Sonic: The One Ring

That looks very interesting! It would be better if I had my USB pad with me. :/ Among many others, the + - changing title screen   is a great idea that I'm surprised hasn't been done before. One thing I'd like to see more emphasis on in hacks is exploration, not just 'dash to the end'; S2 Retro Remix is also somewhat interesting for this reason. Extra difficulty is a good idea too—in moderation!

I tried it with the keyboard. I'm already stuck on Act 1. :specialed: Might it be better if the timer counts down? I see that + - the monitor current subtracts from the elapsed time   , but meh.

Umpteenth edit: I wiki'd this, as I was bored/procrastinating. (I did so under the full title, but it was quickly moved to the abbreviated one.)

 

Gotta say, this looks quite awesome XD

Might run a Stream playing this later since I have nothing to do today...

 

Holy FUCK. I seriously mean holy fucking fuck! I can't really describe my feelings, let's just say, this is DEFINITLY the BEST mini hack out there (I say mini because it's not really a "full" hack, I mean, level art, asm, music, etc. (hacks like Megamix and BroTro)).

But on the other hand, I'm don't really have any patience, I even failed finding a ring in the very first stage, and I don't know where or how to find any hints.

I'm quite curious about two things:
- How'd you manage to load alternate title screens without messing up the emblem?
- Entering the speed tunnels and getting a boost, is this an invisble object or what?

Oh and btw:

I'm called SelbI =P (though I don't really remember doing anything releated to that, unless it's been a quite while since I helped you).

 

Dude this is awesome, an simply and carefully worked idea. I want to se moar, maybe Sonic 2 levels? Or an little help to find the ring, you know... Put a dying person in the game "Hey dude, look I'm a dying person, I know where the ring is, give me one life and I'll give you a hint." Or maybe, hahaha a mod to "Protect your ring" where 5 hordes with 5 waves of enemyes try to take your ring. You know, put Sonic in a plane place and make the enemies come through the offscreen on left/right. On the end of each horde a Eggman boss.

Hahaha. Sorry, I'll stop using LSD.

 

Nice concept! I like this idea (too bad I wont win the WTF trophy)

Ideas (to make this even harder): Make the ring change positions after you die/restart level, and sometimes you need to kill a badnik to get it. Change the monitors to remove invincibility/shield if you got that item popped from the monitor. + - If I finish my super secret engine, I'll show it to you and you could use it in your hack  

Once again, excellent work!

 

Huzzah. I broke it a little XD

Spoilered so people can still try for themselves

+ - So I had to backtrack for the Ring in Labyrinth 1 (Which by the way Mercury, I hate you for that one =P) and when I got to the part where you have to climb the stairway and jump to the left to get on the cork block, the water level was still at its highest point from me going to the end point and then having to backtrack, thus preventingme from going any further. I tried going back a bit with what little air I had left, but the water level didn't drop. ._. I died XD Now I have to go all the way to the end to backtrack again.  

 

So, I've been playing through this for the last hour or so and I am impressed. I love the challenge it presents and look forward to completing it. At the moment I am completely stumped on SLZ1. I can see the ring, but god knows how I am supposed to get it. It's so close...

 

This is an awesome hack. The concept is really interesting and challenging and your video pretty much makes clear everything we need to know. Every hack should come with such a clear tutorial video ^^

I also appreciate the changes you've brought to make this challenge feasable and the background change of the title screen is really cool.

Good work pal

 

There is also a problem in LZ3, where the water would normally carry a cork up that you stand on. I went the bottom route when I saw that new spring thought ahh the ring must be that way. However, it was just passage to get back. When I returned to the cork area the water level never shifted up to take me up

Also now.. I'm stuck on SLZ1. I found + - 'someone'   but don't know how to use it. + - Object seems to get deleted if I try and take it to the ring.  

Really loving the title screen backgrounds.

Edit: Well finally got SLZ1 ring, pretty sure I didn't use the correct method, I + - charged a spin dash, launched myself up off the ramp landed on top of where the ring is held and got lucky before the block ejected me out   .

 

As I told you Mercury, this is a fantastic piece of work. Aside from the necassery changes to allow for backtracking, extra features make this unique in it's own way. Instead of just looking for the ring, you can check to see if it is nearby, and it plays in the stereo which direction it is at too! This feature made the hack have it's own challenge - I can hear the ring, but I can't see it!

The concept is perfectly functional. I would love to see some form of expansion to this, like level layouts that actually catered for the gameplay instead of the stock layouts. With that, this could be one of the most unique hacks for Sonic, simply because it's a variation on traditional Sonic gameplay, instead of changing everything or not much at all. I hope to see more of this, I really do.

 

Augh, SYZ3 is driving me crazy. I know where it is, I can see it, I just can't figure out how to reach it!

Remarkably cool concept, very fun hack. Kudos.

 

At first I thought it was just some lazy hack but after watching the youtube vid this is really a great idea. its sonic 1 turned into a treasure finding mission game sort of like knuckle's missions in SA1+2. glad theres shield hoarding becuase I'm probably going to suck at this

Can't play right now but I'm going to try as soon as I get off work.

 

The initial description made it seem like it would be unreasonably difficult but the minor things you added to balance it keep things fun while still being pretty difficult. The spindash is the most obvious but the smaller aids like shield stacking, time ups, starpost behavior, and ring sense make it a lot more player friendly.

Just wondering but did Return to the Origin give you any ideas for this or did you come up with most of the backtracking edits independently?

 

Seriously, give me a tip for SYZ3. I can't clear it and I'd hate to cheat.

 

Thanks for the updated version Mercury ^^

Think I'll go stream this again now, actually... I've got nothing to do for a few hours...

http://livestream.com/arcanefirestorm if anyone cares to come and watch.

 

That's a very clever idea you have there.