Development Roadmap

#Unity 2D Platformer Controller v0.4.0 Features Plan#

Crossed out items means this feature has been implemented and is now available in the develop branch.

• Wall slide acceleration and max speed instead of constant speed.
• Falling deceleration when over max fall speed instead of clamp.
• Remove dependency of Rigidbody2D.
• Add time scale setting for individual slow downs/speed ups.
• Add support for slopes
• Add support for moving platforms.
• Add support for one way platforms
• More demo scenes that show different ways that Unity 2D Platformer Controller can be used.
• Add slight (tweakable) grace period after walking off an edge that a player can still jump (without using an air jump).
• Add minimum distance to keep from catching on edges (like skin width on Character Controller).
• Add read only useful information based off current settings. Such as max horizontal jump distance.
• Customize angles of wall jumps with a slider in the inspector.
• Add configurable checks to tell the motor to not bother for one way platforms, edge catching, or slopes.
• With all the various features being implemented the motor is getting more and more expensive to compute all the ray/box casts. General optimizations should be made (maybe smart assumptions).
• Allow number of iterations for more smooth motion.

#Future Feature Ideas#

• Create more customizable default controllers for people to drop in their game for immediate support.
• Add in a point driven controller. Could be used for touch or by AI to make the motor go to a certain point.
• Remove assumption that gravity is always -y.
• Add support to set individual gravity for the motor.
• Add easing function support to as much of the motor as possible (acceleration, jump, skidding, anything).
• Add a 'dash along slope' dash option. Can also add animation curves.
• Use Rigidbody2D.MovePosition if a Rigidbody2D is attached
• Add a 'snap to increment' setting...this could be used to make sure the motor is 'pixel perfect'.