From TDN

Platform game, or platformer, is a video game genre characterized by the character having to climb up and down, or jump from and to, platforms and ledges, while fighting enemies and collecting objects required to complete the game.

Often, the player has the ability to gain powers or weapons, called power-ups. Generally, platform games, due to their unrealistic nature, have cartoon-like graphics. Characters in platform games are usually based on legendary creatures (e.g. dragons and goblins) or anthropomorphic animals (e.g. a gorilla who throws barrels).

Platform games originated in the early 1980s and made the transition to 3D in the mid-1990s. Sometime after the genre's inception, the term came to describe games where jumping on platforms, as opposed to shooting, was the main gameplay focus. However, many platform games feature projectile weapons, including the Mario, Metroid, and Castlevania franchises.

See the articles in this category (below), to make your own platformer game using Torque Game Builder.

Articles in category "Platformer"

There are 11 articles in this category.

T TGB/MiniTutorials/OneWayCollision Torque 2D/GenreTutorials/PlatformerAnimation Torque 2D/GenreTutorials/PlatformerCamera

T cont. Torque 2D/GenreTutorials/PlatformerEnemies Torque 2D/GenreTutorials/PlatformerGUI Torque 2D/GenreTutorials/PlatformerLevels Torque 2D/GenreTutorials/PlatformerMovement

T cont. Torque 2D/GenreTutorials/PlatformerOverview Torque 2D/GenreTutorials/PlatformerPhysics Torque 2D/GenreTutorials/PlatformerTileMaps Torque 2D/GenreTutorials/PlatformerWinning