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What Goes Up, Must Fall Down 105
Jones 8 cartoons where Wily E. Coyote chases the Road Runner off of a cliff?
And then he stands on thin air for a beat before he plummets down into a little
poof of dust at the bottom of a canyon?
What Goes Up, Must Fall Down
Speaking of falling, let ’ s talk about it. Using the power of the slo - mo
graphic, let ’ s examine a typical fall off of a cliff.
1. The player will usually approach an edge with caution. If they plan on
jumping, they will usually do it from the jump zone.
2. Does the character teeter? This acts as a warning to the player, but it
can also disrupt the player ’ s control.
8 Charles “ Chuck ” Jones 1912 – 2002, director and animator of some of the best cartoons in
existence including What ’ s Opera, Doc? , Duck Amuck and How the Grinch Stole Christmas . He
created the characters of Road Runner and Wily E. Coyote among others. Shame on you for
not knowing this.