Revisit the entire original Super Mario Bros game served in bite sized tiny little pieces! Try to get to the top of every flag pole and get every single coin in the game. Can you do it?
Good luck and have fun!
Tools: AS3 + Pixelizer, ProMotion, SFXR
* UPDATE * May 1st * Enhanced version Includes time trials, updated ui, difficulty tweaks, tighter controls, lots of tweaking, and bug fixes.
Simply an amazing game! The graphics are beautiful. The colours really pop. The way it works with the theme is really innovative as well. I'm half way through the game so far, it's really quite tough but a lot of fun.
Very nice, complete entry. The game might be a little too hard - I prefer less slippery controls (although these are pretty much the same as in Mario, as I remember). It's great though, the save system pwns! Very nice graphics!
Innovation: 4/5 - Obviously it's borrowing from Mario, but the level design is quite nice. Fun: 3/5 - It lacks the punch of the original Mario Brothers because it doesn't tell me the score at the end of the level. It feels less incentivized to get the max score that way. Also, adding a time component (getting a better score the faster it's done) might add to the fun. Theme: 4/5 - Very clever take on the theme. Graphics: 5/5 - I looked for something to complain about, I really did. Audio: N/A - On a machine without audio, so will not rate. Humor: N/A - Didn't see any attempts at humor, therefore not rating. Mood: 4/5 - It benefits from having an established mood from Mario, but it works.
That's awesome, I'm impressed with the number and variety of levels you managed to make. Not innovative obvioulsy, but great in most other ways. I just miss some mario-like music!
Quite a brilliant idea, and the graphics are a nice play on the Mario graphics. Including the rankings really helps increase motivation to play; without them, the levels would be quite easy.
Nice graphics! A lot of work in level design too. There is a castle level (5-4) where I had a flashback, the last strip of fire balls made me remember myself playing the real Mario Bros. Really good job!
Wow!! In a million years I never would have thought, "Let's see, I have 48 hours... I know, I'll recreate the entire Super Mario Bros. game!" Well done sir!
Wow, really clever and nice looking, not to mention extremely ambitious, I would have never gone with this idea since I wouldn't trust myself enough to get it done in 48 hours. Amazing work! The game itself was pretty fun :D
This is pretty fun, it has bit of the same problem as my game, the character is pretty slippery to control, but otherwise the game is quite nice and plays well, wish there was some music though.
I got stuck in the bottom left of the flag block once, just to warn you. I think it was level 4-2ish...the one where you can knock a shell down through a whole bunch of goombas. It has a spring right before the flag with a coin above the spring.
Kudos for making something that at first glance is not very original into a completely new game! I also like how much replay value you put into it, using the coins and the flags pole. I didn't like some things like the timing required to bounce off enemies and springs. Apart from that, great game!
Really fun! I got pretty far. My only complaint is that, since you're treading such familiar territory, it's really jarring when stuff doesn't behave the way you expect it to (eg: piranha plants coming out of pipes while you're standing on them, turtle shell physics).
This is perfect! Too bad I don't have the time now to go through all the levels and get all the coins and top the poles... Thankfully it saves my progress! Yay! Bonus points! =D
Good interpretion of the theme, the level design is spot-on. Played up to 4-1. I like the meat-boy-style quick restart, it's funny to feel such a modern mechanic in the veneer of a classic game. The game feel was a little iffy... on it's own it would be fine but mentally it is a bit jarring to expect Miyamoto physics and recieve something a bit more floaty. Oh, the Bowswer sprite was the jam. Too bad no music! Ah, and very polished presentation with menu and stage-select screen. Nice and smooth.
Enjoyed the gameplay and loved the graphics. A nice different take on the whole mario platformer.
Amazing how much content you made in 2 days!
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PIXEL^327 Apr 2012, 09:19
Nice. Stopped at 4-1 but I'll come back to it. Love the graphics, love the amount of levels there are. Setting a goal to reach the highest score possible adds to replayability and makes the game more fun overall. I did notice it did suffer from some minor glitches but it didn't effect the game play much. Also it would've been nice to have some music. But overall a solid game.
Jisses! :) You really managed to create a lot of content, really impressive! I like that you interpreted the game's characters in your own way as well. However, the Bowser and Koopa sprites didn't feel as polished as the Mario and Goomba sprites, imo. I missed some nice catchy tunes on the levels as well. Other than that, extremely nice work! :D
Really clever idea. The collision detection and a few bugs kinda frustrated me at points. Its a very long game for 48h ! Too bad you didnt have time to recreate a simplistic version of the mario theme.
I gave it 5/5 on innovation even though the source material isn't original. I love what you've done here, and I hope it spawns a new genre of summary games.
5-4 was *haaard*. =)
The first couple of levels really captured the essence of the game. Stupendous work in the 48-hour window! I read through your post-mortem, too; congrats on the press!
Only thing I missed was music. Other than some minor quirks it was just great. And damn those pirahna plants... I kept dying on those over and over because they came up even though you were standing on a pipe! Awesome job!
Heroic! This is a great idea and well-executed. Thanks for remaking the graphics so I don't need to feel weird about voting in favor. :) The biggest downside with this game is that most levels are trivial to finish, and I really didn't feel motivated to get all the coins or hit the top of the flagpole. So, I think a bit of difficulty adjustment would have helped. The game plays very smoothly but the controls took a bit to get used to, because they are not very mario-like (air deceleration seems high). Overall, very impressive.
This was awesome, very clever take on the theme and the Mario genre. Very impressive variety of levels, enemies, everything. I'm not sure this is strictly kosher with the Ludum Dare since you don't have rights to use Mario, but I'm not going to take any points off for it as it's not like you ripped the art or anything. GREAT work.
