands would launch you straight upward and maintain momentum if timed properly.

Basically you'd be holding down the jump button indoors and releasing it to dodge/maneuver and not holding it in 0g unless on spider surfaces.

Indoors your movement would become very similar to the Hunter from Left for Dead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCeDYDIn8RU

[Grandy]

As mentioned on IRC, at speed I can see this being a problem while strafing.. strafing + jumping would not be a thing as you'd still have the adjustment problem we already have of the window for jumping again being very small in some places.. which makes moving around much harder imo.

[JustinPierce]