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Drew Cameron
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What would you like to see in a DB platforming game?

My ideas:
Difficult platforming bits with moving platforms
Vehicles for main character

How about level ideas as well?

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soapyfish
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Guns

seriously though guns would be pretty good.

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Toby Quan
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I would like to see a platform game that really showed me what the word "platform game" means.

2D Platformer...

3D Platformer...

Many times they mean something, and many other times they are simply buzzwords.
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Arkheii
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Posted: 25th May 2004 20:32 Edited at: 25th May 2004 20:34
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Usually platformers expect a lot of tricky platform to platform jumping. Would be cool if there was a system implemented so you have to use a special "string" of jump tricks to reach another platform.

If you didn't catch my drift, I meant something like Klonoa.

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Mnemonix
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I always liked Konamis platformers, with lots of guns and good enemies

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Chris K
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Posted: 25th May 2004 21:49
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Huge blast effects are fun.

I mean ridiculously big fireballs
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Drew Cameron
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Posted: 25th May 2004 23:15
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Wait until you see what I'm brewing... everything you've mentioned is already included... * grins with anticipation *

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Posted: 26th May 2004 00:58
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Quote: "Guns

seriously though guns would be pretty good."


Definetly!

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HZence
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I'll chip in if you give me some kind of evidence that this game will be finished.

Sorry, when I hear "everyone chip in" I automatically think "The MEGA Team!" and we all know where that went...


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Pincho Paxton
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My favourite platformer was Sonic. As for ideas......I like swinging accross gaps on a vine.

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Dazzag
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IMHO Bionic Commando was one of the best and original platformers. Got guns and robot arm thingy (does the vine thing). Good stuff.

Cannot remember the game, but there was another effort years ago that was basically your normal type platformer, but with very very small sprites. So basically you saw tonnes of stuff all on one screen (say 1/4 of the whole level). Class stuff.

Umm... and Kung Fu like out of the original Bruce Lee game. Tops.

Oooh, and some dual player co-op effort. But controlled by you. Think Head over Heels.

Cheers

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Manticore Night
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Maybe you could link on the net so someone else could play the player your not playing

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walaber
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I think an updated version of pitfall, but in full 3D would be sweet.

come to think of it, using physics to simulate the ropes would be pretty cool too

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There was a Pitfall 3D game for the PS1.

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Drew Cameron
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Posted: 26th May 2004 12:10 Edited at: 26th May 2004 12:12
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@Hzentch

I don't literally want other coders help, I'm just looking for a few suggestions to spark some good ideas. I'm a one man DB army.

P.S - I've finished every DB game I've started so far...

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Hamish McHaggis
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Lots of springs (a la Sonic). Also mini-games (good ones, not crap ones ).

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Drew Cameron
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Off topic - Hamish, did you play The Old Remedy Skateboarding? It's finished.

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Hamish McHaggis
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No, I haven't yet, will look at it .

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Chaos
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Me Loves PLatforming Games!! Something original would be nice not just plaforms, guns etc. Perhaps some sort of giant worm like emenies?? Or PLaforms that are sensitive to touch like glass whic can be smashed??

Just some ideas of the top of my head

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Chris K
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Posted: 26th May 2004 22:21
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Quote: "good ones, not crap ones"


Ahhhh.... come on. Slip a few crap ones in at least.
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I think a 2d style platformer viewed in 3d from behind like the original Crash Bandicoot would be cool to see in DB, often planned such a thing myself, just not got round to it yet.

A good Mario64 clone would be flippin brilliant, but the move set would be difficult to implement with collision in DB, because most collision engines don't like fully 360x360 rotation.

As for level ideas, well you can't go much wrong with the traditional platformer themes, minecarts, snow, beaches, lava etc. That said something original would be good to see.

Personally I wish more people made 320x240 "D sidescrolling games with well drawn graphics and well though out levels. Perhaps a Sonic Clone, with decent floor2wall physics

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Peter H
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Posted: 26th May 2004 23:23 Edited at: 26th May 2004 23:23
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oh! oh! glass platforms that you can shoot and they shatter!!

or if a really fat guy stands on them they could break


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