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")