Week 2: Player Movement and Input

Introduction

This week is split into short video parts so you focus on one concept at a time, complete the matching build task, and verify results before moving to the next part.

Lesson breakdown

• Lesson 1: Input Actions and Controller Setup - Set Input Map actions for movement and jump
• Lesson 2: Movement Physics and Jump Core - Implement gravity, acceleration, friction, and jump
• Lesson 3: Feel Tuning with Coyote and Buffer - Add coyote time and jump buffer
• Lesson 4: Integration and testing pass for this week scope.
• Lesson 5: Final polish and handoff notes for next week.

Try this now

• Complete one focused implementation pass before watching the next segment.
• Capture a before and after snapshot for the system you changed.
• Write one short note on what to tune in your next iteration.

How this week works

This week is split into short video parts so you focus on one concept at a time, complete the matching build task, and verify results before moving to the next part.

Interactive lesson parts (6-10 min each)

Code checkpoint

Add or adapt this snippet during your build pass, then run and verify behavior before moving to the next week.

# Step checkpoint for Week 2: Player Movement and Input
func _ready() -> void:
    print("Checkpoint complete for this week")