StH: DX turned fan game

Since I took a break from my hack, I've decided to do something closely related to it. I want it to be everything I want my hack to be, but I'm too challenged at 68K to implement many of the features.

I'm making a fan game based off Damizean and McdIzzY's 360 Sonic engine. I know what some of you're thinking. "oh boohoo, gmae maker..." and such. However, some god damn decent stuff is possible. Take the engine for example. =P

Well, I have two screens so far. And they're very basic, to show the stuff I've done so far, which includes motion blurring, and Super Sonic. I'm working on spindash at the moment, but I probably made a typo in the code, preventing it from working. Either that or the GM language isn't capable of a few things that 68K is, I dunno.


In comes the title card, with alpha fading(not shown here), for that extra touch.


Super Sonic, with motion blurring. I don't have a screenshot of the transformation, cause simply, it's nothing too special yet. It's basically Sonic 2 style. I might do super flashy effects though. =P

Any question, comments, and the like?

I'll say it now, I don't care how repetitve I sound, but I'm staying with Game Maker, no matter what anyone says, simply cause I don't know any other programming languages('cept 68K). Plus, I've based it on someone else's engine due to the reason that I can't make a fluid collision system by myself. I can't even do blocky shit, hell, I can't work with collision period. The only collision I ever did was a basic sloppy 3D box collision, and that was shit. =P

My current sprites come from the "Modern Sonic" sprite sheet hosted on The Mystical Forest Zone, and the Super Sonic sprites were made by t0ms0nic, who just happens to be one of the best spriters I know of. =P

 

I'll check out your updated engine. I wasn't aware of an update, as I've been out of the fan-gaming part for quite a bit of time.

I'd check out the other one, but that file size is a bit steep for dial-up. Hopefully I can get off it soon.

 

probably MIDI. I've tried working MP3's into one of my fangames before and it cut the frame rate by 10. It might not have an effect on normal gameplay, as the frame limit I was testing with was 300, with the final count down from 260 to 250. If you add art, alpha effects, and quite a number of objects, there might be some effect.

Hmm....... now that I look at the graphics in the base test zone, I think I might make a sort of "VR Training" level.

 

Well, I don't necessarily have the time. 13 MB is about an hour and 30 minutes for me...

also, I 'fixed' the speed-blur thing. When I finally put a loop in the game, it appears that the y speed variable isn't used while you're on the ground, even if you're going straight up. My blurs relied on speed, rather than previous positions. So now, every error that was associated with the speed-blurring has been fixed.


EDIT: If you're wondering, right under the rings I have a crappy speedometer, which currently just multiplies the speed by 4. Not accurate, but efficient for now. Also, the ring count is pretty high cause I have the Super Sonic ring countdown subtract 10 rings at the moment, for testing purposes. Chances are, you'll never get that many rings. =P

Well, I want to work with an engine I'm comfortable with. I know the basic ins and outs of it, so I might as well use this one. *shrug* Besides, it's not too hard to work in a sonic 1 level.

 

I'm aiming to make a decent release before I ever work on my hack again. After that, I'll probably get back to work on the hack.

EDIT: EDIT2: *insert dumb explanation that is redundant now*

 

Well, I've started sound dumping some music for this game, through Gens+. Currently the music is as follows:

Green Hill: Door into Summer. I forget which ripped I used... a Chaotix rip, or a rip from Sonic3K Megamix

Hidden Palace: I dumped the music from Dark Fortress Act 3 in Sonic 1 Megamix. I can't place my finger on the music's original game, and I'd like to get the original music.

Sol Sanctum*: Sol Sanctum music from Golden Sun. It's too good to pass up. In fact, that's where I got the name. =P

Carnie City: Spring Stadium 1. It sounds pretty good already, the only slight problem is the beginning on the lower quality. It's barely noticible to those who aren't 'trained' in music stuffs.

All of the music is in MP3 format, and doesn't interfere with the frame rate. Probably cause I cut down on the quality of the sound, down to 64 Kbits, or whatever. The difference is a bit difficult to spot, but it cuts the file size by 3/4, a grace for me. =P

* Sol Sanctum is the resting place of the sol emeralds in this fan game, if anyone's wondering. Yes, I do plan on incorporating some Rush story elements into this. However, never playing rush has put a damper on my knowledge of the story line.

Well, I'll upload a few updated screens here.

The basics to Green Hill Zone. Those who followed my hack will recognize the art. The trees from my now scrapped South Island Zone, and the general GHZ theme.

Showing the top of a loop and Super Sonic again. I don't have the full loop cause it's just "floating" there, with no art connecting it to the rest of the level.

 

They disappeared, as I wanted to start over with just Sonic. Then, I eventually added Tails and Amy(somewhat).

I don't know why I never put those two back in to the hack. I probably have the needed skills to do so now, but I won't try it again.