... Best GM game ever made?

Posted by PY on April 23, 2008, 11:22 a.m.

(Everyone do it, it might impact ronnica's hits)

No 3D rubbish, I'm talking what GM was MADE for.

2D, sprite based games, while some love them, and some think they're old and dated, it's a graphical style that works, and never gets old.

Think about this, SNES games don't look like they have crap graphics, whereas PS1/N64 era games look blurry, with low poly counts. Games like ocarina of time show that this need'nt impact on the gameplay, but it does make them look a bit rubbish.

Anyway, back on point, recently, a trailer for what could be the most technically advanced GM game ever made was released, here's a link

Go on, watch it, I'll still be here when you get back. I promise not to go on until you return.

Back? Good.

Looks good, doesn't it? Unfortunately, all a trailer really shows is the graphics, even zelda: faces of evil could be made to look above OH MY GOD IT'S SO FRIGGING BAD territory.

However, during my frequent conversations over AIM with Von, I've come to learn that he truly understands what makes a game frigging great. Gameplay. While the graphics are important to him, they're only important in the sense that he wants the game to be as good as it can be. Not only that, but he's an old-school hardcore gamer, who loves Metroid.

(For anyone who hasn't played super metroid, go off and do it now, it's one of the best games ever made)

SR388 is going to be like SM, very explore-y, but also more action packed, within the overall context of the game. Also, there is a LOT of innovation, the stuff you see in the trailer is barely scratching the surface of it.

Also, it should run at 60fps on most reasonably modern machines, thanks to Von's abilities with ASM, he has been able to code a full movement and collision engine, and probably a lot more, entirely from scratch.

So, to recap, here is a damn awesome game. Based of a damn awesome series. By a damn awesome guy. Who is a damn awesome programmer.

Guess how long it's taken him to get this far, 2, 3 years? 4? Nope, about 8 months.

~PY (Quitting his PR job next blog)

Comments

s 16 years, 7 months ago

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Also, it should run at 60fps on most reasonably modern machines, thanks to Von's abilities with ASM, he has been able to code a full movement and collision engine, and probably a lot more, entirely from scratch
Wait, so is this made in GM or not? Because I recall reading Best GM game ever made?

Anyways, looks nice. Fangames are only bad because people take ripped sprites and try to recreate a game with horrible skills. So I welcome anyone who makes creations like this, they are only helping the genre show what it can be

Unaligned 16 years, 7 months ago

Agh! Evil (queen-omega-alpha? don't know) Metroid! Run away!

Damn good looking, and made on GM.

twisterghost 16 years, 7 months ago

best GM game ever made was Drink Tea or Die

PY 16 years, 7 months ago

@Serp, it uses GM, and DLLs. It's not cheating, really!

@Alan, quick, behind this rock!

@TG, Yes, forgot that one.

Scott_AW 16 years, 7 months ago

That was pretty amazing. Now all someone needs to do is something original.