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Hello guys
. I found out about this Kickstarter just now and its called Spark the Electric Jester. Here is a link to the Kickstarter page but here is some of the bullet points of the Kickstarter:
"Spark the electric jester is an action/platformer video game heavily based on classics from the 16-bit era, such as Mega Man X, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Kirby Super Star (Kirby’s Fun Pak in the EU).
You play as Spark, an electric jester frustrated by the loss of his job! On one beautiful day, robots decided to take over the world. Seeing as Spark’s job was taken by a robot, he decided this was the perfect opportunity for his revenge! Spark will have to travel through the world and be engulfed in high-speed thrills and tons of action against the robots and the one who has taken his job."
Stretch Goals:
7K - Game Hits Funding (Hit
!)11K: Better Equipment and Combo System - Speeds up development of the game and a combo system is added to the game
13K: Soundtrack Expansion - More songs added to the game and quality of the existing tracks improved
14K: New power: Melee Jester - Spark gets a power based on the power of animal from a popular fighting game (they say its the one with lazers)
15K: Soundtrack Expansion 2 - More Songs and More quality for existing tracks
16K: New power: Gunner Jester - Powers based on a witch (likely Bayonetta?)
17K: New power: Super Jester - Powers based on something powerful (likely the games 'Super Sonic' form)
18K: Coming Soon (another power up?)
The gameplay is a cross between the Speed of a 2D Sonic, the level design of a Mega Man X game and the power-up systems used in the Kirby series. A fantastic blend of gameplay styles and you can play it yourself right now if you want to see how it all works
. They have a demo for download on the Kickstarter page and here is a link to the demo.
"The demo has 3 stages, multiple bosses, and power-ups available. There is quite a bit of content. Check it out! - Kickstarter page." Here are some impressions I had after putting an hour into the demo:
-It looks fantastic; heavily mirroring the look of both the Before/After Sequel games and Freedom Planet
-The soundtrack is great as expected
; Flak and his team once again provide great Sonic-like themes that really fit with the level designs and appearances-The core level design seems to be more virtually focused with some horizontal elements in a few spots. In Sonic terms, it feels like a mix between the verticalness of CD while having the speedy horizontal elements from Sonic 2
-You have five hit points and you can refill your hit points with collecting objects in the level
-The boss fights in the demo were very enjoyable, with fun patterns alongside great animation/attacks
-The power-up system is very promising; each power up does something different and unique to Spark
-Wind makes the game control a lot more like Sonic (air-dash, stomp, roll, double-jump that has a spin)
-Electric Staff gives you a jump-spin as you press attack and jump
-Sword gives you multi-directional attack based on where you are tilting the stick/D-Pad. Also can summon energy balls of you hold attack while pressing down, and you can hit them with your sword, sending them flying all over
-The frame-rate from the demo seems strong, but the Wind form does slow things down a bit due to the after-effect animation (particularly in the water level in the demo)
And to top it all off this is made by the same team behind Sonic Before/After the Sequel, with the same composer, Falk, from those games and other projects like the KH Remix collections, is back on board for this game
! There is a beta soundtrack for the game on Flak's sound cloud, so here is a link to that if you are interested: https://soundcloud.com/sparktej
This is some very exciting from Kickstarter so if you love 2D Sonic-like platforming, give the demo a shot and consider putting some funding toward it.
For anyone wondering about a console port, Flak made this post on page two regarding that subject:
