I'm working on remaking "the collector", a game I made a looong time ago

'the collector' is a oooold game I made a long time ago using a pre-made engine -- it was the first game I've ever made, and as such, it's held a special place in my heart

if you're interested in trying out the original go here (warning: my posting style back then was stupid and I feel retarded for line-breaking like that lol)

I'm planning on remaking it completely from the ground up, it'll be a total blast and a walk down memory lane for me, so I can't wait to see what comes out of this project

anyway, here's the lowdown of what I'm planning on doing:
- I'm remaking it with a new graphical style (sprites are 32*32 with abstract design)
- I'm working on completely redoing the islands graphically and level-design wise
- I'm working on adding four new islands (might add more if I get carried away)
- working on designing a new variety of enemies
- new traps will be added
- new ways to collect rings (or 'stions' as they're called) will be added
- different attacks 'may' be added in
- I've been thinking of redoing the storyline
- an interactive intro sequence (ie, you're actually there watching the diamond destroy the sun, ect.)
- bosses
and more


anyway I'll keep this topic updated as I get deeper into game design, but for now I don't really have anything else to show you, I'm still working on the graphics and I haven't even started programming yet

a side note: this game will use the 'Mario Memories' engine that I love using so much :3

hopefully, you're also redoing the gameplay, because the old one isn't all that thrilling. Not saying it shouldn't be about collecting Sonic rings but, maybe add some more gameplay elements to make it more interesting.

So what happened to Mario Memo-*shot*

Glad to see you're taking an old game and improving it. I can't wait to see how this turns out!

I remember it, just played it few days before. If you want abstract 32x32 tiles PM me, I have some left for some old project that never got into production.

I didn't know you made the game. It's awesome.

Hope the new version will be LOTSA BETTER-etti. Not saying that the old one sucked, tho'.

character animations:


up close:

(wow these look really nice on the codec skin holy)

I think i've nailed it down -- now time to work on the first island's graphics then I'll get to programming this *****

game production's moving remarkably fast actually

I like the colors but I really hate when artists skip out on real animation and anatomy by drawing blobs with detatched feet.

Oh well, it's the style of the game so I'll let it slide.





This post has been edited by Keyser Soze on Jan 12 2009, 12:23 AM

yeah, I'm really lazy when it comes to character designs :V

I'm just hoping my level-design will make up for it this time

also I feel like I need to address this question really quickly

yeah, the original game had a lot of variants that changed gameplay but honestly it took forever for them to actually appear -- the first four or so islands are boring and dull

trying hard to shake things up this time around