Metroidvania Tutorial Series - Ep. 21 | Wall Slide State | Let's Make A Metroidvania in Unity!

In this episode, we’re adding one of the most important quality-of-feel ingredients in any polished platformer: the Wall Slide. This is the mechanic that turns “I can jump off a wall” into “my character is at home on a wall.” It slows you down, adds control, and sets up clean exits—either a smooth drop or a confident wall jump. Today, we’re building a fully featured Wall Slide State. We’ll cover the movement logic, velocity control, and animation hooks that make sliding feel fun. You’ll learn how to gracefully enter and exit the slide, how to clamp fall speed, and how this new state plugs directly into our growing player state machine. 🧗 What We’ll Build & Refine: - A dedicated Wall Slide State that cleanly separates wall friction from normal gravity - Slowed vertical velocity for precise, predictable descent - Smooth transitions into: • A drop (leaving the wall) • A wall jump (launching from the wall) - Full animation integration so the player looks as good as they feel Everything is broken down step-by-step, so you can follow along whether you're evolving your own player controller or learning how a professional movement system grows over time. 👀 Coming Up Next ⚔️ Enemy AI - Get out enemies behaving intelligently ⚔️ Combat Begins! — slashes, hitboxes, impact timing, and reactive enemy behavior 🔗 Assets Used (Free for Commercial Use!) → Minimal Fantasy GUI by Eta https://etahoshi.itch.io/minimal-fantasy-gui-by-eta → Unique Free Spell Icons by Marvyra https://marvyra.itch.io/unique-free-spell-icons/devlog/859741/my-free-8-bit-spells-is-now-available → Frostwindz Priest Animations https://frostwindz.itch.io/pixel-art-vfx-priest → Frostwindz Lightning Animations https://frostwindz.itch.io/pixel-art-skill-animations-lightning → Otsoga’s Training Dummy https://otsoga.itch.io/training-dummy → Brullov’s Generic Character v.0.2 https://brullov.itch.io/generic-char-asset → Brullov’s Castle of Despair https://brullov.itch.io/2d-platformer-asset-pack-castle-of-despair → Szadi’s Pixel Fantasy Caves https://szadiart.itch.io/pixel-fantasy-caves → Mattz Art’s Kobold Warrior Pack https://xzany.itch.io/kobold-warrior-2d-pixel-art