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 playtesters and people who can design levels in Clickteam Fusion 2.5, make backgrounds for the stages, and sprite art for level tiles and the badniks I have designed. SCREENSHOTS: Spoiler: Screenshots It's made in Clickteam Fusion 2.5 with Not So Simple Sonic worlds, the the current iteration in development since 2023. Website: https://sites.google.com/view/sonicminus/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7pwrf8gatWA67pcrNUGTHg Discord: https://discord.gg/mJpYRJjA9p
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?
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
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
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
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
