Tech Wing Daily Blog Thing

[Someguy]

As I mentioned in an earlier update, you can find a coveted Glory Emblem in every stage of Thingio Side B. You grab it on your way through, then beat the level without losing all your HP. I also mentioned other possible ways to get them... how about I show you what's planned...

Crikey, it's the Goal Pasta!
Depending on how well you play through the level, you'll be rewarded with up to three extra Glory Emblems upon touching the Goal Pasta. There are three missions you must do to get them.

It's hard to get a good picture of these things.
To achieve the Full HP Clear status, you must reach the goal with maxed out HP. If you got hurt, don't despair, try and find a checkpoint or other means of healing. The Partner Clear requires you to make it to the goal without losing your partner, or in this case, partners. If there's more then one, you need both, so keep them safe. New Record simply means you must beat the stage under a certain time limit.

No d-pads for d-list players.
If you fail any of the requirements, this shows up. The in-stage Glory Emblem doesn't count as a mission, either. Don't get too sad, though, if you get and save an achievement, it will appear every time you see the level's goal screen.

There's planned to be over 100 Glory Emblems in all. I actually had planned for over 300 at one point, but I was worried ten per level would be overkill... What do you guys think?

[Raccoon Sam]

100 goes, IMO.
Sweet job, once again. Your a genious!

[MegaTailzChao]

So what do these Glory Emblems do, anyways?

[Someguy]

Oh, I plan on using them for unlocking things in the game.... though some of the ideas for unlockables may warrant the need for a separate file. I was thinking... Thingio Side C: Bonus Materials maybe?

[Someguy]

Wow! You're the famous Mr. Mario!?
The friend for Level 2, and the focus of today's update, is Cream the Rabbit, from the Sonic the Hedgehog series. Like Popo and Nana, she will follow you around and try and be a little bit of a help, without much explanation. She of course can also be controlled by player two. Don't think she's just a graphics swap, though.

Oh! Wait a minute!
Unlike the Ice Climbers, she is big enough to keep up to Mario, should he get far enough away. She also can jump a bit higher. She also has one other trait of her own...

What a polite girl...
If Mario is high enough above Cream, she'll try and fly up to him. If you proceed to tap up when within grabbing distance, she'll let you on for a ride! If she's not being controlled by Player 2, Player 1 can use the directional keys to tell her where you need to go. Try to be careful though, she can't hold on forever, and if you bump Mario into the corner of a ledge...

H, hey!
You'll fall down a pit, and make the poor girl cry.

In other news, I'm having a few troubles getting some midis to sound good when converted to modules, trying to use some game soundfonts I have found. The only one that works with any song really is so big it'd be best to just make mp3s or .oggs, but you guys seem to prefer modules or midis, so I was trying to stick with mostly mod music, with some OGG files for important events. Please tell me what you think, guys!

[Someguy]

(that says trailer)

This post has been edited by Someguy on Jul 11 2007, 10:40 PM

[MegaTailzChao]

Tht was the best. Ever.

[DR. Demon Lizardman]

/tech wing you did it again you genious!

[AquaMan]

Make sure to say what you want most from Tech Wing after watching the video! Post it here or even leave a comment on the youtube 8)

Personally I gotta say Thingio Side B and The Mini Mario Kart ones

[DJ Yoshiman]

Thingio Side B, and it's not for the reason you think, Someguy. It looks awesome from this point!

[Someguy]

After the last update, this one may seem a little underwhelming, sorry guys.


A wild FRIO appeared!
This kid's name is Frio. He's the main male protagonist from Tales of the World 3. In this game, he's serving as a recurring miniboss, confusing Mario for a rare monster that would give him rare items or Experience Points.

MARIO's party ran away!
His pattern is very simple, he simply chases after Mario, ignoring his friends. If they're in harm's way, they'll get hurt, but he's focusing on the big guy.

FRIO used NAMELESS MAGIC ATTACK
One of his two attacks is to create generic magical balls of energy. These go in a growing outward circle motion, and aren't too hard to dodge from far away.

