Oh, that was one of the first things I thought about while typing up my post. However, that was a very unique time. Back then, you could just put someone's fan game on your official site and call it a day. Most consumers expect more than that in this modern PC landscape, with the Steam client and its many imitators. "No Steam, no buy" wasn't always said as a joke! I don't know if a major publisher could do that again, not without a barrage of console and OS port begging. (Even I've had my share of Switch port beggars, and I'm appealing to a far smaller fandom than Sonic Studio is.) We never hear the end of it in fan game circles, let alone the fire hose of constant feedback that publishers get- good or bad And I imagine most fan game creators don't want that scope of public pressure. Lapper clearly doesn't any more than I do.
Yes, I have the planned zones locked down, it's *at least* one zone from each classic game. If I added more zones, it'd be post release! Many many objects from zones not even present are also included so it's not so strict a limit based on those zones, however.
Should be mentioned, for onlookers reading on- while Capcom did indeed do this, they also specifically told people to NOT come presenting fangames to them, and that it was a one-off rare exception. It's clear it was entirely just down to Mega Man needing a PR win in some way at that moment, and otherwise it'd get ignored at best, litigated against at worst.
Hello all. I thought I might begin to share some random bits via a blog, I'm still waiting to show more of the more epic features over on Twitter but that doesn't stop me showing some of the more simple or behind the scenes things I've been up to. Little stories screenshots, challenges, or updates you might find interesting regarding already announced features, characters, or zones. Let me know if you want more of these kinds of posts every so often. Creating Spring Yard's Visuals https://sonicstudiofangame.weebly.com/blog/creating-spring-yards-visuals Edit: Moved post contents to external blog
Editing Corkscrews in Sonic Studio! (short video) https://twitter.com/SonicStudioProj/status/1631276185144504320 Also: I wrote an FAQ page as I get a lot of very common questions: https://sonicstudiofangame.weebly.com/faq.html
New Video: 2 Minutes of Basic Editing in Sonic Studio (short video) https://twitter.com/SonicStudioProj/status/1632851056383365120
