Sonic the Hedgehog: Overlooked!! (FIRST PUBLIC RELEASE)

Hmm, looks very cool, but Sonic & Tails look like giants with those level tiles...

Have you considered rescaling the levels, or even using the small characters from the competition mode?

 

My suggestion would be hq2x:
http://www.hiend3d.com/hq2x.html

 

To upscale directly from Sonic 3's multiplayer to Sonic 3's single player, you need to scale it by 1.6956521739130434782608695652174. That's using Sonic's size.

If you'd prefer to do it based on the vertical view, upscale it by 2.074074074074074074074074074074 etc.

That gives you .378421900161030595813204508857 of difference.

If you're going for the best in between, you need to upscale it by 1.8848631239935587761674718196455.

And you get:


Or you could take the tilesize of the multiplayer backgrounds and figure out the exact upscaling to get to singleplayer tiles, since the player sprite is different ratios between single and multiplayer.

As for your comment in my "hoax" thread, I'm busy as hell these days, but if you IM'd me once in a while, with a specific tile to upscale, I'd be more than likely willing to help out. Just give me a ring at BlackJackTrunks on AIM or [email protected] on Y!M or GTalk or MSN.

I'm pretty easy to get a hold of.

 

This hack is awesome, Ayla, I've always wanted to see a 1P version of the Sonic 3 2P zones (but wheres Balloon Park? =P) and a finished version of the R2 level...

For a name for the R2 level, why not Mystery Mines or Dry Desert (depending on whether you want to make it a mine level or a desert level)? =P

 

There already are mine and desert levels in the list, though...

This hack rocks, that's no question

As for scaling, it's probably best to dump the layout from the original 2p zones, scale it up in some image editor, split it up into 128x128 tiles, import into SonED2, and then redraw over the tiles.

 

Ok, since I always thought of R2 to be either ruins, desert, or mines, how about Rusted Ruins Zone or something like that for a ruins level? =P

 

R2 being a mine before it was scrapped is rather unlikely - Quartz Quadrant already is one. I guess it was some sandy ruins, judging by the short clip in the ending of the game (Jam/Mega Collection/Gems).

 

I assumed it was lava-filled ruins, much like Marble Zone was (and Rusty Ruin -- which had fire traps rather than lava).

 

Late, maybe, but I have to ask: only Crystal Egg 3? Really? Shame, since I always thought that Crystal Egg 1 & 2 were far, far more unique. Seriously, it's an entire level made of glass, practically. I can't say as I've seen them do anything quite so unique since that.

Well, maybe if I ever figure out how to get started hacking, I might do my own tribute to that level. Maybe.

 

I didn't mention in my previous post, but I think this is an awesome hack, and I really hope it gets finished. I've seen so many good ideas just get abandoned.

 

Going by the "quicksands", I would say it is a desert area but being inside a technological area just makes it confusing, to me anyway.

 

well prehaps the level could start out in the desert, after desert palace or something, and then move into a more technological area some time during the level, and move onto chrome gadget,

that's just my thoughts on it.

 

It doesn't really look like a desert to me. The colors are all wrong (note the complete absence of warm colors like red and yellow. It uses mostly blue and green). Also, consider the thick vegetation. I'd say it's more like the ruins of a factory or hi-tech city. Very old ruins, what with all the collapsing floors.

 

I always assumed a ruin like Rusty Ruin (hint hint) or Marble Zone.

Note that Sonic CD follows the general exposition of level styles seen in S3D and S1.