Very, very nice work! Had some issues with the collision detection at high speed but that's just minor stuff. Gameplay is good, I actually enjoy the surprises that differ from the original (like the Piranha plant is unblocked by you standing on the pipe and the jumping over the flag). It really lacks a soundtrack.
Quite simply, YES! You don't need my comments, you know it's amazing. Not only is it an incredible achievement in 48 hours, it is brilliant in it's own right. Congratulations!
I remember when you announced the creation of Pixelizer after the last LD compo. I'm excited to see that it's in a state that's usable! How are you finding it as a tool? Do you feel like it's working out well without the kind of editor support that a dedicated Entity framework tool provides?
Oh yeah, the game itself! This was a really neat idea and a funny take on the theme. I'm not sure what to add that others haven't at this point, but mostly wanted to congratulate you on Pixelizer.
Just wanted to let you know that a frame from you game was feature on the most recent (May 2) Extra Credits (http://penny-arcade.com/patv/episode/args-part-1); it's near the end, and it isn't really about your game, but I wanted to make sure someone told you.
It's surprising how amazingly different it plays and feels from Mario. Anyone who says this is a rehash clearly hasn't played the game. It very much does its own thing, and that thing is awesome.
Great job especially with the graphics. They give you a feeling of SMB, but they shine with a certain personality and uniqueness that is all their own.
The concept itself is the great star of the show, of course, it was a brilliant idea, and a great take on the theme. Very playful too.
I haven't been able to complete yet, but I definitely will give the post-compo all the time it needs soon after LD is over. Congrats!
Great work. It has some Super Meat Boy vibe to it. I just didn't like the coin sounds, too high pitch for me. I'll be back to play the post compo version when I have the time. Congrats!
Hm, I made a comment and then it didn't appear when I reloaded. Odd, will try again:
This was just a really amazing game, I think this and Fracuum were my favorites of the compo. This just works at so many levels, I love how there were effectively a lot of different layers to the levels because of all the optional challenges.
The Mario-but-not-Mario graphics were great, they reminded me of Mario Teaches Typing in a good way. I liked Bowser's mullet.
I did get some mechanics glitches (I played the 48 hour version), for example I had troubles where I would hit the sides of paratroopers while trying to jump on top of them.
What's particularly amazing to me is that such a "large", depth-filled game was made in an LD timeframe. Despite the 48 hour scope I enjoyed this more and got more out of it than some of the stuff I've paid money to the actual Nintendo for in the actual Mario Bros line lately :D
I keep getting distracted by this game when I'm supposed to be doing other things. very, very well done on this, probably the most fun LD game I've played thus far
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Overall, great job! Love it.
Fun: 3/5 - It lacks the punch of the original Mario Brothers because it doesn't tell me the score at the end of the level. It feels less incentivized to get the max score that way. Also, adding a time component (getting a better score the faster it's done) might add to the fun.
Theme: 4/5 - Very clever take on the theme.
Graphics: 5/5 - I looked for something to complain about, I really did.
Audio: N/A - On a machine without audio, so will not rate.
Humor: N/A - Didn't see any attempts at humor, therefore not rating.
Mood: 4/5 - It benefits from having an established mood from Mario, but it works.
Not innovative obvioulsy, but great in most other ways.
I just miss some mario-like music!
My only gripe is that I found the coin collect sound too loud and irritating.
5 star!
unfortunately it's missing music. dude, you could have beatboxed :D
also, pixelizer looks neat. may be considered for the next LDs! (and maybe other projects too)
Next time, add some music! :D
I got stuck in the bottom left of the flag block once, just to warn you. I think it was level 4-2ish...the one where you can knock a shell down through a whole bunch of goombas. It has a spring right before the flag with a coin above the spring.
Amazing how much content you made in 2 days!
-AlucardX60
Its a very long game for 48h ! Too bad you didnt have time to recreate a simplistic version of the mario theme.
5-4 was *haaard*. =)
The first couple of levels really captured the essence of the game. Stupendous work in the 48-hour window! I read through your post-mortem, too; congrats on the press!
Very impressed with the result (finitions and number of levels)
I like your pixel art! :)
Good job.
Oh yeah, the game itself! This was a really neat idea and a funny take on the theme. I'm not sure what to add that others haven't at this point, but mostly wanted to congratulate you on Pixelizer.
The first few stages are very familiar but then you bring it on. Gave up on 8-2. Well done!
It's surprising how amazingly different it plays and feels from Mario. Anyone who says this is a rehash clearly hasn't played the game. It very much does its own thing, and that thing is awesome.
Great job especially with the graphics. They give you a feeling of SMB, but they shine with a certain personality and uniqueness that is all their own.
The concept itself is the great star of the show, of course, it was a brilliant idea, and a great take on the theme. Very playful too.
I haven't been able to complete yet, but I definitely will give the post-compo all the time it needs soon after LD is over. Congrats!
This was just a really amazing game, I think this and Fracuum were my favorites of the compo. This just works at so many levels, I love how there were effectively a lot of different layers to the levels because of all the optional challenges.
The Mario-but-not-Mario graphics were great, they reminded me of Mario Teaches Typing in a good way. I liked Bowser's mullet.
I did get some mechanics glitches (I played the 48 hour version), for example I had troubles where I would hit the sides of paratroopers while trying to jump on top of them.
What's particularly amazing to me is that such a "large", depth-filled game was made in an LD timeframe. Despite the 48 hour scope I enjoyed this more and got more out of it than some of the stuff I've paid money to the actual Nintendo for in the actual Mario Bros line lately :D