New extension: Simple Smooth Camera Follow

[mxsdev]

Description

A simple smooth camera follow, which is intended as a drop-in replacement for the standard "Center the camera on an object within limits" action, but with smoothness.

This is made for the platformer example, and is intended as an alternative to Davy's extension which currently sits in PR. The idea is to have a "Simple" smooth camera follow which is straight forward to use (and thus will be less scary to new users for the platformer example), and then the more "Complex" one, which Davy is working on.

There is a concern about having too many camera extensions, especially since these two extensions do the same thing. Perhaps we can encourage Davy to rename his extension as "Advanced," or something like this so the user isn't confused that there are two extensions that do the same thing?

How to use the extension

It has one function which is essentially equivalent to the camera center on object action.

Note

You'll notice that the expressions for the actions are one-liners. This was to avoid using variables where they are unnecessary.

I am not super familiar with the protocol for GDevelop extensions, so if we'd rather create a few variables in the extension to make the extension's actions more readable, let me know :)

Checklist

• [X] I've followed all of the best practices.
• [X] I confirm that this extension can be integrated to this GitHub repository, distributed and MIT licensed.

Example

Platformer_v_1_0_2.zip

Extension file

SimpleSmoothCameraFollow.json.zip

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Hi @charburgx!

Thanks for your submission! Unfortunately, our automated test system found a few issues with your extension:

❌ 1 Error found in extension 'SimpleSmoothCameraFollow':

  ⟶ ❌ [Extension name consistency]: Extension filename should be exactly the name of the extension (with .json extension). Please rename 'SimpleSmoothCameraFollow_v_1_0_0.json' to 'SimpleSmoothCameraFollow.json'.

❌ 1 Error found in extensions - please fix it before generating the registry.

Please fix them, and edit the link in your original submission to a zip file with the fixed extension.

Thanks again for your hard work!

[github-actions[bot]]

Hi @charburgx!

Thanks for your submission! Unfortunately, our automated test system found a few issues with your extension:

❌ 1 Error found in extension 'SimpleSmoothCameraFollow':

  ⟶ ❌ [Extension name consistency]: Extension filename should be exactly the name of the extension (with .json extension). Please rename 'SimpleSmoothCameraFollow_v_1_0_0.json' to 'SimpleSmoothCameraFollow.json'.

❌ 1 Error found in extensions - please fix it before generating the registry.

Please fix them, and edit the link in your original submission to a zip file with the fixed extension.

Thanks again for your hard work!

[github-actions[bot]]

Hi @charburgx!

Thanks for your submission! Unfortunately, our automated test system found a few issues with your extension:

❌ 1 Error found in extension 'SimpleSmoothCameraFollow':

  ⟶ ❌ [Extension name consistency]: Extension filename should be exactly the name of the extension (with .json extension). Please rename 'SimpleSmoothCameraFollow_v_1_0_0.json' to 'SimpleSmoothCameraFollow.json'.

❌ 1 Error found in extensions - please fix it before generating the registry.

Please fix them, and edit the link in your original submission to a zip file with the fixed extension.

Thanks again for your hard work!

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