Moving the player with a controller isn't hard; moving the player on a platform isn't hard, Putting them together you now have two things that want to dictate how the player should be moving.

What should you do if the platform pushes the player up into a ceiling? Push the player through the platform? Squish the player? Stop the platform from moving? Force the player to crouch allowing a little bit more time before squashing?

What about from the other side where the platform comes from the top down on the player pushing them into the ground? Should it behave the same?

But it will probably not surprise you to learn that doors are far from the only seemingly simple feature that prove to be unexpectedly challenging in the development process.

A few months ago, I asked developers across the industry the question, "What is a thing in video games that seems s...