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General Discussion => Technology and Development => Gaming Discussion => Topic started by: nemo on November 05, 2010, 04:17:39 pm

Title: the perfect platformer
Post by: nemo on November 05, 2010, 04:17:39 pm: the thread title. describe it. what game would be the perfect platformer for you. what features would you see in it. what's the theme? do the tiles animate? what does the character look like? what do different tiles do? change your gravity? shatter into pieces? spit fire? Keys, locks, ladders and one-way blocks? (http://ourl.ca/7724/136566) describe the best platformer that could exist. go.
Title: Re: the perfect platformer
Post by: Builderboy on November 05, 2010, 04:28:38 pm: A game where there are ramps and loops and you can curl up into a ball and race around at high velocities battling animated enemies and power ups and one way tiles and bouncers and spikes and....

oh wait thats sonic :D
Title: Re: the perfect platformer
Post by: FinaleTI on November 05, 2010, 04:41:41 pm: Super Mario Bros. Deluxe.
'Nuff said.
Title: Re: the perfect platformer
Post by: meishe91 on November 05, 2010, 04:43:01 pm: Quote from: Builderboy on November 05, 2010, 04:28:38 pm
A game where there are ramps and loops and you can curl up into a ball and race around at high velocities battling animated enemies and power ups and one way tiles and bouncers and spikes and....

oh wait thats sonic :D

That, Mario, or Mega-Man :)

But to describe one would be to hard for me. I don't play enough platformers really to know.
Title: Re: the perfect platformer
Post by: nemo on November 05, 2010, 04:43:41 pm: i'm not really looking for a game name. i mean if you had the opportunity to effortlessly build your ideal platformer, what features would it have? i'm pretty much asking for ideas.
Title: Re: the perfect platformer
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on November 05, 2010, 04:44:21 pm: Super Metroid, but with features from later Metroids and not extremly easy like Super Metroid.

EDIT: I can't come up with ideas quick, so I gave a title as an example of what feature in a platformer I would like. You should have made this more clear in your topic title (to not give a title but rather features).

I would like to add something, though: Faster shooting than in metroid SNES. 8 bullets a second instead of like 3. Maybe some lasers too.
Title: Re: the perfect platformer
Post by: meishe91 on November 05, 2010, 04:48:10 pm: Quote from: nemo on November 05, 2010, 04:43:41 pm
you guys are missing the point. i mean if you had the opportunity to effortlessly build your ideal platformer, what features would it have? i don't want a game title. i'm really asking for ideas.

Ya, I know. I just couldn't think of anything. I'll try to for later though.
Title: Re: the perfect platformer
Post by: lookitsan00b on November 05, 2010, 04:55:34 pm: Something new or everything old, your choice.

Seems most calc games take the second option to me.

Btw, more questions: puzzle/platformer or action/platformer? or even crazier:
Spoiler For Spoiler:
rpg/platformer, rts/platformer?
Title: Re: the perfect platformer
Post by: nemo on November 05, 2010, 05:02:32 pm: i'm thinking either an action platformer or an adventure platformer.
action idea:
racing platformer where you try to get through the level through manipulation of gravity, speed, and channeling flames through your palms.

adventure idea:
much more relaxed. have one HUGE scrolling map in which you have to find items. at first some items are impossible to reach. but after gaining a couple items (like, i don't know, a boat to travel on water), you can get other items.
Title: Re: the perfect platformer
Post by: FinaleTI on November 05, 2010, 05:06:10 pm: Kay. Sorry.
I don't play too many platformers, but I like simple ones, like the classic Mario games.
Some features I like are animated tiles (flowing water, drifting clouds, etc.), teleportation blocks, and power-ups. Power-ups that make you stronger or give you special attacks. Irregular physics like in Kirby (or Raylin's Gravity game) can be cool if done right. As for theme, I don't really care, as long as it isn't super corny or anything.
Title: Re: the perfect platformer
Post by: Ranman on November 05, 2010, 05:06:46 pm: I think Jumpman (http://ourl.ca/7549) is the perfect platform game for calcs. But... That is just my humble opinion. ;)
Title: Re: the perfect platformer
Post by: Munchor on November 05, 2010, 05:07:53 pm: Quote from: Ranman on November 05, 2010, 05:06:46 pm
I think Jumpman (http://ourl.ca/7549) is the perfect platform game for calcs. But... That is just my humble opinion. ;)

So do I :) And Mario's
Title: Re: the perfect platformer
Post by: shmibs on November 05, 2010, 05:33:06 pm: personally, i look for huge range of motion(so no castlevania XD), lots of neat gravity tricks and effects, multiple ways of beating enemies with varying effectiveness(megaman got this right), and loads of character sprites.

Quote from: nemo
adventure idea:
much more relaxed. have one HUGE scrolling map in which you have to find items. at first some items are impossible to reach. but after gaining a couple items (like, i don't know, a boat to travel on water), you can get other items.
just make sure it doesn't turn into legend of zelda number 2 :P
Title: Re: the perfect platformer
Post by: ASHBAD_ALVIN on November 05, 2010, 05:51:36 pm: Quote from: nemo on November 05, 2010, 05:02:32 pm
adventure idea:
much more relaxed. have one HUGE scrolling map in which you have to find items. at first some items are impossible to reach. but after gaining a couple items (like, i don't know, a boat to travel on water), you can get other items.

hey, pyyrix's most excellent adventure has this :P
where you have to get keys to get to the bomb, keg and torch, so yu can break rocks to get to the gem, which you use to exit the level on the gem door :P

@shmibs: I <3 zelda 2 :3
FAVORITE PLATFORMER/RPG :D :D :D :D :D
Title: Re: the perfect platformer
Post by: AngelFish on November 05, 2010, 06:04:32 pm: Personally, I look for fun games with a difficulty level that varies between slightly easy and slightly hard. Mario definitely has this down. I'll admit that I'm a sucker for character abilities and CPU players (yoshi) to interact with, though.
Title: Re: the perfect platformer
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on November 05, 2010, 08:28:50 pm: There's something I wish I would see more often: Action-RPG platformers. I mean like Zelda II for the NES or Ys III: Wanderers from Ys for the SNES, Turbografx-16, NES, Sega Genesis/Megadrive and others. Instead of a top-down view game where you explore a huge world and beat enemies to get stronger and gain money to buy new weapons, it could be platform/profile view. Some people will say Castlevania, but I really mean an adventure game, not a stage/level-based platform game where you beat each area one after another and cannot go back. Something like Metroid series, where you can explore anywhere, but with towns, NPCs and less futuristic.

Preferably, no world map would be better, since I like when everything is connected together.