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While I do not think highly of any political figure, to me they're all the same, financially motivated, puppets to carry out maintaining the agenda of the "elite". To me it's all a charade to distract us from the darker things that go on behind the scenes. I don't like to lean too far in any direction, too far left, too far right, you'll end up falling. With this said, and the fact that 10 months have passed, I would really like to know how you feel about these statements in retrospect.

P.S. Let's Go Brandon is one of the funniest things to have happened this year. From both a meme perspective and the media's reaction to it.

I have updated the name of this post and added new enemies to share with you all, see the first post

The Demo and link have now been updated!

Based on player feedback and using my new art equipment I am proud to present Sky High Zone Act 1. You can play in this sandbox and see all the new assets which were made from the ground up. I hope you enjoy it. Access it either using the level select, or by jumping over the animal capsule in UGZ Act 2 and using the minecart to the right (It's like a secret exit!).

Also new to this demo is the Fire Dash ability for the Fire Shield

Have a bunch of screenshots!

Changelog:
- New power up added, Minecart Monitor. Will force the player right until they are hit. Works like a shield (it is a modified shield). Works as a temporary workaround for real Minecarts.
- UGZ Act 1 has been tidied up, redesigned to account for the minecarts, and extended before the Boss. Minecart focused challenges added.
- Changed the default 1up jingle to a sound effect that doesn't over-ride the main music. Unfortunately collecting 100 rings forces the old behaviour to play a jingle so I changed the jingle to an 8 bit remix of the Mega Drive 1up jingle

Very interesting discovery about Act 2's boss. I can confirm it's behaviour resets to it's first state no matter what when you pause the game leading to some unintended behaviour. Very strange! Is pausing the game something I need to consider in my script? Also this boss will have more frames of animation in the future to make it clear when the player can attack.

Act 1's boss will change in the future, it will be more interactive, once I have mastered cutscene scripting. As the original boss goes, Eggman saves Sonic from falling in lava so he can test his new robots, and the cannon balls fired from Eggman will destroy the boss.

Come SAGE, the download will be hosted by Sonic Fan Games HQ so no more google drive!

Thank you for reviewing the level design, great care and watching many playtests has crafted these levels to ensure a nice Sonicy rhythm. I wanted the familiarity of the original game represented in Act 1, and then Act 2 opens up with more slopes and plenty to explore!

My next plans are to draw the rest of the level art throughout next year (Sky High, Aqua Lake, Green Hills, Gimmick Mountain, Scrambled Egg, Crystal Egg, Special Stages and Green Hill), and redraw the sprites with my new animation equipment. All the while improving my surge scripting knowledge and trying to get these cutscenes scripted. In all honesty I think adding new gimmicks like the minecart has been the greatest challenge, but I feel like I'm nearly there!

Changelog:
- Updated spring behaviour (provided by Alex)

Changelog to Demo:
- Act 2 Level design tweaks
- Added Thunder shield immunity for Act 2 boss

You can now download a version of my mod for playtesting the first two levels. Please help me learn how to make my levels feel like Sonic! See the top of the first post for download link! Have some new screenshots also!

Development update!

Woo! As of today, Sonic's basic moveset is completely animated! Here is the modded spritesheet so far.

Also the level art for UGZ Acts 1 and 2 are now finished! Though I think in the future the tiles will need further edits so everything connects together well (my slopes and minecart rails especially).

You can view the updates via this video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HvN89Yjv9A

Currently I am building some beta level design so everyone can have a try and see the animation for themselves (my video capture software likes to blur everything).

Current to do list:
Peel Out? (New anim for max speed)
Minecart (solo + Sonic)
Falling anim?

Enemy that appears, fires a bullet, disappears

change bullet direction of lady bug

make platformer wolfy chase player on a timeout

minecart activator

Rolling boulder

Make falling spikes wobble

Change camera (Sonic can currently see more behind his direction than in front).

I have also planned out the cutscenes that I need to program, keeping them here as a backup.

Intro (plays before 1st level) - Redraw Green Hill Zone ending cutscene from Sonic 1. A flash of light makes the emeralds disappear and Eggman zooms past with a captured Tails. Sonic persues and roll opening credits via signs in the background. Sonic stops at a cliff and sees UGZ in the background. Fade to black.

UGZ act 1 (triggers at miniboss encounter) - Sonic rolls down a mountain, and nearly falls into a pool of lava but Eggman appears and picks up Sonic before hitting the bottom. Eggman carries sonic to the miniboss area. Eggman exits. Trigger miniboss.

UGZ act 1 (triggers after results screen) - Antlion miniboss suddenly reappears from under the ground, breaking it and sending Sonic deep underground. Sonic shakes it off and continues right. Fade to Act 2.

UGZ Act 2 (Triggers after Results) - Sonic Emerges at the top of the map and looks into the background at some tall blue structures extending into the clouds. Camera zooms to a paraglider at the edge of the cliff. Sonic runs to it and glides off screen. Fade to black.

Demo screen (Plays after UGZ cleared) - "Thanks for playing!" "Support Just John 43 on Youtube" "Support Opensurge" "Support Akidna"

Thank you for checking out my project!

Hello! Thanks for the feedback. I agreed with you on Sonic's Sprites, so I have made them smaller, he now matches Surge's height to the ears.

Been working with a composer called Akidna to design Art for Act 2 based off the vibes I got off his remixes. He's really talented and I can't wait to share his compositions with you! Act 2 will be set at Sunset and has swapping backgrounds, I'm looking forward to the day you can be surprised by it!

New things coded into the game are:

A bouncy ball that hurts Sonic (For the boss)
An ever bigger Rolling Ball that chases Sonic (Indiana Sonic Rush Jones style)
Spikes that fall when Sonic gets close

Question: Is it possible to trigger S3K style, in engine cutscenes (or events) in surgescript? Because soon I will be looking into creating a boss, and Dr Robotnik comes and saves Sonic before the first boss. Also I would like to make the level transitions happen in engine too.

Happy surgescripting!

Just ported my assets into the new engine and thank you! The Jump abilities are awesome