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i have a nexus 7 and was wondering if it would be testable on other android devices with say button mapping.Paul said it can be for other android devices and the test engine will be tested on browser. He will port the test engine to ouya, and at that point it looks that he'll make a normal android engine.
TWhy is Mario fun, because it's hard? No, because it's fun. Fun and difficulty aren't mutually exclusive. Never limit a fun (main) game mechanic unless you're going to replace it with another fun game mechanic. If you want to make it hard, then on the last level, have the protagonist turn the antagonist into a human, or other killable form, maybe trap him in whatever last possession he took, and limit them that way and give them another way, that's not frustrating, to beat the game... even though that's so cliche
Whatever you do, just don't make the game get progressively harder for no reason at all. Plenty of games barely progress in difficulty, but stay fun throughout. If it's too hard, people might start throwing their controllers like the old days
Also an idea I got: some random powerup that makes the game go retro for a minute and lets you stomp and kill the enemies in one jump it? This would make a great tribute imo
This could actually be a very good idea of used correctly. Making it a common power-up would be overkill though because it would be sensory overload to have the screen switch so frequently.
What if instead of it being a power up there were bonus (secret) levels that used the effect? Sort of similar to what Super Meat Boy does.
The sense of being a rip-off is the main thing I'm trying to avoid. I want it to be a tribute to the style of game and the era, but not a tribute to Super Mario Bros specifically (this is mainly for copyright reasons, which I've had my fair share of at this point!)The american SMB2 is actually a reskin of doki doki panic, the real SMB2 (called the lost levels outside jap) was too hard for people.
What I want to do is bring in one or two fresh new basic concepts, and build the whole game around that. For example, consider Super Mario Bros 2, which was criticized by most original Super Mario Bros fans as being a completely different game. They had taken a couple of new concepts (vertical scrolling and throwing objects), and made a completely unique game out of it (ultimately too unique to be considered a sequel by most people). Obviously the new enemies also helped make the game unique, but that was only part of it.
In this case, I want to take the basic style of 3D characters in a side-scrolling world with limited lives and game-overs, and use that to make a completely unique game experience that pays tribute to that game style without being a rip-off.
So I guess what I really need are those one or two fresh new ideas, and then start building on the ideas from there.
I thought of one idea (not my best idea, but it should give you the idea of what I'm talking about not being a rip-off of any other game). Suppose the main character was a glass bowl or pitcher with face, arms, and legs (made to look like a super hero with a cape, for example). He would start out with no special abilities other than the ability to jump, walk, and run. One hit from an enemy would shatter him. He would be able to catch things in his bowl (items rolling off of platforms), and be able to dump them out (to block things, create stepping stones to got over obstacles, drop onto enemies, etc). He would also be able to fill up with different colored liquids at fountains, which would give him different abilities.
