LÖVE

So I made a little platformer thingy with only one platform, it moves and jumps just fine, but as soon as i went to make another platform I knew I was doing it wrong.

Instead of trying to explain in detail, just try running the game and you'll see what I mean.

The first thing i would do is put all platforms into a single table, and loop over them

For example in your love.load() do something like this: That way you can loop over all platforms;
Example for love.update()
Then you can do the same for love.draw() aswell:

unixfreak wrote:The first thing i would do is put all platforms into a single table, and loop over them

For example in your love.load() do something like this:

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	ground = {	}
	
	table.insert(ground, {
			x = 0,
			y = 500,
			width = love.window.getWidth(),
			height = 32
		}
	)
	
	table.insert(ground, {
			x = 0,
			y = 400,
			width = 128,
			height = 32
		}
	)

That way you can loop over all platforms;
Example for love.update()

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for i, g in ipairs(ground) do
		if collision(player.x, player.y, player.width, player.height, g.x, g.y, g.width, g.height) then
		        --put your collision code here
		end
	
	end
end

Then you can do the same for love.draw() aswell:

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for i, g in ipairs(ground) do
	love.graphics.rectangle("fill", g.x, g.y, g.width, g.height)
end

Ohh ok that makes sense, dang, why can't i think of these things on my own XD thanks!