
I’ve also been playing, and modding, Sky Rogue, which is an Arcade flight sim that seems to mix a bunch of styles together, like Nintendo’s Star Fox, and Sega’s Wing War, as well as adding a slight Roguelike twist on it. I hope the game continues to do well so that it does. But there’s already rumors of (hopefully free) DLC to add this kind of stuff, and Nintendo has expressed interest in expanding the toolset. Inclined surfaces like in Mario 3 and World aren’t in, nor is the Angry Sun from SMB3. That said, I’d imagine over time as people get more accustomed to what makes a good level, we’ll see less and less impossible stuff and more just plain challenging stuff.Īlso we still don’t quite have everything from the four Mario games listed. In addition, the Expert Mode of the 100 Mario Challenge (beat 16 levels with 100 lives) is nearly impossible at this point, with most of the levels in there being the kind of Kaizo-level insanity that only the obsessive can beat. Nintendo doesn’t really have a good grip on curating all this user-generated content so popular level makers/YouTube personalities will always be at the top of the list while the rest of us struggle for attention. It’s this sort of expanded innovation that allows the formulas of Mario to stay grounded yet with room for expansion. After all, Nintendo levels didn’t have things like Spiny’s riding giant Goombas, or Bullet Bill Launchers that shoot Coins at you, or The ability to jump into a Koopa Clown Car and terrorize enemies from above. Another neat thing is that you are not necessarily limited by what Nintendo would do. One of the neat things Nintendo did was go back and add things to game styles that didn’t necessarily have certain enemies when the game came out (example: Thwomps and Wigglers in the original SMB, as well as Airship tilesets for SMB and SMW, stuff like that). After you’ve made a level you then have to beat it before it can be uploaded for the masses to stumble through. to make their own take on Mario’s adventures or just make something really unfair and vicious if they want to keep making Expert mode really impossible. Players can place blocks, enemies, powerups, hidden powerups, coins, etc. 3, Super Mario World, and New Super Mario Bros. Super Mario Maker is a very comprehensive level editor so people can make their own Mario levels in one of four styles (Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. I could try to explain this, but I don’t think you’d believe me.
#Star fox mods for starbound mod
I should be uploading the finished mod in a day or two, once I’m free enough from my retail obligations (and also once this cold stops kicking my ass). Granted I did have to make a lot more adjustments even afterwards to get everything to line up, but I think the end result was definetely worth it. Not something you do a lot of the time nowadays but it’s perfect for the mid-90s Sega Arcade aesthetic the game goes for (and probably was done back then too for the sake of saving memory, unless all the graphics were done in code). In addition, the symmetry of the ship also allowed me to do the UV mapping quicker by mapping half of the ship and then mirroring it. The project also gave me an opportunity to get better acquainted with how Wings3D works and I gotta say I might like it better than Blender, at least for generalized low-poly modeling and texturing.
#Star fox mods for starbound series
Fortunately the Core Fighter from the original Mobile Suit Gundam anime series fit the niche perfectly. I knew I wanted something that was a bit less ambitious than the Sea Vixen’s asymmetry and dual-tail design, but at the same time I didn’t want something too simple.

However retail work being what it is I wasn’t exactly prepared or had the time to fix the issues, so I instead started on another project.Īfter making the Sea Vixen mod for Sky Rogue I had thought for a while on what I wanted to make next. I know what I need to do to fix it though so that isn’t a huge deal. The texture/material pack I did for submission to the Unity Asset Store was rejected. I know a lot of people don’t read this but the ones that do should at least know what I’m up to. Again I apologize for my lack of online presence.
