Rusty finds his feet. Mostly.

A 37-second scripted walkthrough rendered in Godot using the real traversal course. Placeholder character and test scenery; the review camera differs from the playable third-person camera.

Dear diary, turns out Rusty needs legs as well as wheels.

This is a driving game, but getting out of the vehicle ought to be fun too. A useful shortcut might mean a climb, an awkward ledge, or a spectacularly bad idea involving a rope.

So this stop on the trip is a traversal playground: somewhere to make those movements work before asking them to carry a real island route.

The scenic route, on foot.

Walk, jog and run. More starts, stops, turns, direction changes and jumping.
Up and over. Vaults, ledge catches, sideways shimmies and climbing out of a hang.
Mind your head. Crouching, crawling and a running slide, including getting back up when the ceiling is low.
Questionable crossings. Wall and rock climbing, ropes, bars, poles and grapple anchors.

Character testing contact with a climbing wall — A fairly direct route to the top.

Character swinging at the test course attachment station — What could possibly go wrong?

Still a few bumps in the road.

This is a playable foundation. Movement feel, animation transitions and presentation still need polish. The rope and grapple poses currently adapt bar animations; dedicated poses would make those actions look better.

The climbing surfaces and attachment points are set up in the level. This test course shows the current actions working—it is still a long trip from a test course to a whole island.

Read the detailed development log in Notion (opens in a new tab)

See you at the next stop.
Craig