It takes inspiration from the likes of the GameBoy and other old school consoles regarding its aesthetics, music style and
side scrolling game design and completely revamps them with new concepts.
Not exact matches
Super Mario Run is a new
side -
scrolling endless runner
game designed for iOS.
Nearly all the obstacles you encounter are rehashes of concepts and mechanics from previous
games; lane - based level
design, grind rails, speed boost sections, and
side -
scrolling platforming sequences all make a return.
Even the
side -
scrolling games, such as Sonic 4, haven't been as well received as SEGA might have expected, but there's a good reason: SEGA hadn't ever attempted to actually recreate a classic Sonic
game, they kept throwing in gimmicks, using modern moves (such as lock - on attacks) and making the levels with a more linear
design.
Over the last thirty years, Nintendo have been training us; showing us the ways of brilliant 2D platforming
game design through periodically releasing
side -
scrolling Mario titles.
Out of sight hasn't meant out of mind for the developers of Feist, the silhouette - heavy
side -
scroller that walked away with the titles of Best Overall
Game and Best Visual
Design in the 2008 Unity Awards and Student Showcase winner at the 2009 Independent Games Festival.
Digital Tribe Games, an emerging indie publisher have announced that Rush Bros., a
side scrolling action
game featuring music - reactive level
design, is now available for Mac and PC on the digital download service Steam.
Featuring hundreds of stages, Runbow Deluxe is a
side -
scrolling action
game that supports competitive multiplayer for up to nine players online and locally on Wii U. Runbow Deluxe's bright and vivid artwork is more than just visual
design — it's also an integral gameplay mechanic, as platforms and obstacles in the environment shift in and out of existence with broad swipes of color across the screen, challenging players to think and react while constantly on the move.
The
game is a sequel of super challenging proportions to 2012's original, critically praised,
side -
scrolling platformer Mutant Mudds, featuring over 40 totally new levels and five mighty boss battles
designed to test the skills of super players.
Atomic Heist is a
side -
scrolling action shooter in the same line as the NES
game Gradius, but with a harsh difficulty level and a beta - looking
design.
It is a
game that was specifically
designed and put out by a group of
game designers that worked with educators and an indigenous tribe from Alaska, the Iñupiaq tribe; made a
game that told the story of a bit of their folk lore and it's a really beautiful atmospheric story of
side scrolling puzzle platformer where you are a young girl who has to find the source of a sort of villiage ending blizzard - like this blizzard has been going on and it's slowly killing the villiage - with the help of her friend who is an arctic fox.
Mario Maker will allow players to create their own
side -
scrolling courses using a
design template from four different Mario
games: Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario World, and New Super Mario Bros..
I think the Short Pause review hits on all the same points I'd make about the
game: It's a challenging, fast - paced,
side -
scrolling action
game; it's old school by
design, and the story lacks depth; the environments are sterile, if a bit repetitive.
The
side scrolling parts of the levels though were a lot more fun and engaging with their
design being a nod to the classic Sonic
games of old capturing that fluent, but still fast paced gameplay style that has made the series so famous.
Sebastian has experience in
game design and runs the business
side of things, having owned a successful 3D graphics company since 2005 (his first
game credit was «DoveZ: The Second Wave», a
scrolling shooter released in 2004), while Julian is the lead programmer on the project.
While as a
side -
scrolling beat «em up it looks a lot like hundreds of other
games, Mutation Nation benefits from a plethora of Running Man - inspired enemy
designs that make each level feel like specific and unique rather than a prolonged brawl with a bunch of repetitive randos.
The next in this new line of
side scrolling battle
games is Trench Run by Transhuman
design.
I picture this imaginary Sega Mega CD
game as a
side -
scrolling shooter with
designs of the Robotech variety.
Each of the
game's 60 + levels is
designed with hidden areas and goals, as any good
side -
scroller should.
Kirby's moveset is interesting for a platformer protagonist because he can puff himself up to float through the air with no limits, which means that level
designs and enemy layouts are quite different to other 2D
side -
scrolling games.
A
side -
scrolling platformer that pulls its story and
design from the history of video
games, A Pixel Story is a comical trip down... Read More
Chair Entertainment's Shadow Complex is another
game that owes its existence to Super Metroid, and it's common knowledge that it was heavily inspired by it, with its developers admiring the masterful
design of Samus Aran's
side scrolling adventure.
Another type of
game has arisen on mobile devices however, and Golf Squared is the latest of these 2D
side -
scrolling golf experiences, which eschew the finer details of the
game for odd level
design a...
Team Notion is a 2d
side scrolling beat em up that's taking cues from old school
game design and merging with new 2d mechanics.
Ninja Raiden really impresses with its infusion of retro
side scrolling Ninja Gaiden - style action platforming with modern
game design, that still retains the charm of the original.