Hello everyone!!!
I'm developing a platform game. Similar to super mario.
I have a character that needs to climb platforms to reach the top of the screen.
I already have a "character" moving left, right, and jumping.
What I haven't managed to do yet is making my character standing on the platforms.
Another problem I have is when my character is on a platform and I jump he goes back to the initial "y" position (which is under the platform) "that's not right lol".


Anyways I just need a little orientation with this part of my game:

1 - I need to make my platforms standable for my character;
2 - I need for when my character does evedently stand on a platform for him to keep on jumping higher to reach the top of the stage and not the bottom.

If anyone can give me some orientation with this I would very much apreciate it!!!!

Thank you so much!

This is what I have so far... and I'm using images not objects (my background image is a random image and I haven't drawn or created platforms yet; I'm using classes so I'll show my character code:


class Hero
{
 //initial position

 float hcX = 60;
 float hcY = 145;  


 String dirState = "right";
 String stillState = "right";
 String jumpState =  "none";  


 // Declares all the images for the right and left sequences

 int maxImagesR = 9; // Total number of  images
 int imageIndexR = 0; // Initial image to be displayed

 int maxImagesL = 9;
 int imageIndexL = 0;
 //



 PImage[] imagesR = new PImage[maxImagesR];
 PImage[] imagesL = new PImage[maxImagesL];

 // Loads all the images for the right and left sequences
 /*

  0 - standing
  1-3 - Running
  4 - jumping  
   
  */
 void loadImages()
 {
   // Load all images running right
   for (int i = 0; i < imagesR.length; i++) {
     imagesR[i] = loadImage("hcR" + i + ".png");
   }  
   // Load all images running left
   for (int j = 0; j < imagesR.length; j++) {
     imagesL[j] = loadImage("hcL" + j + ".png");
   }  

 }

 void runRight()
 {
   dirState = "right";
   if (imageIndexR <= 4){
     imageIndexR += 1;
     hcX+=4;
   }

   if (Char.imageIndexR > 4) {
     imageIndexR = 2;  
   }
 }

 void runLeft()
 {
   dirState = "left";
   if (imageIndexL <= 4){
     imageIndexL += 1;
     hcX-=4;
   }

   if (imageIndexL > 4) {
     imageIndexL = 2;  
   }
 }

 void still()
 {
   dirState = "still";

   if (stillState == "right"){
     imageIndexR = 0;

   }

   if (stillState == "left"){
     imageIndexL = 0;
   }

   hcX -=0;

 }

 void update()
 {  
   //println(dirState);


 }

 void jumping(){

   if (jumpState == "jump")
   {
     hcY -= 6;
     if(hcY <= 100) {
       jumpState = "falling";
     }
   }    
 }
   

 void falling(){
   if(jumpState == "falling")
   {
     hcY +=5;
     if(hcY >= 145){
       jumpState = "none";
       hcY = 145;

     }
   }  
 }

 
 void checkState()
 {
   if (dirState == "right"){
     runRight();
     stillState = "right";
   }  
   else if (dirState == "left"){
     runLeft();
     stillState = "left";
   }  
   else if (dirState == "still"){
     still();
   }  

   if (jumpState == "jump"){
     jumping();
   }  
   else if (jumpState == "falling"){
     falling();
   }  

 }

}