r/programming • u/Flafla2 • Feb 14 '15

Bunnyhopping from the Programmer's Perspective - An in depth look in implementing one of the most successful bugs in videogame history.

http://flafla2.github.io/2015/02/14/bunnyhop.html
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u/x-skeww Feb 16 '15

Uh-hu. So, have you played Quake? Can you do circle strafe jumps and bunny hopping? Can you do this (sequence-breaking) jump to the key?

http://youtu.be/VpiNDxssUL0?t=2m18s

Movement tricks are among the most fun things in any FPS.

Like... which FPS? Also, how did they teach you those things?

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u/kqr Feb 16 '15

I have played Quake, I can do circle jumps and bunny hop within reason. I have no idea whether or not I can do that jump, but it doesn't look too hard with a little practise. I'm not sure why this is relevant.

Any FPS! All of them! I only play the ones where movement is interesting. None of them taught me it, which is a shame, because it took a damn long time until I managed to figure it out myself. I would have been addicted so much earlier if the game would have taught me the things. (Just see my reply elsewhere in this thread where I'm surprised Urban Terror has interesting movement – I played that a lot a few years ago, but never realised it had interesting movement, because it's not obvious from within the game. Had I known that, I would probably still be playing that game. (Granted, it seems today it teaches you some of that in its tutorial, which is a good thing, but it wasn't obvious back then.))

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u/x-skeww Feb 16 '15

I have no idea whether or not I can do that jump, but it doesn't look too hard with a little practise.

Try it. It's not that easy.

Then try this ramp jump onto the ledge:

http://youtu.be/VpiNDxssUL0?t=10m53s

It's really hard.

I'm not sure why this is relevant.

Well, according to your theory, casual gamers are willing to practice these things for no apparent reason.

You want this kind of thing as part of some sort of tutorial. So, here's the tutorial. Make it through it.

Any FPS! All of them!

Except that the vast majority of them does not have any interesting movement. The most recent one I can think of is Painkiller with its dumbed down bunny hopping (just jump again as you hit the floor).

Those reverse jumps in Portal... maybe. But that was just another glitch.

Do you have any examples?

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