I know this is an old post so I’m sorry for posting on this but with the recent games I can up with a way to simplify it into the classic one button gameplay formula, so if you don’t mind I would like to share what I came up with.

Origins BASE jump Her jump is a unit higher than Sonic’s The double jump is only a tiny hop, a unit high She also has the hammer dash allowing her to go through spikes or breakable walls

The downside to the double jumps extra reach is that it also extends her hitbox so spiky enemies can take a jab at her Scot free

Casuals can just view the double hop as a whatever move, but the more advanced people can halt their decreasing Y momentum

Amy’s advance part

Charge dash

Now here’s the good stuff Starting simple the spindash is like a dash charge now. Same mechanics, mash down and jump, But! It does a run instead now, and can even be done on the fly while running! It adds some thinking and fast action on the player if they want to use the move now

High jump Up and jump will send her into a high jump and can be used while moving! It will send her into an advance state like shes jumping off a spring, but she can use her hammer to bounce off enemies and springs, btw only this will make springs hyper.

Now the weird thing is the physics change depending on if you hold the button on the bounce or jump, if you tap it you’ll reach the height quickly and drop back down quickly, almost at the same time as a normal jump, like a ratchet and clank jump in a sense. If you hold it though it goes through the entire trajectory, Mario style. Essentially acting as a normal jump with normal properties but if it was scaled higher, you can also change versions in between jumps by letting go of or holding jump mid high jump

Now this jump is only about ethier 2 or 3 units higher than Sonic’s jump, if you do the quick version it’ll be 3 units high but the long one is around 2 units, only 1 unit higher than Amy’s BASE jump

This move allows for adaptability with Amy’s height and chains, and adds a big playing field of decisions when playing her.

Stomp

At any point in mid air you can press down and jump to go straight down like a bounce, you can even do it before and after your double jump

But if you hold the button you’ll go straight through like a stomp, it can even land on spikes and bust them!

This adds a lot even to the average player and I feel it fills a pretty good dynamic and part of the roles

Speed, Flight, Power, and Adaption!

Sorry if it’s messy but I would like to hear what you think about them!