#collectathon platformer

[piracyismymiddlename]

Stop calling Sonic Frontiers open world, it is a collectathon platformer.

Thank you, that is all.

[bunnymedley]

i should play mario odyssey

[arconinternet]

Tytus, Romek I A' Tomek aka Monkey's Adventures (Windows, ~2005)

You can download this game based on a classic Polish comic book here. (Tip: run as Administrator.)

[chaoparty]

💎💌⭐

[molegato]

Frogun was launched a year ago! 🐸💙

It's been a wild ride, and working on the coming sequel is been a whole different adventure so far. Thank you all players, and if you haven't tried it yet, I hope you do and have fun!

[kcrossvine]

i almsot feel bad for every other indie trying to put their own spin on classic card games because they will forever be paired against balatro, but on the other hand every indie genre has the breakout hit they all get compared to so they must be used to it by now lol

[bryastar]

word salad #4

happy twilight Thursday!

today is a work day and something I'm thinking about right now is, yes just because this may be a daily blog doesn't necessarily mean I need to go into full detail about how every part of my days go. otherwise I'd be ranting about work for a vast majority of these entires.

so instead I wanna talk about... retro 3D platformers

a while back I came across a game called Cavern of Dreams. it claims itself to be inspired by retro 3D platformers. it features low poly graphics and textures with simple lighting effects, reminiscent of late N64 games. the gameplay feels very much like if Conker's Bad fur day was lighthearted and wholesome. what's also neat is camera controls are more reminiscent of later games, Mario sunshine and Zelda wind waker immediately come to mind for me. I've gotten through the first part of the game and really loving it so far, and the controls are probably the best I've seen in a long time.

but while thinking about this, I sorta made a bit of a realization... growing up, games like this were referred to as adventure games instead of 3d platformers. heck, I don't think I've seen the term "platformer" until around the mid 2000s. even Mario games I think we're more well known as action adventure games, or Zelda games being a puzzle adventure. PC adventure games tend to be point and click games, which is vastly different than what consoles typically offered. I personally think that NSMB for the DS may be in part why we now make this distinction as the 2D Mario games play vastly different than their 3D games, notably being easier to pick up and play.

but while on this thought train, I sorta began to wonder what sort of similarities that 3D platformers from this era had vs a point and click adventure game. what I ended up deciding on was: exploration. point and click games, you topically make progress by exploring the world around you and finding clues and solving puzzles by exploring the environment and talking to npcs. 3d platformers is... actually kinda the same, while typically focusing on item collecting, many similar elements show up such as exploring worlds and finding ways to progress by interacting with the levels and different characters.

while on that thought about collecting items...

a lot of late 90s and early 2000s platformers would feature collecting a long list of items. one prominent example is donkey Kong 64, which tends to be known as the game that killed collectathons. I have some thoughts on but I'll save for another entry, but I guess I will say that calling such games a collectathon very much misses the point of what the game is actually about. is it a game where you are sent out into a level and made to collect all the random items scattered on the ground, or is it a game where you're friends have been captured and your hoard of bananas have been stolen and you must rescue your friends and recover your bananas in order to progress while learning new moves and meeting interesting creatures who either help you or try to intervene. I dunno about most, but I like the latter premise better. (or maybe I out much more weight on a storyline for a game as opposed to the gameplay)

I hope this entry wasn't too hard or confusing to read, I guess I'm mostly rambling and jotting down bits and pieces of what's in my mind when I get a couple minutes of free time.

uhm..

pineapples (I need a better way to end these aa)

[jacoblw4321]

I don't usually post here, but there's this really obscure indie game I wanted to help bring attention to: A Happy Place. It's an N64 style collect-a-thon platformer with a twist. It's made by Ziggity, the guy behind Super Mario Dolor. The game has been out for almost a year and has gotten almost no coverage. You can find it on Gamejolt. I highly recommend it.

[thecuddlymuffintop]

Tonight, at 7 pm CDT, I will be continuing Spyro Reignited Trilogy over on Twitch.

You're always welcome to either watch here or join me and the other Chubby Checkers with the above link.

[horses-who-smile]

people say this is like conkers bad fur day + a hat in time but it really reminds me of a more obscure game

wiplash for the ps2 and x box

[valereth2]

IT. IS. DONE. My Jak and Daxter review is finally finished. Holy crap. I should have had this done months ago but I am happy with how the final video turned out. Give it a watch and let me know what you think

[skrunklowumbo64]

Guess where all of these collectables originally came from.

[cubixfails]

Pep-Pel releasing this Friday! (15/11/23)

Guys. GUYS.

Pep-Pel comes out this Friday, it's had so much love put into it and I'm so excited to play the full game, plus hey you get to listen to me in various funny roles :3

Add to your wish list, if you'd be so kind 💖

[weirdlittlegames]

contemplating livestreaming my fave game that 99% of people i’ve met have never heard of. Rotating it in my mind

[harpgriffin]

Pilo and the Holobook Preview

This is a charming little sticker-themed game, reminiscent of Avalon Code but without the combat. The full release will have puzzle solving, but right now it's just exploring and sticker collecting in a very pretty game that still runs on my decrepit laptop, once again proving that excellent optimization can make graphical ambition accessible to lower-end computers. The main issue for me is that right now it's lacking in accessibility. Everything is hold actions and there's no control remapping, though gamepad and mouse are both supported. The lack of a minimap may be a problem for some although they are relatively small maps (at least in the demo), so you can't get lost for very long.

[psychedelic-charm]

Attention, attention! May I have your attention please? This is a message for all of the Tumblr blogs with "heritage posts" in their handle. @tippytoezombie has an idea for the ultimate platformer game. Will it be a traditional side-scrolling platformer a la Super Mario? Or an action-adventure platformer with puzzle-solving quests and vast 3D environments? Reblog to find out!

ATTENTION TUMBLR USERS!

I want to try to make a post to attract as many gimmick blogs as possible. I'm asking all of my followers as well as any people who see this from reblogs to add something to attract at least one gimmick blog. I've used the word attract (which has three Ts in it) so maybe I can attract (I did it again) the T counter. If you guys can get kirbyheritageposts, marioheritageposts, donkeykongheritageposts, supersmashbrosheritageposts, wario-heritage-posts, yoshiheritageposts, and nintendoheritageposts to reblog this then I will share my idea for the ultimate platformer (although you've probably got some idea already). I also want to make it clear that I want to do this without tagging any of these blogs. I feel like this might be a fun thing to try to do. I know I don't have a lot of followers but I want to try this.