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Sonic Minus - level designers, playtesters, and background artists needed

Discussion in 'Fangaming Discussion' started by legolloyd, Mar 4, 2025.

  1. legolloyd

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    3/14/2025: Demo released, https://gamejolt.com/games/sonicminus/987084

    Sonic Minus is a 2d classic fangame that features 7 zones and a Story that prominently features Metal Sonic.

    ZONES:
    Vibrant Valley
    Frantic Freeway
    Relic Rush
    Chaos Caverns
    Winter Wonderland
    Sandy Springs
    Final (name unrevealed... what a mystery!)

    Story: The game takes place on Eastshore island, Eggman discovered that the center of the island holds a ton of Negative Energy so he wants to use that to make the Chaos Emeralds into Negative Emeralds.

    I'm currently looking for: Genesis-style composers, level designers, and sprite artists. (Not for characters)

    SCREENSHOTS:
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    It's made in Clickteam Fusion 2.5 with Not So Simple Sonic worlds, the the current iteration in development since 2023.

    GameJolt: https://gamejolt.com/games/sonicminus/987084

    Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7pwrf8gatWA67pcrNUGTHg

    Discord: https://discord.gg/mJpYRJjA9p
     

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  2. Arvi

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    The level design looks pretty solid from what I've seen, but it's hard to truly judge levels without playing them. When are you planning to release a playable version?
     
  3. legolloyd

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    Next month is when I'm releasing a demo, it will feature Frantic freeway act 1
     
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    I found someone who can do music for the game!

    Full gameplay of the completed Frantic Freeway Act 1:
     
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  5. legolloyd

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    Actually, the demo releases now! https://legolloyd.itch.io/sonic-minus
     
  6. Arvi

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    You mean the video? I don't see a download link
     
  7. legolloyd

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    Sorry about that, it’s fixed now.
     
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    A new patch has been released for the demo:

    + means added
    - means removed
    * means fixed
    = means changed

    + A boss with Metal Sonic
    + New music for the Credits and Frantic Freeway Act 1 by Robin Nerdington
    = Game now saves at beginning of acts, death, and end of acts
    = Time bonuses now use the Sonic 1 values
    - Manual Saving, saving at pause, saving at checkpoints
    * Credits are now skippable
    * Corkscrew animation used Sonic 3 sprites
    * Sonic appeared in the front of the first loop
    * Falling platform pieces appeared behind a building
    * Hopefully fixed title card font not working
    * No longer able to mid-air roll when you're in the dying or drowning state
     
  9. Arvi

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    I gotta say, the new music and skippable credits have definitely improved the experience. The boss is pretty neat too

    A few improvements I would like to see:
    - add a way to quickly restart the entire level, you could just add a button in the pause screen
    - pause the music while the extra life jingle is playing
    - this is just my opinion, but I feel like the timing on the crumbling blocks is a bit too tight, you don't really have any time to react
     
  10. legolloyd

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    Thanks for your feedback, I’ll definitely take it into consideration
     
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    All three things you suggested were added, they will be available in the sage 2025 demo (that's pretty far now that i think about it. sorry!)

    Also, i'd like for more people to join the discord, it's pretty barren right now. https://discord.gg/mJpYRJjA9p
     
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  12. legolloyd

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    This game is now on hiatus. But don't worry, I will be working on something much bigger and better. I'll still work this every once in a while, but I'll be focusing more on that. That project is "Sonic Atlantic", a fangame made by time209. I'll be on the team as a level designer! Sonic Atlantic's discord: https://discord.gg/zns4CWra35
     
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    No longer on hiatus!!
     
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