Minigame Competition #39, Shy-guys

I think the answer to a lack of specific ideas like "make a game with this character" is to go broader and let people interpret the theme however they want.

or make the theme something spooky

like Ghost Mario or Luigis Mansion.

Exactly, just because uncreative people will use Boos for Halloween doesn't mean everyone will.

Oh and not Ghost Mario, because like I said, NO MORE CHARACTER THEMES!

Since october's coming up, a haloween comp is a great idea!

BTW, the basis of my game:
You're sky guy on an adventure and are going AWOL. You're soaring through the skies in hopes of escape. However, Mario and co/Bowser don't know that, so they attack you too.

Boss every 3 levels. 5 bosses (hopefully)

You have 3 baloons to live on. If they're all popped, you lose a life.

You have an infinite ammo slingshot, and will hopefully be able to get upgrades.

So yeah. That's mine.

I'm well in the engine already, so don't even THINK of takin my idea.

PLEASE

Here's an Engine Test of my Game so far:
http://www.mediafire.com/?m6et7lwt2aq
It has External Music so you can define your own Songs. Please note that the Boss Music is not Used yet, and currently going out the Level to the Right will only Kill you, but it will bring you to the next Level in the Future.

ShyGuys?! Sweet!!! I'm entering.

Of course, you still need to learn from the best.

Don't make yourself look greater than you actually are :P

The next theme could be halloween BUT state that you should refrain from basing it on boos.

That'll be sorta useless. If it's not Boos, it's guaranteed to be Dry Bones. =/
Minimal usage of boos is better.

This post has been edited by Soiyeruda on Sep 11 2008, 03:49 AM

I KNOW. THE NEXT COMP WILL BE ABOUT DAVY JONES.

Just Drybones?

What about Mask goomba, Splunkin, Boo guys, Eeries, Ghost forms of normal enemies etc.

In other words, you want to base the competition off of ghostified enemies.

Here's how the next competition should be:
Make the competition relate to SOMETHING related to Halloween that has nothing to do with characters that are in the game.

For example: Haunted Mansion, where the game must be in some kind of spooky mansion like stage. That's still very halloweeny and opens up tons of ideas, no?

Also: Boo Guys and Eeries are basically boos. Boo Guy = Shy Guy + Boo, Eerie is just another form of boo. Ghost forms of normal enemies = Boo (Input creature here).

This post has been edited by Soiyeruda on Sep 11 2008, 03:49 PM

Something that would be cool that we haven't done yet and is pretty difficult would be "Fear"

Like, your game has to actually SCARE people.

Well, I got the actual gameplay part of my entry nailed.
Hmm ... maybe I could do it as a 2-in-1 or something ...

What about zombie versions or vampire versions?

This post has been edited by mariobro27 on Sep 11 2008, 03:57 PM

Depends. Were they 30 second MS Paint edits, or what effort actually put into it?

Gah, photobucket went into matinence when I tried to upload my screenshot.

Anyways, the attachment below is totally a screenshot of my entry for this. The game's also totally unoriginal, but meh.

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Is that a top-down with no method of jumping?　Only thing I don't like is the grass. BLECK!

This post has been edited by Soiyeruda on Sep 11 2008, 04:48 PM

Better grass is really easy to make.

Open a program with noise commands

Scribble in various shades and hues of green

Add noise until it looks good

Repeat from step 2 until satisfied.