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blueswirl, on 09 July 2015 - 02:06 AM, said:

I don't know, technically the code for GameCircle achievements in Sonic 2 is identical to Sonic 1's yet Sonic 1 doesn't exhibit crashes. Would it be possible to get a logcat of the crash as it happens? I don't have the retail hardware of the Fire TV so I can't check this on my end.

360, on 08 July 2015 - 09:57 PM, said:

To put it in context, I was responding to a thread about Aaron talking about projects being in the works for Sonic's 25th Anniversary - Sonic 3k largely being a hot assumption. So when I say "no 3mastered", I don't mean EVER per se.

I think it's difficult for you guys to try and read into the time frame of things, when so much goes on for me behind the scenes. Given I run my studio as a solo gunslinger (contracting other people if necessary like Stealth), I can only develop one full new game at a time (working smaller jobs like code maintenance/tech/demos etc in between). So the community running their campaign as if success meant immediate continued development (or me dropping other work) would definitely be misguided. I can't promise anything, but believe me, I know the vocal demand for this game, and Sega Networks does too. If the right circumstances come up to work on Sonic 3k in future, I'd love to finish it off and complete the series.

Yeow, on 10 May 2015 - 05:34 AM, said:

I wish! heh. Less UbiArt, more Kingdom Hearts, Jet Set Radio. Just some nice colourful diffuse texturing on 3D models. It's a fully 3D game, gameplay wise, so the 2D popup look Rayman has would be difficult for me to do anyway. If Yooka-Laylee is the revival of collectathon 3D platformers. Consider my game to be the antithesis repping the PS1/Dreamcast side.

TheKazeblade, on 10 May 2015 - 03:53 AM, said:

Yeah, the 3D stuff in the Retro Engine is all done in software, so it intentionally looks primitive. For example, I was going for a "Model 1" look with the Sonic 2 Remastered Special Stages, imagining they'd done some super arcade version of Sonic 2 in an alternate universe :P

The new game I'm working on has high res cartoony graphics. I'd call it Dreamcast+ as far as aesthetic goes. I ended up creating my own 3D engine because UE4 has high system requirements and royalties to pay, and I wanted to continue coding gameplay in the same style I'm used to in C/C++, which Unity doesn't use. I'm still months away from having enough content done to show anything yet, but rest assured I'm eager to reveal it!

Lanzer, on 09 May 2015 - 11:38 PM, said:

It depends on what you want out of a "Sonic 4 Remastered" really. The Retro Engine is designed for pixel art games (so anything from 8 - 32bit really) so a Sonic 4 "demake" with Chaotix quality art would be no probs. If you just wanted the same 2.5D Sonic 4 but with better everything, I'd either use my own 3D engine (used on my yet to be announce new game), or any of the other industry standard engines like UE4, Unity etc (more likely since there's no way I'd want to do something of that scope with just myself /> )

Getting the Classic-Style gameplay mechanics doesn't need a specific engine, just the right know-how. And of course, that's completely underplaying the importance of level design, which also makes and breaks a Sonic game!

EDIT:
I should say that I personally feel Sonic 4 is a chapter best left closed. There's much more exciting stuff you could do with Classic Sonic not being tied down to it's story or naming expectations.