From Daniel.Stanley at flinders.vic.edu.au  Tue May 19 14:35:25 2009
From: Daniel.Stanley at flinders.vic.edu.au (Daniel Stanley)
Date: Tue May 19 16:14:28 2009
Subject: [edugames] Gamemaker help
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From forster at ozonline.com.au  Tue May 19 16:06:30 2009
From: forster at ozonline.com.au (forster@ozonline.com.au)
Date: Tue May 19 17:07:04 2009
Subject: [edugames] Gamemaker help
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> Hello all,
>  
> I teach year 9 programming using GM7, but am struggling with the concept
> of gravity.
> I can make a character jump and fall, but on setting up gravity and
> landing events, my character suddenly is unable to move laterally.

A difficult problem, its easy to get your feet embedded in the ground. Best solution is to copy the code in the platform tutorial on the GameMaker site.

Tony
