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How to achieve variable jump height in an elegant and natural way

Game Development Asked by eguneys on July 31, 2020

I am making a platformer, with a methodical approach to player physics. This is how I do variable jump height:

if not btn(?) then
   g_fall *= 1.5
end

if (not is_grounded) then
   // fall gravity
   p.ay = g_fall
end

p is the player, p.ay is the acceleration.

g_fall is the constant falling gravity, which I apply to the player’s acceleration if it’s not on the ground. If the player isn’t pressing the jump button I increase g_fall so player falls down quicker thus achieving variable jump height.

This is somewhat ok, but I have a spring where player can jump and it bounces player to the air.

hit.y = ispring.y - 2
hit.dx *= 0.2
hit.dy=-v0_jump * 1.5

hit is the player, v0_jump is the constant initial velocity I give to the player to jump.

When the player presses jump while on the spring, it jumps higher because the fall gravity is lower. But I want spring to give you the same jump height whether you press jump or not.

Now I could put a flag for spring jump and an if condition to test for spring jumps and adjust the fall gravity, but I am looking for a more elegant solution.

So what are some professional techniques for variable jump height that can solve my problem out of the box.

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