Need some advice on movement mechanics

Game Mechanics
#1

Hey there,

I’m using libGDX for a sidescrolling game.
This is my first libGDX project so far, I like it pretty much(usually used just lwjgl/awt)…

Please try the game first(walking/jumping/climbing).

HERE’S THE JAR/FILE

Or the html version

To me, it feels like the player slides a bit too much. It feels like it’s walking on ice or something.
Alle the collision is done with Box2D

    
    public void tick() {
        wasJumping = jumping;

        Body body = bodyComponent.getBody();
        Vector2 worldCenter = body.getWorldCenter();

        if (Gdx.input.isKeyPressed(Input.Keys.A)) {
            body.applyLinearImpulse(new Vector2(-1f, 0), worldCenter, true);
            dir = 0;
            walking = true;
        }

        if (Gdx.input.isKeyPressed(Input.Keys.D)) {
            body.applyLinearImpulse(new Vector2(1f, 0), worldCenter, true);
            dir = 1;
            walking = true;
        }

        if ((Gdx.input.isKeyJustPressed(Input.Keys.W) || Gdx.input.isKeyJustPressed(Input.Keys.SPACE)) && !jumping && !falling && !canClimb) {
            body.applyLinearImpulse(new Vector2(0, 18f), worldCenter, true);
            jumping = true;
        }

        if (canClimb) {
            climbing = true;
            if (Gdx.input.isKeyPressed(Input.Keys.W)) {
                body.applyLinearImpulse(new Vector2(0, 1.0f), worldCenter, true);
            } else if (Math.abs(body.getLinearVelocity().y) > 0.0) {
                body.applyLinearImpulse(new Vector2(0, .5f), worldCenter, true);
            } else {
                climbing = false;
            }
        }

        if (Math.abs(body.getLinearVelocity().x) < 0.4f) {
            walking = false;
        }

    }

Can someone suggest me what to do? I’d like the movement to be bit less slippery.

Hopefully someone knows what I mean haha.

#2

I’d try increasing the linear damping and/or density of the player object.