If I have time I will play with some special effects and such, but i'd like to get the main game content sorted before I start polishing too much.

Also idea - In the original there was a Kirby plush toy as a collectible item. I was thinking about changing this to a 'Walrii plus toy' ... what do you think?

The main issue is that we will need an 8x8 8lvl grayscale Walrii sprite.

Wow this looks really cool! I love how fast it moves as well .

A few years ago I started rewriting a game that I wrote even longer ago called Desolate. After recently recovering the source I have been working through the code trying to figure out where I was at.

I have successfully ported this program to a 2-page APP ... meaning that I have some extra data space to play with .

I also managed to find a copy of the map editor posted earlier which is nice. I have updated it slightly and mapped all the doors in the game so you can at least walk around the entire map now.

I have also properly implemented shooting and allowed for different weapons that shoot different looking projectiles, firing rates and bullet speeds. I also plan on having a laser weapon that shoots an instant line (and some other surprises hopefully ).

Along with fixing a lot of bugs that I've encountered - hopefully I can keep at it.

Screenie:

I guess the problem is that the characters are actually 3D (not animated sprites) - so the legs are actually 3D and move forward and back on their own ... similar to what happens in minecraft.

I havent had much time to work on this recently, but i will try to make another mob to show you what i mean.

Also question: Should I keep the existing basic textures or draw more traditional looking ones?

At this stage mobs are non-interactable (you cant kill them) ... those sorts of features will come later.

I have some serious optimising to do before i get to that stuff.

Yeah the vid is just a test, the amount of them is easily controlled .

Its kind of a strange system as the models are actually slices of a 3d model - in images. Each pixel is a 3d cube.

At this stage all AI fall from the sky so they dont get trapped inside the terrain. The animation is handled by a software 'animator' ... but it moves parts defined as 'arms' and 'legs' ... not so much from animated frames (since it is a 3D model).

I could define the flippers and tail as legs and see what it looks like?

Well it has basic AI, it just runs and jumps around .

EDIT - Video! .

Yep thats pretty much it!

I will attempt to get Walrii working tonight .

EDIT - Walrii!

Yeah a sprite could be pretty easy to convert if it just remained flat.

Yep I can do Walrii, but I have to get the basic mob system working.

Pretty much the characters will be made out of 3D pixels  ... so each pixel in a sprite will be represented by a 3D cube. Might see how Walrii translates into 3D?

Thanks! Actually thats a pretty good idea, it would make placing blocks a bit easier .

Here is the video!

Thanks . At this stage the block graphics are only simple checkerboard patterns and I might make better ones later on.

The fire is indeed animated, at this stage only 2 frames ... but it supports more frames easily.