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Congratulations to WiWa on getting Second Place, MechaBowser for getting third, and Homeroe, Alex and Mewizkuit for runners-up in the top 5 6!
edit: Rules have been expanded upon somewhat, hopefully they give a better idea on the rules. I kinda labeled it as no walking/running, but the focus is more around the control style or playstyle, rather than the actual concept of walking or running.
This time, the competition's theme is not about character or graphic restrictions or focus(not saying a lot of previous ones were or not).

Special Thanks to Peardian for the inspiration for this idea!
The rules of this competition are to make a minigame that requires you to use a form of movement other than traditional walking/running. You can use other forms of movement, such as hopping, grappling hooks, even flying/swimming are allowed, though they must control differently than standard platformer walking. So, you can't just strap a jet sprite on Mario's back and have it push him forward as he walks, but you can slap wings or flippers on him and have the player tap for each flap, have a stone statue that hops in a similar way, or go all Bionic Commando with him with a grappling hook... minus the ability to walk left and right normally, of course. You also can't cheat and, say, make a Tetris Attack game, saying "the cursor isn't walking!".

Do note that this is all for gameplay, walking that happens in cutscenes or the like doesn't count, though it might be awkward to see the player character restricted to jumping around, only to get up and walk to the next level and then go back to jumping.

To make things short:
-The game must feature a form of movement other than standard platformer walking/running/sprinting/etc. The movement must be something other than simply holding a button down to move continuously.
-NEW(ish) RULE: Other things like jumping and ducking are allowed of course, though some standard things, like climbing, might go too close into the standard hold left/right walking style, so try not to add that unless it's different. No automatic moving like Yoshi's Touch 'n Go or the Mario's Time Machine surf bits, either, unless it's, say, a conveyor belt, wind or other temporary obstacle moving the player.
-It must feature some form of platform style gameplay, no Tetris style puzzle games or whatnot.
-NEW RULE: Walking/running CAN be allowed only if it's done in a non-standard style, say, pressing a button per footstep, or pressing a button to do skips, which falls under the hopping idea.
-NEW(ish) RULE: While I mostly listed examples that involve simply tapping the button to hop or fly or for each step, that doesn't mean you can't use other forms of non-hold right to win movement. For example, slingshotting a character is a possible gameplay style if you want to think outside of the box.
-Only gameplay is restricted by the rules, cutscenes are free to have as much traditional style walking/running as they want.

I don't make competitions much, does a month sound good? That would make the competition end on...
July 18th, 2009, at midnight(GMT)!
Good luck with your entries, everyone!

This post has been edited by Someguy on Jul 22 2009, 12:12 AM

Interesting idea! I might whip something up :>

sounds cool
I might enter

seeing as I didn't win the previous this obligates me to enter this one

;3

Too easy! I've got this one covered!

MARIO'S SURF-ARI IS TAKEN!

This post has been edited by Black Boo on Jun 18 2009, 05:29 PM

Interesting

I'll put some effort in this

Does electric sliding and/or other forms of dance count as walking


SUPER MARIO'S MOONWALKER

This post has been edited by Kamikaze Dynamite on Jun 18 2009, 05:33 PM

...yeah that's been done...

"Super Mario Moonwalk" on the mainsite.

Interesting, I'll try to do something for this one.

Unless you have some cool twist to the standard surfing minigame style, automatic moving(like on a wave) isn't allowed.. I hope I'm not being too strict with this!

Moonwalking is also not allowed, unless, say, you had to press a button for each footstep, that's far enough away from standard movement... To be honest, now that I think about it, walking or running in non-standard ways is kinda okay, again as long as it's not the standard holding a direction to move style, but then it'd usually probably go into skipping territory, which goes away from the walking rule in the first place.

Ok I have a great idea.

Mario Aerial Fighting Brawl!

This post has been edited by Mewizkuit on Jun 18 2009, 06:08 PM

I had and idea for a minigame a while back that would work for this theme. Maybe I'll dig that up and actually make it now...

Oh yes this is perfect

Enteriiiing~

Hmmm... I'll have to think of something good for this. Entering!

Consider me entered!

After thinking for a bit, I decided to broaden the rules a little bit. The big changes are in red in the first post. I mainly added that fully automatic moving isn't really allowed even if it doesn't involve standard walking(sorry if this applies to your surfing idea, Black Boo), walking or running is allowed if it's done in a non-standard fashion that doesn't involve holding directional buttons.
For example, tapping a button for each footstep is allowed, though hopefully with an excuse better than Super Monotonous Bros.. I plan on doing an example of this possibility because I am unoriginal, and can't win my own competition anyway.

I wish you hadn't changed the rules
I already did so much work on my game
Aerial Mario Demo
Controls:
Z: Punch
X: Spin
C: Meteor
S: Flame-On! (use-able when the green bar is full)

is this still valid or do I have to completely redo the game?

This post has been edited by Mewizkuit on Jun 18 2009, 10:33 PM

great idea,
should spit out some really creative games,
i plan on entering if i can come up with a good idea. =]

SGG's and my entry is coming along nicely.

I really hate this theme
I really do

I can't come up with anything

the closest I came to an idea was a generic Galaxy 'fly around' but that just doesn't add enough gameplay

argghhh