In older versions of the engine, you'd write companion_object instead (it supported only one companion). These objects should be created in SurgeScript. It is followed by one or more names of objects surrounded by double quotes ('). The actual character file of Surge has some additional things in it.Ĭompatibility notes: animation charging, sounds charge and release, the abilities block, as well as some multipliers (indicated above) are available since Open Surge version 0.5.0.Ĭompanion objects: companions is available since Open Surge version 0.5.0. The example above has been simplified for the purpose of explanation. Slope 1.0 // affects the physics on slopesĬharge 1.0 // modifies the charge-and-release speed (since version 0.5.0)Īiracceleration 1.0 // the rate at which the horizontal speed can change while midair (since 0.5.0)Īirdrag 1.0 // air drag / air friction (since version 0.5.0) Jump 1.0 // modifies how high the character jumps Topspeed 1.0 // modifies how fast the character can run If defined, companion objects can be used to give custom abilities to characters.Įxample 1: Surge the Rabbit Character fileĪcceleration 1.0 // modifies the acceleration rateĭeceleration 1.0 // used when moving in opposition to the current movementįriction 1.0 // modifies the friction (since version 0.5.0) optionally, the name of one or more companion objects.the abilities this character has: roll, charge, etc.the sound effects this character uses: jump, brake, etc.the animations for each action the character performs: walk, run, jump, etc., as well as the sprite name.By default, all the multipliers are set to 1.0 If you set it to 0.5, it will accelerate by half of the default rate, and so on. If you set it to two, it will accelerate two times faster than that. For example, if you set the acceleration to one, it will accelerate by the default rate (set by the game engine). These values are used to specify how fast a character runs, how high it jumps, how fast it accelerates, etc. You can select which characters appear in which levels.Ĭharacter files are used to specify the following data: These files are used to specify the properties of the characters.Įach level has one or more playable characters. To create a playable characrer, first of all you need to create a character file.Ĭharacter files are human-readable configuration files located in the characters/ folder.

In Open Surge, you can create your own playable characters.

Supertux 0.5.0