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[Entry] Sleeping Menace

A topic by Blodyavenger created May 15, 2020 Views: 495 Replies: 16
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Submitted (6 edits) (+11)

ENTRY ON ITCH.IO

STORY SO FAR:

It's another night in a peaceful neighborhood and as usual, Kevin is pouting at his parents in a protest because he doesn't want to go to bed yet.

Parents, having enough of the rebellious kid goes:
"You know Kevin, kids who are not asleep before midnight are taken away by scary creatures.
They prey out of the closet for the rule-breakers so they can take them to their world of Tickledome."

Kevin is finally in his bed, hugging his baseball ball to keep him safe while trying hard to fall asleep when... <BAM...BAM...BAM...> The old clock in the kitchen starts banging midnight!
DEVELOPMENT

Because my time is very limited I had to get the idea beforehand. As you can see I generated 141 names before getting one that inspired me but I guess it was even more than that.


I want to do a game resembling platformers of our youth (Commander Keen, Cosmo Cosmic Adventure, Duke Nukem, Crystal Caves...) and using only EGA palette to keep the authentic look :)

It might not be the most original idea but I wanted to do this for a long time so why not now?

Tools of choice: Unity + Aseprite + Bfxr/Sfxia

Host

Nice! Should be cool!

Submitted(+1)

Thanks, let's see how it turns out :)

Submitted(+2)

Here is the first preview (mockup)! At first I wanted it to be more circus-like but it turned out as a horror house 馃え

Submitted(+2)

Some basics implemented! Next thing on the menu - throwing Baseball balls!


Looking good!

Submitted (1 edit)

Thank you! :)

Submitted(+1)

Update:

  • New player sprite (my weakest point are characters so I had to create a new one)
  • Throwing Baseball Balls & knocking out enemies
  • Ammo system
  • Candy Score!!!


Love the cloud/dust particles when the baseball hits!

Submitted

Good to see it's noticeable, thanks! ^^

Great work, I look forward to playing this!

Submitted

Hey, thank you, that's a good motivation for me! ^_^

Submitted
Level design time!

I have implemented more stuff:

  • dying, game & game restart
  • ONLINE HIGHSCORES...I just had to do it!
  • bug fixes
  • sounds added

With that being said, I just got swamped with my work-related projects so I don't have much time left for the jam. I might have picked too big of a project, again...
That's why I'll be making only one bigger level, (no boss?) and less enemies but at least it should offer some old-school fun & platforming.

Host

Very cool!

Submitted

Thank you! :)

Submitted (1 edit)

  • Do you have what it takes to escape the Tickledome?
  • Can you collect more candy score than others and get to the TOP 10 hall of fame??

Sleeping Menace out soon!馃槈

>>> Video preview with sounds here <<<



Submitted (3 edits) (+1)

Sleeping Menace is LIVE!! 

Play it NOW and compete for the TOP 10 candy score!

I'm not having much time so this is it by me. I might fix some issues and add a sound or two by Monday but nothing more. I hope you'll be having as much fine playing the game as I did developing it :)