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Action-adventure platformer on an alien planet! · By GunDrill

Drill Dislocation Glitch

A topic by Mantis987 created Jan 21, 2021 Views: 270 Replies: 5
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The game seems to become confused when multiple arrow keys are held at once, leading to some interesting drill behavior.

A good demonstration of this is holding UP, then holding RIGHT (while still holding UP), then holding DOWN (while still holding the other buttons), and finally releasing UP while still holding the other two keys. This should cause the drill to become stuck floating in the air (until one of the keys is released). Other effects can be attained with similar inputs (holding multiple keys in different orders). There are a few (temporary) effects of this, and it's pretty fun to mess around with; you can even do this while the drill is shooting, creating a floating turret! 

While this will likely get patched, messing with is is pretty fun and I think it could be good inspiration for a potential gimmick or unlockable later in the game.

Also, it appears that, when changing drill directions, the drill becomes active for a frame before moving to the right spot. This can cause weird behavior like shooting the first shot from slightly ahead of you while shooting up and being able to do a down-drill-bounce from something in front of you.

Developer

Awesome, thanks Mantis for letting us know about the glitch! Glad you found it enjoyable. We've talked about the idea of a detachable drill as an upgrade. Grappling hook drill? Swing from the ceiling, reel ore in to you, drill from afar, etc.

I had the same bug- but for me it was whenever I held a left or right arrow and then bottom. but while the drill is left behind, you arent able to jump, and it spawns in the next room with you, so there arent any exploits. (that i found.) Do you have a discord server? If not you should make one and start a community! I would join and know multiple people who would want to!

I just found another glitch. You can get the drill to be underground when you are holding down. I would love to explain more if you need, Or if you have a discord server I could stream it there. THIS is great! I have an idea for a new mechanic btw: use the disconnected drill. when your drill is disconnected it still deals damage to enemies and can shoot, but you cant jump.

Developer

Thanks for the feedback! We're planning on making a Discord server in the future. In the meantime, we'll be posting updates on our twitter https://twitter.com/GunDrill_ 

We'll announce here on itch and twitter when the discord goes live! We'd love to see your suggestions.

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Awesome! Thanks for the reply!