A couple of new ideas...

I think this is the right place for this...

Anyway, recently I've had a couple of new ideas for some fangames. Currently, I'm working on a "secret" fangame. (If you've been to the WIP topic recently, you know what it is.) However, I wanted to go ahead and post these ideas to see what people think of them.

First is a new concept for a Bowser World game. The idea involves kind of a hybrid between the traditional Bowser gameplay, and some elements from the Wario Land series. Basically, Bowser's minions go on strike. Evidently, they aren't real happy with the success rate of Bowser's plans and they'd also like to start receiving a paycheck (GASP!). Bowser isn't concerned about defeating Mario, but he realizes that the Koopa piggy bank is a bit empty at the moment, so he heads out to collect coins. The basic gameplay would involve crashing through everything in sight to collect coins. Just about everything would give coins, but hard to reach and hidden objects would yield more coins. Similarly, destroying common objects in uncommon ways would also yield extra coins. In each level, you would have to collect a certain number of coins before the timer ran out. Every four levels you would play a special shooting level where you would ride in the Clown Copter and collect coins in the air. One major wrinkle to the setup is that there would be no antagonist, and no bosses save for the final Mario encounter. I'm not very good at programming bosses, so I don't really want to mess with it. The Mario boss, however, would be a multi-step boss, that parodied the Bowser fights in SMB, SMB3, and Mario World, just because that'd be hilarious.

The other idea is called "Waluigi vs. Donkey Kong." Basically, Waluigi, working at a construction yard for some reason, accidentally ticks of DK, who proceeds to unleash a big bag of Bob-ombs on the building Waluigi is working on. Each level would involve Waluigi dashing around in Mario vs. Donkey Kong-esque levels trying to collect all the Bob-ombs before they explode. Every now and then there would be a special level where Waluigi would face off against DK in an arcade Donkey Kong style barrel throwing challenge. Waluigi would be able to throw the Bob-ombs he had collected in previous levels at the big ape, but if he ran out, he loses. Much slapstick comedy would ensue...

Wow, that was long. If you actually took the time to read all that, tell me what you think. It's fairly possible that one of these will end up being my next big project!

tbh the Waluigi vs. Donkey Kong seems kinda like a cheap concept, mainly something you'd expect from a poor flash game. And you've already done Bowser World, several times, it's starting to get like those SMB3 engines - sure, there's new elements, but all in all it's still the old same thing.

Though I haven't seen your 'secret projects' yet, but I'm glad to know you're still in the fangaming buisness :D

If we're allowed to post ideas and thoughts about fangames we plan in the future without actually posting evidence first, then I'd seriously love to post my idea. I'll wait to see if something happens to this topic though.

in anycase, The Bowser World thing sounds like an interesting concept, but like MechaBowser said, you seem to make a bunch of Bowser games.

The Waluigi Donkey Kong thing would be a nice change, staring Waluigi as a main character, but if the gameplay is Mario vs. Donkey Kong-esque, that would turn me off a bit.

This post has been edited by Soiyeruda on Jan 23 2009, 04:18 AM

All good ideas. A new Paper Bowser World is ALWAYS needed.
The Waluigi vs. Donkey Kong one sounds good too if you do it right.

Bowser one sounds good. Maybe even have Wario himself appear from time to time.

Waluigi one, eh, it sounds like it'd just be a MvDK clone with Waluigi instead of Mario.

I've only done two games...

I've started several others but I've only actually finished two.

Anyway, keep those opinions coming!

I really like the Bowser World concept, even if I was hoping for Back in Action. :(
The waluigi one...Not as much, but I still think it's good.

Yeah, well, Back in Action was WAY too ambitious. There was no way I was gonna be able to pull that off.

Seeing everyone's comments, I'd say the Waluigi game isn't going to happen. It was just something that I thought would be funny, but everyone seems to agree that's it's not a very strong concept, myself included.

The Waluigi and Donkey Kong idea is good. Now find a reason Waluigi would be working there, and how he makes DK mad, and you'll be good to go!

I think the Waluigi VS Donkey Kong idea could be pretty cool, if done right.
You would just need a reason why Waluigi is working there. Maybe he stole something, and is doing some sort of community service?

My plan was to go the route of a Saturday morning cartoon. There really isn't an explanation for why he's working there, but he is. As for ticking off DK, my plan was to have Waluigi accidently make DK slip on a banana peal, again following the Saturday morning archetype.

This post has been edited by Toodles on Jan 23 2009, 03:21 PM

I have those Waluigi sprites of Mario vs. Donkey Kong from that lib if you need them.
They have a pretty bad walking pose though.

If I do end up making that game, I'll probably do all the graphics custom, since that's what I usually do for fangames.

Okay, just wondered.