Mario and the Wizard's Castle

Fizzlesnoofson · Postby **Fizzlesnoofson** » Thu May 10, 2018 6:28 pm

Hello SMBX community! I'm Fizzlesnoofson, and after much time, I've finally made the necessary preparations to get on the forums and announce a project I've been working on for quite a long time.

Mario and the Wizard's Castle is an smbx episode inspired by the free exploration and star collecting of Super Mario 64.

Story:

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The game is planned to have 15 normal courses with six stars each, 6 mini courses with three stars each, and 12 secret courses with one star each. Stars can be collected in just about any order with few exceptions. Courses will be varied, adventures will be had, and several bosses will be fought, all while exploring the great wizard's magical and mysterious castle of wonders!

Screenshots:

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I'd love to hear any suggestions and criticism you may have. I'll respond to as much as I can and do my best to update progress on this on a monthly basis at least, and hopefully I'll have it playable by the end of the year.

Take a look at the current progress in the spoiler below.

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NOTE: None of the graphics are made by me. The graphics I've used so far are either default smbx graphics, or they come from one of these graphics packs:
Shikaternia GFX Pack V2
reghrhres graphics pack
Spinda's GFX Pack
Sednaiur's SMB1 Expanded v3.0
Valtteris Graphics Pack 1.0.1
FanofSMBX v1.3
DARKMECHAs GFX Pack (V2.0)
Squishy Rexs CGFX Pack V1.7
Enjl's Collection 5
Smbx Cgfx Pack
PROX's Graphics Pack 6.0
Shockers Graphics Pack 9
I may use more in the future (In which case I'll update this list), but these are the graphics in my episode at the moment.

That's all I have to say here really. I'd include a banner or something, but I don't have one. XD

Once again, I'm Fizzlesnoofson, and I'll see y'all later. Have a nice day, everyone!

superfido2 · Postby **superfido2** » Thu May 10, 2018 6:59 pm

Huh, not bad,

Infact, I'd like to play this sometime. Which version is this episode going to be in though?

Fizzlesnoofson · Postby **Fizzlesnoofson** » Thu May 10, 2018 7:26 pm

superfido2 wrote: ↑
Thu May 10, 2018 6:59 pm
Huh, not bad,

Infact, I'd like to play this sometime. Which version is this episode going to be in though?

It's made in 1.3. 2.0 apparently won't work on my computer. -_-

superfido2 · Postby **superfido2** » Thu May 10, 2018 9:05 pm

I see.

I'll try playing it anyways. This game looks too good to pass up

Fizzlesnoofson · Postby **Fizzlesnoofson** » Fri May 11, 2018 7:27 am

superfido2 wrote: ↑
Thu May 10, 2018 9:05 pm
I see.

I'll try playing it anyways. This game looks too good to pass up

It should still at least be compatible with 2.0, it just doesn't have any of 2.0's extra stuff. Still, thanks a ton for the support!

superfido2 · Postby **superfido2** » Fri May 11, 2018 9:13 pm

No problem dude, it's all good.

Fizzlesnoofson · Postby **Fizzlesnoofson** » Sat May 19, 2018 5:36 pm

New screenshots!

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Also, I've figured out how to make events that stay activated when you activate them, meaning I'll now have a recurring boss between each section of the castle you have to beat before you can progress. (Similar to Bowser's role in Super Mario 64.) The two pictured levels are the new tutorial level that lets you get used to the controls, and Grump Volcano, the game's main fire level. Hope to have even more progress to share with everyone soon! Until then, see ya in the next update!

Fizzlesnoofson · Postby **Fizzlesnoofson** » Sun Jul 22, 2018 9:53 am

Hub's all finished. Here are some screenshots.

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In other news, I finally have an OS that can run 2.0. I may make an expansion to Mario and the Wizard's Castle at another time which uses 2.0 assets, but the main game will still be fully compatible with 1.3. On that note, here's a Gif I made of the first main course with my new 2.0 abilities.

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I'll try my best to have more actual levels finished in the coming weeks. Here's hoping I can manage.

Fizzlesnoofson · Postby **Fizzlesnoofson** » Sun Jun 30, 2019 12:45 pm

You all thought I was dead, didn't you?

In all seriousness, hey all. Got a nice clump of screenshots to share with everyone.

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Things are moving along fairly quickly now, to the point where I think I can confidently say this might come out by the end of the year. Thinking of making a demo version for people to check out beforehand, though. We'll see what happens in the coming months.

Postby **MegaDood** » Thu Jul 04, 2019 2:42 am

That story really got me interested. It's really different, and nothing like any Mario game I've heard of. The levels don't look too bad either, there seems to be nice graphics and good enemy placement. I'll definitely keep an eye on this one!

DrMekar · Postby **DrMekar** » Sun Jul 07, 2019 8:39 pm

That looks like a really intresting project based on Screenshots and especially the Story, which as big Relief
for me didn't even envolves Bowser. I will defenitly check it out. If you want any Help with Characters, write me a PM. I'll help gladly

Fizzlesnoofson · Postby **Fizzlesnoofson** » Fri Jul 12, 2019 1:41 pm

DrMekar wrote: ↑
Sun Jul 07, 2019 8:39 pm
That looks like a really intresting project based on Screenshots and especially the Story, which as big Relief
for me didn't even envolves Bowser. I will defenitly check it out. If you want any Help with Characters, write me a PM. I'll help gladly

Thanks! I think I'll be good on characters, both sprite and character-wise (If only cause I'm cool with recoloring existing graphics to match the characters). I'll definitely keep you in mind if I need anything, though.

Fizzlesnoofson · Postby **Fizzlesnoofson** » Mon Jul 15, 2019 8:24 pm

"There'll be 15 main courses with six stars each"

I only just noticed this and have come to say there's only twelve and that gross mistype is on me. Sorry about that.

Since I'm here, have a short-ish gif I already put up on Imgur to share elsewhere.

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EDIT: 4 + 5 + 6 = 15

I really can't count today, huh?