PIPEMAN GAMMA (v0.7 Beta), PIxel PErfect MArio eNgine (GAMe MAker)

PIPEMAN GAMMA = PIxel PErfect MArio eNgine (GAMe MAker)

So I started making a Mario engine, since we all need them. Here's a base engine test, and I'll see how you like it.

Features:
- Fully-Functional Slopes and Perfected Collisions
- Coin Blocks
- Multi-Coin Blocks
- Fire Flower Blocks
- Water Flower Blocks
- Leaf Blocks
- Hammer Flower Blocks
- Brick Blocks
- Star Blocks
- 1up Blocks
- Invisible Blocks (all types except bricks)
- Coins
- HUD
- Goomba
- Switch Blocks
- Flip Blocks
- Water

Controls:
X - Run
Z - Jump
R - Restart Room (Debugging Purposes Only)

Screenshot (outdated):


Current Version: v0.8 Beta
Download

This post has been edited by RetroXYZ on Dec 7 2008, 05:03 PM

no, no we do not. Infact we need less engines and more originality. The fangaming forum is exploding with engines and there's so many of them that, in the end, all only immiates SMW / SMB3.

No we do not need more engines.


also I was just commenting on that comment, the engine sounds neat though.

Right now it's an engine, but in the end I plan on making a full documentation on how it was made and how it works so that it in fact turns into a tutorial.

I made Mario get stuck in a wall

Whoops

Is that an honest statement or something you said to annoy me?

both

i got him stuck inside a slope somehow

sometimes he'll run up the steep ones, sometimes he won't

i also wonder about the asymmetry you have going on in the slope-checking code:

wtf

It's an okay engine, I can see what you were trying to accomplish with the coding, although there are some serious flaws you need to iron out before you submit it or anything.

The slopes are very buggy, every time I change direction on a steep slope I get stuck, and sometimes (Rarely) I get stuck on the side of a block if I hit it at the wrong angle.

Keep trying though, this could end up being really good if you fixed those glitches and made the physics feel more natural (I'm not to fond of the jumping and horizontal speed.)

@Xgoff: Yeah, I was messing with the max on the slope because I wanted it to work right, and I forgot to change that. =S

@Razz: The getting stuck in blocks may be due to the slope collision, since I used "if on_ground=true" which is sometimes buggy, instead of "if yspeed=0." I'll work on that.

It's a decent start, but I doubt it'll be something you'd want to "make a tutorial" out of in its current state. A tutorial for what, also? Main Site? GMC?

Anyways

THINGS TO NOTE:
- Last I checked, Fire Flower turned Small Mario into Fire Mario, so your "precise" status is sort of "inprecise".

ABOUT THE GAME:
- Your system for changing Mario isn't even set, so why mention it in "features" list right now?
- Slopes are sort of buggy. Mario constantly gets stuck in them, and Mario can't go up the very steep slopes without running.
- Your Variable jumping needs work. If you release Z, then it just abruptly ends jumping. This is hard to work with, and I personally hate this method of variable jumping.
- I'd suggest changing some variables, as there are plenty of noobs willing to just take the engine and don't even spend 10 seconds to edit a single variable. For example, Mario has a slow walking speed.

Overall, this needs much more work done to it.
And like MechaBowser said, not everyone needs engines. We have enough of them as it is, and only a small handful are actually decent, with few noticable glitches. If you really want an engine that stands out, you'll need about every Mario feature available, with very few unnoticable glitches, and a smooth physics system.

SMB


Ya know, the first one

It was like that in SMB? I don't remember.

I personally like that better, because if you wanted to put two fire flower blocks next to each other, you could collect two mushrooms without losing the second block's item.

Well actually in smb you could never get a fire flower unless you were big mario

Because all mushroom blocks turned into fireflower blocks once you were big mario

You could do it if you punched out a fire flower then got hit by an enemy.

^ This.

Outrage beat me to this

This may be a bit of a bump, but I've fixed all of the glitches, I think.

Anyways, here's a new demo:

Attached File ( Number of downloads: 48 )
 Mario_Engine.zip

Bumped because this topic doesn't deserve to die.

Also, since everyone's making acronyms for their engines, I thought of one:
PIPEMAN GAMMA

PIxel PErfect MArio eNgine for GAMe MAker

LOL. But yeah, comments on the engine please.

I managed to get stuck


Can't move left, can't move right. Only jump to stop getting stuck.