A game for the minetest engine, which is focused on jump'n run gameplay.
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Raison d'etre
Basicly I got anoyed with the low quality of parkour maps aviable. Most of thier checkpoint systems worked by telling the player to use the /sethome and /home comands. Some burned down because the builder had fire disabled and placed lava near something flamable. Often they use lava as a floor hazzard which puts you back to spawn (which in several cases was outside the map) from where you need to use the /home comand to return back (good luck if you accidentaly put your home point in a bad spot.) And overall there were only about four maps which I would call good and only one of actually high quality.
So this is the result, a minimalist game with extreme focus on parkour gameplay. The most important part is the checkpoint system. You set your checkpoint by walking over a specific node, no extra interaction needed. The counter part is a danger node. You step on it, you are sent back. No waiting in lava for health to run out and the gameplay isn't interrupted by having to type in chat.
Currently there is a small caveat, the checkpoints aren't saved across server restarts. So don't quit the world while falling into an inescapable pit.
Curent game mechanics
Besides the normal mechanics featured in most minetest games, Jumper currently offers:
-A checkpoint system.
-Two nodes which alternatingly become unwalkable.
-Teleporter nodes
-A built in timer system
Depending on motivation and time there is a whole list of other mechanics I might ad, but I promise nothing since Minetest seems to be a one week a month thing for me.
Spoiler
Technicaly these aren't required for the game, but they make mapbuilding much easier.
creative
sfinv
Minetest-WorldEdit
creative
sfinv
Minetest-WorldEdit
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Building a map
When you start a world in creative mode, anybody who joins is granted the fast and fly privilage and the ability to dig nodes.
When you start the world without creative mode the privs are automaticaly removed.
Before publishing a map
Don't forget to place the player at the intended start.
Disable creative mode
Tie the game to the map by making it a:
World-specific game
(form the lua_api.txt)
"It is possible to include a game in a world; in this case, no mods or
games are loaded or checked from anywhere else.
This is useful for e.g. adventure worlds and happens if the `<worldname>/game/`
directory exists.
Mods should then be placed in `<worldname>/game/mods/`."
This prevents the map from breaking when the game changes nodename definitions/mechenics/etc...
When you start a world in creative mode, anybody who joins is granted the fast and fly privilage and the ability to dig nodes.
When you start the world without creative mode the privs are automaticaly removed.
Before publishing a map
Don't forget to place the player at the intended start.
Disable creative mode
Tie the game to the map by making it a:
World-specific game
(form the lua_api.txt)
"It is possible to include a game in a world; in this case, no mods or
games are loaded or checked from anywhere else.
This is useful for e.g. adventure worlds and happens if the `<worldname>/game/`
directory exists.
Mods should then be placed in `<worldname>/game/mods/`."
This prevents the map from breaking when the game changes nodename definitions/mechenics/etc...
Get it here: https://github.com/Skamiz/jumper
The attached map is a showcase of all current mechanics and of some outer limits of the default physics override. I assure you that it is very much compleatable.