added more tunable basic movement

Assets/Characters/Friendly/Tellik/tellick.gd

@@ -1,25 +1,53 @@
 extends CharacterBody2D
 
-
 const SPEED = 300.0
-const JUMP_VELOCITY = -400.0
+const JUMP_VELOCITY = -600.0
+const MAX_JUMP_DURATION = 0.3
+const MIN_JUMP_DURATION = 0.1
+const GRAVITY = 980
+const FALL_GRAVITY_MULTIPLIER = 1.5
 
+var jump_timer = 0.0
+var is_jumping = false
 
-func _physics_process(delta: float) -> void:
-	# Add the gravity.
+func _physics_process(delta):
+	# Apply gravity
 	if not is_on_floor():
-		velocity += get_gravity() * delta
+		var gravity_multiplier = FALL_GRAVITY_MULTIPLIER if velocity.y > 0 else 1.0
+		velocity.y += GRAVITY * gravity_multiplier * delta
 
-	# Handle jump.
-	if Input.is_action_just_pressed("ui_accept") and is_on_floor():
-		velocity.y = JUMP_VELOCITY
+	# Handle Jump
+	if Input.is_action_just_pressed("jump") and is_on_floor():
+		start_jump()
+	
+	if is_jumping:
+		jump_timer += delta
+		if Input.is_action_pressed("jump") and jump_timer < MAX_JUMP_DURATION:
+			continue_jump(delta)
+		else:
+			end_jump()
 
-	# Get the input direction and handle the movement/deceleration.
-	# As good practice, you should replace UI actions with custom gameplay actions.
-	var direction := Input.get_axis("ui_left", "ui_right")
+	# Handle horizontal movement
+	var direction = Input.get_axis("move_left", "move_right")
 	if direction:
 		velocity.x = direction * SPEED
 	else:
 		velocity.x = move_toward(velocity.x, 0, SPEED)
 
 	move_and_slide()
+
+func start_jump():
+	velocity.y = JUMP_VELOCITY
+	is_jumping = true
+	jump_timer = 0.0
+
+func continue_jump(delta):
+	if jump_timer > MIN_JUMP_DURATION:
+		var t = (jump_timer - MIN_JUMP_DURATION) / (MAX_JUMP_DURATION - MIN_JUMP_DURATION)
+		var ease_factor = 1.0 - t * t  # Quadratic easing
+		velocity.y += JUMP_VELOCITY * ease_factor * delta
+
+func end_jump():
+	is_jumping = false
+	if velocity.y < 0:
+		velocity.y *= 0.5  # Cut the upward velocity to end the jump early if button is released

Assets/World/Grounds/Ground1.tscn

@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@ size = Vector2(455, 51)
 
 [node name="Ground1" type="Node2D"]
 
+[node name="Sprite2D" type="Sprite2D" parent="."]
+position = Vector2(2, 3)
+scale = Vector2(0.2, 0.2)
+texture = ExtResource("1_437ln")
+
 [node name="StaticBody2D" type="StaticBody2D" parent="."]
 
 [node name="CollisionShape2D" type="CollisionShape2D" parent="StaticBody2D"]
 position = Vector2(-8.5, 1.5)
 shape = SubResource("RectangleShape2D_2rdbk")
 debug_color = Color(0, 0.645698, 0.254313, 0.42)
-
-[node name="Sprite2D" type="Sprite2D" parent="."]
-position = Vector2(2, 3)
-scale = Vector2(0.2, 0.2)
-texture = ExtResource("1_437ln")

project.godot

@@ -14,3 +14,21 @@ config/name="lakewood"
 run/main_scene="res://world.tscn"
 config/features=PackedStringArray("4.3", "Forward Plus")
 config/icon="res://icon.svg"
+
+[input]
+
+jump={
+"deadzone": 0.5,
+"events": [Object(InputEventKey,"resource_local_to_scene":false,"resource_name":"","device":-1,"window_id":0,"alt_pressed":false,"shift_pressed":false,"ctrl_pressed":false,"meta_pressed":false,"pressed":false,"keycode":0,"physical_keycode":32,"key_label":0,"unicode":32,"location":0,"echo":false,"script":null)
+]
+}
+move_left={
+"deadzone": 0.5,
+"events": [Object(InputEventKey,"resource_local_to_scene":false,"resource_name":"","device":-1,"window_id":0,"alt_pressed":false,"shift_pressed":false,"ctrl_pressed":false,"meta_pressed":false,"pressed":false,"keycode":0,"physical_keycode":65,"key_label":0,"unicode":97,"location":0,"echo":false,"script":null)
+]
+}
+move_right={
+"deadzone": 0.5,
+"events": [Object(InputEventKey,"resource_local_to_scene":false,"resource_name":"","device":-1,"window_id":0,"alt_pressed":false,"shift_pressed":false,"ctrl_pressed":false,"meta_pressed":false,"pressed":false,"keycode":0,"physical_keycode":68,"key_label":0,"unicode":100,"location":0,"echo":false,"script":null)
+]
+}

world.tscn

@@ -11,19 +11,24 @@
 physics_interpolation_mode = 1
 
 [node name="Tellick" parent="." instance=ExtResource("1_dgu6h")]
-position = Vector2(-7, -130)
+position = Vector2(-39, 47)
 
 [node name="Camera2D" type="Camera2D" parent="."]
+zoom = Vector2(0.5, 0.5)
 
 [node name="StaticBody2D" type="StaticBody2D" parent="."]
 
 [node name="CollisionShape2D" type="CollisionShape2D" parent="StaticBody2D"]
 position = Vector2(1, 140)
 shape = SubResource("WorldBoundaryShape2D_5e4u7")
+debug_color = Color(0.994873, 0.0645888, 1.15514e-06, 0.42)
 
 [node name="Ground1" parent="." instance=ExtResource("2_gboim")]
-position = Vector2(-333, 114)
+position = Vector2(-279, 114)
 
 [node name="TileMap" type="TileMap" parent="."]
 tile_set = SubResource("TileSet_bke3u")
 format = 2
+
+[node name="Ground2" parent="." instance=ExtResource("2_gboim")]
+position = Vector2(-245, -72)