Part 5 – Finishing up
You have created a working game, but it still could be made to feel a little more exciting. Game developers use the term juice to describe the things that make the game feel good to play. Juice can include things like sound, visual effects, or any other addition that adds to the player's enjoyment, without necessarily changing the nature of the gameplay.
In this section, you'll add some small juicy features to finish up the game.
Visual effects
When you pick up the coins, they just disappear, which is not very appealing. Adding a visual effect will make it much more satisfying to collect lots of coins.
Start by adding a Tween
node to the Coin
scene.
What is a tween?
A tween is a way to interpolate (change gradually) some value over time (from a start value to an end value) using a particular function. For example, you might choose a function that steadily changes the value or one that starts slow but ramps up in speed. Tweening is also sometimes referred to as easing.
When...