
I got into NES development and furry at roughly the same time, and I've wanted to make big sidescrolling platformer game starring my fursona, Nova, for a very long time (like 6 or 7 years?) and I'm finally getting around to it here after completing like three games and having learned a lot more.
The gameplay's intended to take after Kirby (but with more creative abilities to copy, like one that shoots Conway's Life gliders diagonally) but with Mario-like levels and probably puzzle elements. The scrolling code can handle up to 8 pixels per frame so if I want to make levels that focus on going fast that's doable too. Oh, and the whole second world is probably going to take a pretty strong inspiration from Chip's Challenge. I'm going to have to figure out a plot that can tie all the gameplay I want together.
When I'm done it's going to be released with all the source code (GPL licensed) and all the tools I've written to help and I hope other people can use it as an alternative to SMB1 hacks that can be shared freely. I'm keeping future expansion in mind for most important parts of the project.
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And after a long 3 year journey the game is finally complete! Check it out! I'm still going to be updating this, but it's ready for streaming and being shown off to the world, I think!
itch.io page.
Source code.