How canon is the parkour element?

[Tain]

Do we have any idea how much parkour is actually part of the overgrowth universe?

Obviously mechanics like the huge jumps and wall jumping have to exist to an extent, but how much are players/map makers abusing the engine to do things that aren't part of the universe?

I know there is probably not a direct answer, but I'd like to discuss it at least.

If they made a movie, or book, would repeated wall jumps to scale super high/cross huge gaps be part of the story?

On one hand, it loses a bit of 'realism' (I know giant fighting rabbits != realism), but it would also seem fitting to include it in the story seeing as a majority of maps include these elements.

[Phoenixwarrior141]

Since I assume it's a rabbit thing, it's probably canon.

[underthedeep]

If they made a movie, or book, would repeated wall jumps to scale super high/cross huge gaps be part of the story?

As far as the lore and story goes in Overgrowth, it all starts with the game Lugaru. The campaign is the where you learn of Turner's past and trials. There is quite a bit of parkour in the game.

Also you may want to refer to the Overgrowth Web Comic.

[Constance]

From what I know, Rabbits in the world of Overgrowth & Lugaru are fully capable of jumping as high as in the game. If I remember correctly, the Overgrowth webcomic actually shows a little bit of this.
As far as rabbits running around in convenient crete structures and walljumping everywhere, only a Bruce Lee level of mastery could attain acrobatics like that. Therefore, it's pretty non-canon for Turner to be running around in a bunch of cretes that are organized into a parkour course.
I also find the excessive walljumping a bit non-canon; jumping and probably walljumping is finely canon, but Super Mario World tier amounts of walljumping is just ridiculous.
For example, Red Shards could totally be canon; it doesn't make you do anything like the map Suspension would, or the 'honeycomb' design (where you walljump to run along a big wall in an octagon shape).
This is just my thoughts, and making up for the lack of posts that actually make some damn sense on my end.

[cogfactory]

Overgrowth's world isn't necessarily our Earth, I think; it could have lower gravity and air pressure, which explains the speed and height of parkour moves in the game. Or, it could just be the different species, which might all have heightened reflexes and strength, which is more likely to be 'canonical'. Maybe I'm wrong in both cases and the exaggerated in-game parkour is just for fun and isn't meant to be explained. Believe whatever you want.

[Constance]

The gravity for weapons seems to be just like real life, so there's that.
As a summary to my previous post, the jump height is perfectly canon, but the air controls and Super Mario walljumping isn't.

[j4xi23]

I think they rigged the climbing to be very dynamic, which allows for some expansive variety in situations. So it seems to me the problem is people just aren't creating more realistic climbing environments. I want to make a map that's just a small city to climb in, I'm tired of missing one jump and having to return to the beginning.

[RandalAvirett]

Maybe not all the parkour "elements" map makers use will be in the game actually, but it might give the developers ideas on how to implement the elements in a more realistic fashion.