Geckoroverse

Oh my God Rawr, what have you made me wrought But seriously, let's all sit down, have a nice cup of joe, and let our quibbles simmer away. Besides, I've all eyes on this new game rather than this silly discussion (despite the horrific one-off Rawr induced me to pull).

I for one find this insult-hurling squabbling hilarious to watch. But I digress. To be fair, I was born in '95, but played all of the original games on my parent's Genesis before getting to pick up games made around my time. I suppose I feel more nostalgic then old though. BUT THAT'S NOT THE POINT OF THIS TOPIC. Rather, get a load of this.

Wii U and 3DS boxart:

Moar info reblogged from Retro. Dimps hopefully are not making the 3DS version, and if they are they better not bullshit it.

New Sega blog post on the game. Also Eggman, you stupid dipshit not again.(still vouching for him as final boss though).

Sorry about all your life problems Faseeh, and good luck! In the meantime, we'll figure out who'll take over Eternal Elevator and the like. Also guys, my online prominence may start to dwindle a bit, on account of my parents making me go on the job hunt before the first year of college starts. I'll still help in every way I can as is the norm though.

Dammit, I'm just incapable of avoiding these moments.

I see it more as Robotnik demonstrating to the masses "his latest creations". I actually wanted to have him say "get to work, dopey duncebots", but the signature editor wouldn't let me. :x

Of course, anything with the "World's Largest" moniker has to have a dubstep mix included in it.

Sure it will! Just look at how nightmarish you can make a workout machine with the right music! We'll call it, "The Sonic CD US Boss Effect"! We'll make billions! ...I'm clearly tired.

For the record, it's almost 10:30 PM over here, so yeah. Being me, I almost envision something like this for Floral Frost Boss Act, but given my taste in music...

*to add, the Prof. Pickle shadow was a joke by TimmiT. A cruel joke, if you ask me* Maybe we'll get moar info on the game tomorrow? I dunno'.

I'm guessing this means mini-bosses might make a comeback? I think it would be pretty cool if you certain paths might lead you into mini-boss battles like what seem to be presented here, if not simply ones you fight during the main act. Also, the game shows evidence that they're reusing Spinners, Motobugs, Choppers, Sandworm, Caterkiller, and that one snail thing, so does this mean we're just getting reused badniks, or are we getting new designs too? Also, I'm REALLY, REALLY excited to hear the music for this game. I can't wait!

I'm essentially just using some beta tiles right now; I made 'em to evoke the tone of the level, mostly. I'm wanting to go for some slightly more "organic" tiles along the line. (You'll notice the mockup uses edited Mystic Cave bg and Green Hill waterfall tiles and such as well). I'm having a bitch of a time coming up with music for CC; I've already figured out how I want the music to go (Act 1 is a more atmosphereic DKC-esque song, while Act 2 is a more Sonic-fied version of said song), but no idea how to get started. IT IRKS ME.

Can I be an attention whore for a moment and repost this mockup to see if Jassy sees where I wanna go with the level?

Hmmmm, why not mess around with some Caliente Carnival tiles? It's one level that is slightly more solid at the moment in my eyes, what with the carnival and western desert themes and such. Check out Jass's conceptual artwork for some ideas, as well as this little cactus design that can be expanded upon. I talked about orange and green colors similar to Wacky Workbench Past, though take that as you may. :B Sorry for scant resources on this, but I'd really like to see what ideas you could whip up for concerning tiles! EDIT - Oh, and symphonicgamescloud is remixing these tracks for Caliente Carnival, so these may provide inspiration...? THE ALMIGHTY REPOST

I'm surprised I haven't been bricked yet for the above puns. In any case, Dessert Ruins Zone suggests that we'll still be getting mash up levels, thankfully. I have this feeling that Sweet Mountain's music is going to be referenced in its theme too.

Desert Ruins Zone, eh? Sounds sweet, a hot deal. Wind Hill Zone doesn't blow me away though.

Badass 3DS screenshots holy shit Oh, and some Wii U ones too. Guys, guy, even more juicy details you'll enjoy! http://m.ign.com/articles/2013/05/28/sonic-lost-world-taking-a-page-from-mario-galaxy

Honestly, I'm not sure how we could hide any Fepard influences with such a glaring title, lol. Glad to see you approve of our endeavors in the end. All great names! Heck Jass, we could always look back over all the Zone names and see if any need sprucing up like this one.

Or you could visit the thread on SFGHQ...XD

Contrast seems to be an issue concerning some of our badnik sprites, especially with the Battlesnake and the Twitch-Switch. We'll have to find out how to remedy that in the future. In the meantime, we should focus on getting [beta] material out for Jass to implement and work with, and then figure out how we can fix it later on. Not saying we should half-ass everything of course, but we can't spend countless days (or more exaggaratedly, weeks) and such on a few assets. Also Jass, should we consider renaming Frozen Foliage? Perhaps Frozen Flora? Flurry Flora? Snowy Sprouts? Glacier Greenery?

Yeah, someone noted that on Retro as well. I wonder how the Wisps will affect the gameplay this time around? Also, I'm having a hard time getting the "robot" vibe from the new badnik designs: I think I kinda' prefer Generation's designs in that regard. They made for a great contrast to Sonic and the animal friends and such.

Truthfully, I was thinking of having YOU doing the refining later. You impressed me a ton with your spriting skills so far, so you seemed like the natural choice. :B As far as Caliente Carnival goes, I'd say go right ahead with stuff like that if you think you can handle it. As I've already demonstrated, I've got the utmost trust in your abilities.

Haha, no biggie. One of my favorite things about this project is that it gives all of us amateurs a real workout - I haven't drawn at such a rate since I was in Jr. High! And my spriting abilities, while lackluster in my eyes, are hopefully getting better and better with each new sprite I deal with. As I've said, we're no shining jewels in the sanctity of the SFGHQ, but we're putting plenty of effort into it. This is something that won't please everybody in different aspects, but we do get experience out of it. @Alex - Alrighty, can't wait to see. Also, I'm thinking about asking Jass if we can have some of our more experienced team members go over some the assets way later into the project and refine them a bit to be a bit more coexistant with each other, if that's fine with everyone of course.