The Sonic Origins Project Updated:12/19/15

[Crim Da]

I wasn't going to post about this, but I figured.. you know what? Yolo.

 I'm working on a little game thing called Sonic Origins. Sonic Origins is a fan-made game based on the comic franchise. It features characters from the Comic series (Reboot and onward) in a pixelated 2D platforming game much like Sonic 2, Sonic 3, or Sonic and Knuckles. This project is only to complete one level of the game, but if there's a big enough demand, I'll see about creating additional levels to the game. 

 

 

Much like Sonic 2 and 3, they will have a two level act structure while later levels may have three acts. Gameplay in SO is not speed based. It is meant to be played much more like Sonic 2, Sonic 3, or even Megaman X, where you traverse through a terrain and the objective is exploring the environment. Movement in this game will not be as fast as Sonic Advance, Sonic 4, or Sonic Adventure. There will be sections where you can run fast, of course, but the main objective is to let you explore and have fun. Right now, there is only one confirmed level, but I do have other levels roughly planned in case this becomes more of a thing. I'm not going to waste time posting concepts of them since I'm planning on only having one level right now. And that level is...

Wood Zone is taken straight from the beginning of the reboot, and the area has been modeled after the comic panels. The image up there is actual assets that will be going into the levels.. so that image should be a pretty good indication of what it should look like in gameplay. 

In the final build of the game, there will be two (and a half) playable characters in SO (Sonic Origins). You will choose between playing Sonic or Sally; Nicole will tag along with the character that you choose in order to help guide the way through the level , give advice or objectives, and help communicate with your team.

It's still in early development. This is, after all, just a passion project I'm doing on my own. But I thought "Hey, If I could get this in front of people it'll give me more motivation to work on it." So here are some of the animations that I've been working on for the game, just to give you some progress.

 

I plan on posting more here when I get more content, or just more work in progress.. thingers as I do them. 

 

Edited December 20, 2015 by Adlivun

[Failinhearts]

Wow, that's really cool! I can see you're putting a lot of effort into this project!

I'm also loving those animations, they look very smooth!

Looking forward to seeing it when it's completed, keep it up! 

[SonicWind]

I like those animations; even in rough form, they're looking good!

Best of luck with the game! I'll definitely look into giving it a shot.

[Ryusuke]

Oooh, those are some nice animations! Looking forward to seeing more from this project.

[CF3635]

Interesting. I hope to see more of it soon.

[Zaysho]

Wow, this looks pretty neat! I'm a big fan of the Archie series, so this has my interest piqued, and the Sonic animations look very nice.

Do you have any more artwork/assets of Wood Zone? It'd be great to see what the environment looks like, but I do like the colors and what I could see from the preview.

[Crim Da]

Do you have any more artwork/assets of Wood Zone? It'd be great to see what the environment looks like, but I do like the colors and what I could see from the preview.

Hmm. I don't have anything colored like in the preview yet. What I have onhand right now are just level layout charts and some very early proof-of-concept type things.

This is part of what I had concepted for the first part of Zone 1. So there are three pathways, as usual, the high path, normal path, and an underground pathway. On the higher pathway, players can go through trees/fauna/etc and on the lower pathways it's much more emphasis on swinging around on vines. Or you could just boss right through it if you want.

This is the image I've been trying to model from, except on a 2D sidescrolling scale instead of this perspective. Right where Sonic and Tails are in this image is approximately the starting point of the level. Of course, since there's no art spanning the entire Wood Zone I've taken lots of liberties. 

This was the first proof of concept that I did waaaay back when I was first starting to toy around with the sprites. It's not going to look much like this in final (I'm not fond of the colors here.) I wanted to get an idea for scaling and just see what it would look like. But since doing this I settled on another color palette and I'm going more for lighter colors/blues/greens with red/orange/purple accents ..and a lot less gray. (So in other words, a little more like the reference but with a lot more little bits of color.) I will be putting together some more concept art for it soon so that people can take a looksee.

[Riseodvi]

The animation is absolutely amazing and the level layout looks like a blast to explore. I'm looking forward to seeing this stuff in-game!

[DiamondXBlitz]

You got my attention, looks interesting. Keep it up, looking forward to it

[Crim Da]

Thanks, everyone.

Smallish update, but I've added a few new animations and have some more art.

I know the last one has been seen already, but I edited the animation to have more height to it compared to the last one..  Some of these are missing some frames and transitions, but hey! They're rough animations.

I've also got a could of still art since I was practicing drawing characters on model for when these get cleaned up. (I need to practice Sally a lot.. /whine)

And lastly.. I went through and drew a level map for the Wood Zone: Act 1. This has the approximate layout, ring placement, item placement, enemy placement, and pathway navigation. It's approximate but it gives me a good idea of what to place where. It'll come down to final testing whether I want to keep/add/take things away.  The map IS huge, so you'll probably need to open it in a browser to be able to make it all out (If you're so inclined).

Edited October 28, 2015 by Adlivun

[Crim Da]

Aaaand have a zone 2 map, complete with Boss concept. I wonder if minibosses should be a thing...

The next update should either be more animations or an actual level screenshot.

Edited October 29, 2015 by Adlivun

[Crim Da]

Have a work in progress screen :3

[Crim Da]

Another work in progress screenshot!

[Stritix]

Looks like a lot of effort is being put into this project. Everything seems great I can't wait to see what becomes of this project.

[Crim Da]

Thanks! I'm trying what I can!

Have a snap of the main menu. There should be an emblem instead of the logo there when it's finished.

[Crim Da]

Just a quick update. I've been working on the level layout and camera. I figured getting all the level worked out should be my next step. Today I did my first camera test. There's still things that need fixing, but hey, stuff moves.

    

 

[Jhreamer]

...You are gifted. RUN WITH THIS. Go all the way.

[Monkey Destruction Switch]

This looks so cool! <3 Keep at it!

[kirby1up]

nice work I wish you  good luck on getting this done

[Crim Da]

New Level Screenshot :3