Sonic & Shadow

[Riseodvi]

Hey, I'm Riseodvi, and I'm making a fan game that somewhat pays homage to Sonic & Knuckles and Sonic Adventure 2.

 

Sonic has the ability to insta-shield, peelout, and roll and unroll while running.

Shadow has the ability to increase his horizontal velocity in mid air and rebound a fixed distance from enemies, allowing him to chain jumps from enemy to enemy with ease.

 

SCREENSHOT TIME:

 

Some tiles are placeholders if you couldn't already tell...

 

Some art will be ripped, some are taken from TMFZ, and some will be by me, and I'm making custom music for it.

Here's the boss theme that I made: https://soundcloud.com/riseodvi/sets/boss-battle

 

Another feature is that both Sonic and Shadow can use shields, but Shadow's shield ability will be the inverse of Sonic's (an idea given to me by P3DRO).

 

I reserve the right to cancel this at any time, but at the moment, I have full intention on finishing it.

 

I'm going to release a brief demo in an edit of this post soon, so stay tuned.

 

As for a SAGE release, I'll only make a demo for that when I have 3 complete zones with nice art, so that could be the later act of SAGE.

 

This is sort of a pet project of mine, but if you want to help, you can contribute art or music. PM me and I'll send you some photos and descriptions to send you in the right direction.

 

Well, that's that! Thanks for reading, and tell me what you think of the demo when it comes out.

Edited July 1, 2014 by Riseodvi

[deathbob]

Love the track, as well as a few of the game ideas. Will unrolling/rolling be a toggle? or a hold? Or what?

Shadow's animation looks nice. Is that a custom/modified sprite or an original?

[OverbounD]

Looks like you are still fairly early in development. But I like the concept reminds me of Chaomega.

[Mr. Potatobadger]

The shadow looks to be from gardows shadow sheet:

 

http://www.themysticalforestzone.com/sprites_2008_AttoSama/update01/Shadow_Gen_Gardow.png

 

http://www.themysticalforestzone.com/sprites_2008_AttoSama/update01/shadow_v_two_Gardow.png

 

The sheets that started modgen.

[Riseodvi]

@Deathbob

Thanks, I'm proud of that track. Unroll is triggered by pressing up while rolling.

 

@Overbound

Yeah, still pretty early. My mind isn't as much on the graphics as designing the levels right now. I've never heard of Chaomega, but thanks anyway.

 

@Mr. Potatobadger

Bingo! I chose them over Modgen because they look more like the S3 graphics. I love Shadow's run animation in this.

 

Thanks for the replies you guys!

Edited July 1, 2014 by Riseodvi

[OverbounD]

Here you go, it's an old school fan game.

 

[Jassbec]

Oh hey, I remember this!

Edited July 2, 2014 by Jassbec

[Riseodvi]

Here you go, it's an old school fan game.

 

(video)

Looks pretty cool...

I actually had a level pretty similar to this, but I didn't like how it had turned out so I scrapped it and I'm using a few of it's resources for other parts of the game.

 

The download link in the description wouldn't work. Damn, kinda wanted to play that. 

Edited July 2, 2014 by Riseodvi

[deathbob]

Hopefully this doesn't have the same dev pattern as Chaomega. Also, how will unrolling be useful? How is it used, gameplay wise? Does it just help slow down?

[Stritix]

Looks interesting. Nice job!

[Riseodvi]

How is it used, gameplay wise? Does it just help slow down?

Actually, it helps you speed up in a way. When Sonic rolls, he decelerates at a gradual rate. Sonic's unroll allows you to return to running instantly without jumping or grinding to a halt.

[Felik]

God I hate when people put Shadow in a classic-styled fangame. He usually looks god-awful! I hated him so much in Megamix.

[OverbounD]

God I hate when people put Shadow in a classic-styled fangame. He usually looks god-awful! I hated him so much in Megamix.

Hahah that's funny because of this game and other games. You'll probably be seeing more of Shadow in classic Sonic shortly.

[Riseodvi]

God I hate when people put Shadow in a classic-styled fangame. He usually looks god-awful! I hated him so much in Megamix.

I'd like to think that he looks much better in this.

I liked Megamix, but Shadow looked like a marshmallow in that.

[deathbob]

Ah. So like, you're rolling and you get to a bit where you would slow down and then unroll to keep your speed up?

[Riseodvi]

Ah. So like, you're rolling and you get to a bit where you would slow down and then unroll to keep your speed up?

Yep, that's it. 

The only other place I've seen it done is Sonic GDK.