SONIC BEYOND

What about Robotnik operating a 80's disco-dance globe? :v:
The authors have some interesting concepts, to say the least.

 

Of course, it all boils down to whether or not the original artist bothered to create assets, or just drew the pictures.
Having the assets available, along with the Sonic Retro (is that it's name? Just woke up, brain not awake yet!) engine, you could easily pop everything together, and have a half-a-game ready in a few hours. Then it's a case of level design. (eek)

But, the way the images are, It looks as if he's built them up in photoshop as we went along. He'd temporarily have the elements, but .. would he have remembered to save 'em all?

 

That was awesome. And LOL at everyones "super" forms.

 

Really a think a degree of adaption and modification to the graphics would be needed to create a nice looking game from them. The graphics are terribly Flash - full of thick outlines and copious amounts of gradient fills. It's not suitable for a real game at all, and ends up looking like the bastard child of Sonic 2 HD

 

With the amount of images made, I can understand the lack of quality. It's recognisable enough.
Anyways, I'm personally more impressed with the level themes and Robotnik's machines than anything else really.

 

After watching the video I think the person had some good ideas for levels, I just really dislike the style they were drawn. The bosses however were pretty cool though. It'd be interesting to see how battles with them would be played.

Thewoog, hate to burst your bubble though, but I'm doubting a high school level game development class will teach you the stuff to make a quality Sonic fangame. You'll have to do a lot more learning to get something of good quality made. Not to mention the artist, if you really want to use that style of artwork, may not even care to help with something this old in two to three years.

 

Excessive use of the gradient tool is never a good technique for graphics.

 

I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels this way.

 

Sonic advance graphics? Good lord, no. That's one of the main reasons the serie sucked

 

Umm... No.

 

IMO, it would be sweet if that game came to life, with graphics and other cartoony stuff that make it very similar to "Wario Land: Shake It!" It could have the simplicity in the controls like in the old Genesis games, plus with new one button controls and such. The Wii version would have exclusive motion sensitive controls and different designed levels to fit the use of the controls. Wouldn't that be sweet if the game ever existed!

 

Groan.

 

I know I said before that it probably wouldn't be a very good game, but I think it's mostly because I feel that the themes shown in the zones are lacking in variety, and in some cases very bland. Also, the fact that each character only has access to 1/3 of the game is pretty lame.

So besides implementing a better graphics style, I also think the zone themes need to be rethought for more variety and immersiveness.

At least half the zones must be playable by all three characters, providing branching and unique paths like Sonic 3&K did. Maybe their paths can start out separate, then merge after one zone, and then separate during the final showdown.

The skill sets can still be kept separate.

Zone themes:

First some prerequisite cliches which must show up in every Sonic game.
Tropical Island
Casino-Themed City
Volcanic Field
Giant Airship
Death Egg

A few less important themes which should probably be included.
Coastal City (Harbors, bridges, and water, but no orcas)
Super-Industrial Mine
Medieval Japanese Ruins

And some ideas outside the box.
Really Tall Cylindrical Tower (Very thin, tall level that loops horizontally. When inside, you can see the opposite side of the tower in the background.)
Atlantis Partially Over Water (FUCK LAND, I'm ON A CITY MOTHERFUCKER)
Biological Weapon Factory (kind of like Chemical Plant I guess, but it's a pretty uncommon theme)
Forest with Rebel Hideout (maybe Knothole Village)

Wow, coming up with zone ideas is tougher than it looks. I'll work on it some more later.

EDIT: Oh, right, some zones showcased in the video which should NOT appear in the game.

Downtown in a human city (Not enough room for creative level design.)
Downtown in a human city that's burning (This only makes it worse.)
Amusement Park (It's either a Casino level or an Amusement Park level. You can't have both.)
Underwater Dome (How can you possibly make an exciting, high-speed level in that environment?)
Space Level outside the Death Egg (The Death Egg has enough outer space for the entire game.)
Botanical Gardens on Crack (Just... no.)
Inside a Computer (Shadow the Hedgehog had two of these levels, and they were the worst parts of the game.)
Haunted House/Castle (One of the corniest themes ever introduced to the Sonic franchise. While we're at it, no Wild West either.)