FRIO attacked the weak point for massive damage!
If Frio gets real close to you, he'll go for a quick but rather strong physical attack. It takes just a bit more damage away then a generic enemy attack, but if you don't move, he'll keep punching and punching and punching! He can K.O. your friends in three quick hits, ouch.

Be glad there's a Checkpoint before the battle.

[MegaTailzChao]

Sounds fun. Hope he isn't TOO hard. :]

[JesseRoo]

OH NOES!

[Someguy]

Don't worry, Frio's not gonna be too hard. I'll be sure to have testers make sure of that. He's just a miniboss, mostly to endanger your max HP bonus.

When I made that quick trailer for E3, I kinda worried I was revealing too much. I didn't really want to show projects only for people to realize most only have less then one level done. This one I was hoping to keep under wraps, but I guess I had to let the cat out of the bag.

That was easy.
Let's Go Thingio - re: thingio side a is going to be a remake of the old Let's Go! Thingio!, taking advantage of Multimedia Fusion 2's new audio and visual capabilities. I might even throw stereo sound in if I can figure it out.

I don't want to jump the Super Paper Bandwagon too much... but it's fun!
New features will include digitally enhanced OGG format music, redone level designs both aesthetically and physically, a much better Platform Extention using engine for platformer levels, many new sprite replacements and fixes, a fuller storyline with things the way they were meant to be, and thus including brand new levels that never made the cut, and much more! At least.. I hope!

Bowser's a bigger focus in this nightmare!
One big feature is the difficulty level. Depending on the difficulty level, many aspects change. On Easy, Bowser doesn't move or try and breathe fire much. However...

Hey, you're invading my personal space, here.
On V.Hard mode, Bowser will be rather wild, and get very close to moving around the entire screen! Of course, he also takes more hits just to take away one bar of life, and he might hurt you even.

There are advantages to harder difficulties that are planned, though. One idea is for one stage to be completely different, depending on difficulty. Oh, and if you're worried, this remake, if I get to it enough, won't take out too much of the silliness you loved from the original. I'm still on the border for the home made voices though... Switchable, or non existant?

[JesseRoo]

You are the most good awesome incredible excellent creative game designer ever that was awesome and excellent. In other words, you rock.

[Someguy]

Fresh out of the oven is a brand new level!

Is this Mario and Donley Kong at the Olympic Games?
This is Chapter 1-2. In it, Mario must race through an ugly pirate game's level to the Goal Pasta before Donley Kong gets it. It's alot like that old Thingio demo! It may sound easy, but he's one fast ugly thing. But a basic race would be boring, so I decided to spice it up a little.

This is the Stuff Your Face Race!
See the bars at the bottom? As you and Donley Kong stuff your faces with food, they build up. When one reaches full power...

HURK! Brain freeze!
The opponent is stopped in their tracks! Why? Well... there's not really a reason for that, besides "It's Thingio." So, the opponent gets stuck for about five seconds. The foods come in different sizes and kinds, larger foods add more to your bar, as well as a few special small ones. Remember, though, Donley Kong can dish out what he can take, so try not to leave anything behind for him. Oh, what happens if he wins, you ask?

Way to go, indeed.

[Black Squirrel]

Lookin' good.

Although it's suprising that anyone can beat that level since the pirate that it's from plays so badly.

[SonicTheBro]

I want to see Mad Marios.
And if you make it, PLEASE PUT IN ONLINE MODE.

[Someguy]

I can't really make online games, at least not without a lot of help.

This update is contained within a quickly built flash music player container. I wanted you guys to hear how the conversion from midi to OGG file sounds, using the high quality insturment set. The quality is somewhat lower in order to go under the Photobucket size limit.

Thingio Side B - Chapter 1-1
This is a high quality version of the first theme of the Great Cave Offensive game in Kirby Super Star. I figured, since Mario is exploring a cavern under Star Hill, it would be a fitting song. The stage right after this is also a Kirby game parody. Can you guess what song it will use?

[AquaMan]

ohoh, Great Gourmet ahoy!