Let's make MBG even better
by technostick · in Marble Blast · 03/06/2006 (5:31 am) · 7 replies
We all agree here that MBG is a great game... But there must be ways to make it better! You've come to the right place!
Here are a few suggestions:
1. Surfaces with different bounce properties... Wouldn't it be cool to have "rubber" that makes the marble bounce high and mud (or quicksand!) that makes it jump/bounce low?
2. The ability for moving objects (like platforms) to rotate as well as move. I can imagine a propeller-like contraption spinning around in Twisting the Night Away, throwing any approaching marbles off the platform!
3. An "anti-tornado"... Basically like the tornado, except that it repels marbles instead of pulls them in.
Please give more suggestions!
Here are a few suggestions:
1. Surfaces with different bounce properties... Wouldn't it be cool to have "rubber" that makes the marble bounce high and mud (or quicksand!) that makes it jump/bounce low?
2. The ability for moving objects (like platforms) to rotate as well as move. I can imagine a propeller-like contraption spinning around in Twisting the Night Away, throwing any approaching marbles off the platform!
3. An "anti-tornado"... Basically like the tornado, except that it repels marbles instead of pulls them in.
Please give more suggestions!
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#2
Bushes, You can hardley see the marble. You just see bushes. slows you down, and makes it hard to see.
Lava, you have to get out before you marble melts! When you marble gets redder and redder, that means it is about to melt!
Water spout, It is only in water. Make sure that there is alot of super speeds and lots of super jumps.
Fire, get in to the nearest lake around you filled with water before your marble turns into embers!
Make the MBU explosion thingy when you press RB. That is awsome!
More to come!
03/06/2006 (3:09 pm)
Water, You float and move slower. Cannot jump out. only if there is a shallow spot. You can make each water spot have a super jump.Bushes, You can hardley see the marble. You just see bushes. slows you down, and makes it hard to see.
Lava, you have to get out before you marble melts! When you marble gets redder and redder, that means it is about to melt!
Water spout, It is only in water. Make sure that there is alot of super speeds and lots of super jumps.
Fire, get in to the nearest lake around you filled with water before your marble turns into embers!
Make the MBU explosion thingy when you press RB. That is awsome!
More to come!
#3
03/06/2006 (3:10 pm)
Quick sand should make your marble sink. You cannot jump. Roll out of it before your marble sinks!
#4
03/06/2006 (3:13 pm)
Water falls, It can make you go under water! free look is enabled so that you can swim everywhere!
#5
03/06/2006 (3:25 pm)
The bounce properties are pretty easy to achieve, I was messing around with it a while back.
#6
05/01/2006 (1:54 am)
Hey, underwater levels would be sooooo cool... Just think you could mess about with different gravity and make your jumps last longer and such... This is weird i know but what about enemy marbles you know like ones that try to push you off the stage... Hey you could make a two player mode like that. =)
Solo Hans
Drake(see archive) did exactly that. He developed different 'bounce' textures using a mod. The mod requires replacing a certain script. I like the 'quicksand' idea as it would 'slow' down a player in a time challenged level. Example: Someone could make a level called 'Golf' and put 'sandtraps,aka, quicksand in them.
Along the lines of 'anti-tornado,' why not use a device that would take the marble to a different part of the game. That would be cool.
Bottom-line: These ideas would at the very least require script-modification, at the most , a rewrite of the game code and more art assets.
Cool ideas tho'
solo