Centuple Trouble!
It's a game! Side-scroller inspired by Super Mario Bros. 2 and 3, Kirby, Bomberman, and other beloved series.
The whole deal is that you pick up Items that you can hurl at enemies or that affect how you traverse the levels. Offensive Items include standard Dirt Blocks that break upon impact, Solid Blocks that don't, Ice Blocks that keep on sliding along, Bombs that explode, Heat-Seekers that seek out the nearest enemy, etc. Balloons give you a floaty jump deal, Jetpacks let you maintain your vertical height, Rubber Balls let you maintain your vertical momentum (so that you can bounce from high places), Rockets propel you forward at a very high speed, and so on.
Powerups are in the form of Costumes, which affect how you interact with Items. A Cowboy can grab Items from afar with his lasso, a Pitcher can aim his throws and pitch very long distances, a Magician can magically stow an Item away in reserve, a Psychic can telekinetically move thrown Items, and a Miner can conjure up Dirt Blocks at any time.
Mounds (of dirt, etc.) mostly give you Dirt Blocks, but they may have other surprises as well.
So, proper handling of Items is key for this game.
The story is that you're a five-year-old who was left in charge of all 100 of your baby cousins by your irresponsible parents. Since you're an equally irresponsible five-year-old, they all get kidnapped and so you have to go off and rescue them.
In fact, in each level, your Baby Cousin is an Item that must be picked up and carried to the exit in order to complete it.
I started on this project years ago, abandoned it for a while, and am now in the process of rethinking it.
I'm workin' on incorporating hand-drawn colored pencil graphics in my game to replace the more classic game style that you also see here. Tiles in the current graphics engine are currently 16x16, and they will need to be 32x32 or larger to show all of the detail. I'll also probably have to redraw the existing colored pencil graphics.
In the player's hands is a Dirt Block, beside him is a Balloon (I need bigger graphics to represent the string). Underneath, in order, are a Boomerang, a Solid Block, Ice Block; costumes Miner, Cowboy, Pitcher, Magician, Psychic.
I also need to come up with a
really cute design for the main character. Like, absolutely adorable.