#spikeventure

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haven’t posted about this yet on here. this is SPIKEVENTURE, a mario fangame i’ve been working starring everyone’s favorite funny fellow!

here’s a playlist containing a few level previews!: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrF6tmQxE6OK_QBuIdlXwjuPd3wfni1US

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MY MARIO FANGAME IS OUT RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!

Release Thread:

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spike commits a felony

(credit to MrDoubleA for the cutscenePal library, and VannyArts on MFGG for the mouser sprites)

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the demo for SPIKEVENTURE is out now!!!!!! go play it!!!!!!!

SPIKEVENTURE is a mario fangame i've been working on for a while now, and i finally released a demo! it contains the entire first world, which consists of four levels including a boss level! check it out here!

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SPIKE'S TIPS AND TRICKS:

soda can be a nice treat, but don't drink too much of it!!! especially if you're consuming it by drowning in a large pit of it in a death factory!!!

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fun fact the most efficient way to clean water in the current day is by using mechanical sea urchins

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have yet to see anyone point out stanley the bugman's frozen corpse in spikeventure

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i don't really have any specific goals for 2024 aside from finishing spikeventure by january (hopefully) (don't count on it) but i think one thing i might want to do is focus more on smaller scale stuff and/or more entirely original projects.

i feel i was very productive and focused this year compared to previous years, mainly in the latter half. i pretty much made most of my progress on spikeventure this year, even releasing a demo (my first SMBX release that isn't a lua script or a contest level, btw!) i got sidetracked less and abandoned way less projects than usual. creatively this was a solid year, though my focus on one project kinda made me have less to show for it.

i make art for myself first and foremost, but documenting what i do on social media is a good way to log my creative output. and posting about a short fangame is hard when i want people to experience most of it for themselves. especially now when i'm working on endgame stuff and small tweaks. so as a result i can feel like i was less productive than i actually was

plus, working on a fangame that uses a pre-existing fangame platform, a handful assets from official games and fellow fan artists alike, scripts by other people, a pre-existing formula, and so on can make me feel a little cheap. i'm not saying that's a reasonable thought, but i do feel that way sometimes. i'll fully admit i'm ready to move on from spikeventure. maybe not SMBX as a whole but definitely this One Project

going into next year i want to work on more original stuff for sure. i want to draw more of my funny robot fellas, i want to make my own games, and in general i don't want to feel shackled to one project like i sort of am now. at the very least i want that project to be 100% me.

but yeah despite that i think 2023 was a pretty good year for me overall. hoping 2024 will also be pretty good. uhhhh yeah

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(also i'm hopefully gonna post WAY more of her in the coming future. at least when spikeventure's out the door. you WILL see more and know more of the scringly dingly)

came to the realization that ash's design is basically the culmination of years of character designs i didn't really care for and only now i'm landing on something i'm actually proud of. ik character design is a very iterative process and i'm still pretty new to it all things considered but like. man

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I really like the updated version of the Chargin’ Chucks to their 3D World designs and mechanics, this all looks so cute and fun.

haven’t posted about this yet on here. this is SPIKEVENTURE, a mario fangame i’ve been working starring everyone’s favorite funny fellow!

here’s a playlist containing a few level previews!: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrF6tmQxE6OK_QBuIdlXwjuPd3wfni1US