SMB Volcanic Despair DS, Formerly SMB DS Lava

Here is my first minigame comp entry. Actually, my first minigame. It features SMB graphics, and you swim in the lava to save Peach, who fell in.

Story:
You go in the lava to save Peach, and only a starman protects you. However, it has limited powers and can't sustain itself for too long unless you don't hit anything. And there is plenty of junk in the lava, as well as lava fishes.

Basics:
A DS themed game, you choose between normal, hard, and death mode. You use the stylus to break bricks in the way, while avoiding stuff with WASD. Also, you can break "?" blocks to unveil 1 of 3 powerups:
-Cloud: Right click and drag to use telekinesis on bricks and fish.
-Shroom: It takes only 1 hit to destroy a brick, and now fish are affected.
-The Mystery Powerup: Find it near the end of death mode. It explains itself.

And so, have fun saving Peach, and discovering what's in the lava pits you're always falling in when you play SMB!

Also, features some obscure tunes.

This post has been edited by True Mario on Jun 27 2007, 06:43 PM

Attached File ( Number of downloads: 80 )
 SMB_Volcanic_Despair.exe

EDIT: Nvm

This post has been edited by Mr. M on Jun 25 2007, 11:57 AM

I found an error in this game.

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This is definitely cool. The only problems I have:



- You should limit the stylus pen to only the bottom screen, seeing as you can only touch the bottom screen anyways.
- Can you change the movement keys to WSAD? Usually when you use a mouse in combination with the keyboard, this is the best setup, as it's comfortable and you're not awkwardly having your left arm across the keyboard/your elbow isn't jabbing you in the stomach.

I don't know how to add a screenshot. And this demo has minimal gameplay anyway. Or sound. That I know, but I plan that last.

It isn't required when there's a playable engine/demo.

Thanks Alba Garcia Cleriques. I forgot when I renamed Mario to Mario_cut.

How do you use the cloud item?

Right click a block and hold to telekinetically manipulate the block.

Have you noticed yet? This is a combination of previous competitions! Here are the competitions in it. It wouldn't really fit perfectly into any, but it still works well together:

#11: For the Lady!
#18: Two Screens! Touching is Good!
Mouse comp, sort of.
#25: Underwater Madness! (I guess lava counts)
#27: Well, it WAS entered for that!

That explains a lot, I hope.

This post has been edited by True Mario on Jun 22 2007, 04:41 PM

Oh yea, i forgot. Lemme edit my post then

Is the new brick mechanism worth the slowdown?

Attached File ( Number of downloads: 23 )
 SMB_DS_Lava_Demo.exe

Make the stylus so that it's only visible on the bottom screen.

I tried. It looks bad. I still want to know about your answer to the post before Zizomek's.

This post has been edited by True Mario on Jun 22 2007, 07:20 PM

Mario must have a lava-proof suit on. Same with Peach.

I'm downloading it.

After the bricks, there's nothing... The heck?

I know. This is a demo. And apparently nobody has a problem with the slowdown with the new bricks, so I'm done with that.

This game is cool! I can't wait for the full game.

Just in time. I was about to get bored and scrap this already. I can scrap games for no reason in record time.

Edit: But then again I have a contest to enter.

Edit 2.0: Mystery powerup finished! All you need to know is "L"

The mystery powerup will only be in hard level, which will only be in final version.

This post has been edited by True Mario on Jun 22 2007, 11:09 PM

Now, I can play this game, but I found a glitch, because it is endless.

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I forgot one major thing. It detracts from realism a bit, but I decided to make it so you can drag things to the top screen. (In my current game, with EASY finished, the fish are more common and it is fun to drag them to the top screen) The place is empty in the screenshot because of the mystery powerup. It helped me destroy everything. Now that I think about it, WHY IS THAT LAVA CHEEP ALIVE?

This post has been edited by True Mario on Jun 23 2007, 08:02 PM

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