Platformer Game

Motivation

I built a small game engine from first principles to understand the systems behind movement, collision, rendering, and level design.

Architecture

A requestAnimationFrame game loop coordinates a custom physics simulation, AABB collision detection, sprite rendering, input handling, and JSON-driven levels.

Features

• →Custom movement and gravity
• →AABB collision detection
• →Sprite animation
• →Collectibles and scoring
• →Coyote time and jump buffering

Challenges

• →Resolving collision edge cases reliably
• →Tuning movement so it feels responsive
• →Keeping rendering and simulation concerns separate

Lessons learned

• →Game feel matters as much as mathematical correctness
• →A fixed timestep produces more predictable physics
• →Small projects still benefit from clear module boundaries

Future plans

• →Touch controls
• →Sound and music
• →A time-trial leaderboard