Cotti the Knight

I’ve officially finished Cotti the Knight. This started as my first real game dev experiment, and now it’s a complete playable 2D platformer!

For the last stretch, I focused on polish and stability:

• Fixed bugs and edge cases
• Refined movement and gameplay feel
• Balanced scoring and interactions
• Made sure sounds, mechanics, and UI all worked together smoothly

I’m so proud

Since the last devlog, I made solid progress on Cotti the Knight, and the game is finally starting to feel like an actual game instead of just a moving character.

What I added:
In this phase, I focused on adding core game features:

• New functions to better organize the game logic
• Sound effects for actions (which instantly made the game feel more alive)
• A score system

Adding sounds was a big moment (really) everything felt way more responsive and satisfying once audio was involved :)

What I learned is here:

• Why functions matter for keeping code readable and manageable
• how different systems (player, score, sound) interact with each other
• That adding “small” features often requires more logic than expected

I’m starting to think more like a real dev instead of just writing random code until it works!
I hope u like it :)

I just joined and started my first real game dev project which is Cotti the Knight, a 2D platformer. This is my first time actually committing to making a game instead of just messing around :), so everything here is very new to me.

The idea is simple : you play as a knight navigating a 2D world with platforms, obstacles, and eventually enemies. Nothing crazy yet—but that’s kind of the point. I wanted to start small and actually finish something.

What I worked on:
For this first stage, I focused on the absolute basics like

• Setting up the project and game window
• Creating a player character
• Implementing movement (left, right, jumping)
• Basic gravity and collision with the ground/platforms
  Just getting the character to move and feel like a platformer already took more effort than I expected even while having help from yt tutos :)

I’m working on my first project! It’s a game. This is so exciting. I can’t wait to share more updates as I build and learn new things every day.