Working on a DV game

**ninja9578** · 10-17-2010 09:50 PM

It's a side scroller with Mario-like controls. Similar plot to Mario: The Evil Alex has captured the Cupcake Princess and only a Ninja can rescue her. There may be other members scattered about too

Let me know if you want to be a boss or something.

All the frills are there, powerup mushrooms, flying powers, swimming levels, ice levels, gold coins, ghost houses, castles. Plus some new additions to make it more unique including outer space levels, swimming through sap, psychedelic mushrooms, and various weapons.

Here is a screenshot. These graphics were lifted from the web and just filler (I'm working on the engine right now, not the graphics,) the final game will look a little different. I could use a hand with the pixel art if anyone wants to help.

I expect to have a beta release in January and the final version in March 2011. That'll go faster if people volunteer to do graphics or level design.

**Maria92** · 10-17-2010 10:05 PM

Originally Posted by ninja9578

It's a side scroller with Mario-like controls. Similar plot to Mario: The Evil Alex has captured the Cupcake Princess and only a Ninja can rescue her.

You're my new favorite person.

**Catbus** · 10-17-2010 10:22 PM

There has to be a Catbus in there somewhere.

**Hukif** · 10-17-2010 10:36 PM

Ok, thats just awesome ninja, just awesome. Good luck with it!

**slayer** · 10-18-2010 01:44 AM

ninjabot V2 will be featured right?

**DuB** · 10-18-2010 02:05 AM

I think the staff should be the bosses, with the admins being the "final bosses" or whatever.

**ninja9578** · 10-18-2010 02:40 AM

Originally Posted by slayer

ninjabot V2 will be featured right?

I might make that the flying powerup, I always preferred the raccoon tail way of flying a la Mario 3 than the cape.

Actually, there will be a whole Mechanized world, the bots will probably be in there.

**slash112** · 10-20-2010 07:28 PM

Originally Posted by DuB

I think the staff should be the bosses, with the admins being the "final bosses" or whatever.

I do like the sound of that.

**Black_Eagle** · 10-20-2010 11:49 PM

*cough cough* Well you know every good game has a giant Black Eagle in it somewhere...

**Invader** · 10-21-2010 12:19 AM

Those evil, evil admins.

**Supernova** · 10-21-2010 01:24 AM

Make this and you will be my hero.

I've tried pixel art before, it's actually kinda tricky (I suck at it

)If you're looking to make original BGM's , I'm big into music, but I know plenty of people on DV are.

**Puffin** · 10-21-2010 01:27 AM

I might be able to help with the base sprites (pixel art), but you'll have to do the animating. xD I suck at conveying movement in animation.

**ninja9578** · 10-21-2010 01:46 AM

Yes, I need music too

**Jeff777** · 10-21-2010 02:42 AM

Originally Posted by DuB

I think the staff should be the bosses, with the admins being the "final bosses" or whatever.

-pout- But we've gone through so many staff members and whose to say the ones that are current now, will be current when the beta version is released? How about members who've impacted DV ie the most well-known members?

pst.. no spamming the boards after reading this post n00bs.

**Siиdяed** · 10-21-2010 04:21 AM

Jeff regrets no longer being an admin because he wants to be in the game.

Did I read subtext right yet.

I agree, though, on account of me never being admin (somehow).

**slayer** · 10-21-2010 05:25 AM

I like the idea of adding well known members.

**spockman** · 10-21-2010 06:19 AM

Spock approves of this. And I make a request that my penis/tape worm avatar is an enemy at some point. Heck, it could be a thing that, every once in a while, comes out of tubes instead of the venus man-traps. After all, my avatar made a cameo in the Saga of DV instead of me, so it would stick with the motiff. Just a suggestion/request, anyway.

EDIT: Heck, if you really wanted it to be a very DV mario, instead of the mario enemy sprites the basic enemies could be various DV members. Somebody could be goombas and koopas and someone else is flying goombas and red koopas... It would be a way to fit in lots of members if you are interested in that idea.

**HeavySleeper** · 10-21-2010 02:58 PM

Originally Posted by ninja9578

I expect to have a beta release in January and the final version in March 2011.

I turn 18 on March!

But anyway, this sounds like it's going to be really cool. I hope I can be a character. It doesn't have to be a boss character, I'm happy to be one of those fucked up little turtles that walk off the edge of things or something like that.

**Puffin** · 10-21-2010 03:10 PM

...You should put, you know, a puffin in the game.

**spockman** · 10-21-2010 05:14 PM

Originally Posted by Puffin

...You should put, you know, a puffin in the game.

Like one of those long billes birds that skydives mario constantly could be a puffin instead, maybe.

**Jeff777** · 10-21-2010 06:48 PM

Originally Posted by Siиdяed

Jeff regrets no longer being an admin because he wants to be in the game.

Did I read subtext right yet.

I agree, though, on account of me never being admin (somehow).

Lol. I don't regret stepping down but I would hate to miss out on being involved in a DV game! I'm the gamer of DV baby! -> Elimination game. HULLO!!? Lol

**ninja9578** · 10-22-2010 12:21 AM

Tell me where you think you guys should be in these 9 worlds:

Plains World - mostly grass, lots of koopas walking around, some birds Puffin, Spockman-like worms, Black Eagle
Water World - underwater mostly, fish and squid enemies, trolls under brigdes: MCat, TomofForks, Wanted
Mountains World - Lots of ledges to fall off of, and some caves, ghosts
Clouds World - Hazy world, some storms, some ice, ClouD
Forest World - Lots of trees to climb through, things hidden in leaves, swimmable sap
Acid World - trippy effect, unicorns, weird colours, varying gravity
Giants World - everything is huge
Mechanized World - everything is machines, steel and concrete, ninjabot, slashbot, dreambot
Alex’s World - Lots of lava, traps, and everything from other worlds

If anyone wants to come up with some outlines for levels in some of these world, please go ahead, just use graph paper and draw it up, I'll convert it to json level code

**slayer** · 10-22-2010 12:28 AM

A hidden world is definitely needed.

**ninja9578** · 10-22-2010 12:44 AM

A whole world? a world is between 8 and 15 levels. You mean like star road in SMW? Interesting.

**Maeni** · 10-22-2010 12:56 AM

I've fantasized about something like this many times... How I wish I had the skills and motivation to do something.

Anyways. I have four words. Island. Catgirls. slayer boss.