06-23-2018, 07:40 AM
Well, I've posted about this project on a few other sites now, so I may as well post it here too.
Basically, Mario's Nightmare Quest is my Super Mario World mod/fan project, and kind of imagines a situation where Antasma (the 'main' villain from Mario & Luigi Dream Team) returns to get revenge on the Mario bros and Mushroom Kingdom. Either way, the story isn't the important part, with the focus being on the following:
1. Nintendo esque level design following the Mario 3D World/Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze four step level design philosophy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqHcE6B4OP4
2. A semi cohesive art style with a GBA era colour palette and set up.
3. Plus various gimmicks and interesting mechanics not seen elsewhere. Like custom power ups, rocket barrel/mine cart levels, unique bosses and level gimmicks, etc.
There was a demo released at Nintendo Community Fan Game Convention a while back:
But since then I decided to go back to the drawing board and reimagine everything to be a bit more cohesive and thought out in its level design.
So yeah, here are some screenshots for levels/level GFX:
![[Image: Chapter1_00000.png]](https://gamingreinvented.com/media/Chapter1_00000.png)
![[Image: Chapter1_00005.png]](https://gamingreinvented.com/media/Chapter1_00005.png)
![[Image: SMW_00006.png.4cac41c13084b06c01fd8b44f60c2500.png]](https://www.the-gcn.com/community/uploads/monthly_2018_05/SMW_00006.png.4cac41c13084b06c01fd8b44f60c2500.png)
![[Image: SMW_00003.png.d59a051fed5221e34efce19a2119dd9e.png]](https://www.the-gcn.com/community/uploads/monthly_2018_02/SMW_00003.png.d59a051fed5221e34efce19a2119dd9e.png)
![[Image: A_9-8xoYyHCmviuyqzLp2hnQnOWFJRssy9JC03vB...ize_mode=3]](https://photos-5.dropbox.com/t/2/AAA41eArTFlc5xwK8p5leZWsWHrFfiUBTMM3did_BCFtbg/12/67216205/png/32x32/1/_/1/2/mansionpic3.png/EODMoTQY2QogAigC/A_9-8xoYyHCmviuyqzLp2hnQnOWFJRssy9JC03vBJQY?preserve_transparency=1&size=1280x960&size_mode=3)
![[Image: space1.png]](https://gamingreinvented.com/media/space1.png)
Plus world maps:
![[Image: SMW_00003.png.b6b771480f18325d63817d15f14593cd.png]](https://www.the-gcn.com/community/uploads/monthly_2018_06/SMW_00003.png.b6b771480f18325d63817d15f14593cd.png)
![[Image: SMW_00004.png.b3c94938e880e1fd41762f65b606d3d9.png]](https://www.the-gcn.com/community/uploads/monthly_2018_06/SMW_00004.png.b3c94938e880e1fd41762f65b606d3d9.png)
![[Image: SMW_00005.png.3b809619d94ae5036aa852e14059c44b.png]](https://www.the-gcn.com/community/uploads/monthly_2018_06/SMW_00005.png.3b809619d94ae5036aa852e14059c44b.png)
Thoughts?
Basically, Mario's Nightmare Quest is my Super Mario World mod/fan project, and kind of imagines a situation where Antasma (the 'main' villain from Mario & Luigi Dream Team) returns to get revenge on the Mario bros and Mushroom Kingdom. Either way, the story isn't the important part, with the focus being on the following:
1. Nintendo esque level design following the Mario 3D World/Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze four step level design philosophy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqHcE6B4OP4
2. A semi cohesive art style with a GBA era colour palette and set up.
3. Plus various gimmicks and interesting mechanics not seen elsewhere. Like custom power ups, rocket barrel/mine cart levels, unique bosses and level gimmicks, etc.
There was a demo released at Nintendo Community Fan Game Convention a while back:
But since then I decided to go back to the drawing board and reimagine everything to be a bit more cohesive and thought out in its level design.
So yeah, here are some screenshots for levels/level GFX:
Plus world maps:
Thoughts?