Making a good, satisfying platformer is a lot harder and more involved than throwing a physics body on top of a tilemap and calling it a day, so here's a few tips for how you can make your platformer feel better to play, from the basics to some more advanced tricks.

The most fundamental thing: 00:00
Correcting player mistakes: 01:02
Custom jump functions: 03:08
Closing thoughts: 04:52

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