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[quantumpotato]

So I played some popular metroidvania recently, and while it was fun for a few minutes, nothing new design wise...

So since players like rehashes, why not just combine a few genres?

Imagine getting grouped into parties for "instances" of West Yellow Hallway 3 with other players online, using Borderlands style procedurally generated weapons until you reach a procedurally generated boss.. that one of the players controls and if they win, earns massive weapon upgrades!

[baconman]

I don't know about the MMO part, but the Procgen Metroidvania? Well, see the signature.

One thing I'd like to tackle, eventually, would be a mishmash of the concept, combined with MegaMan style weapons/items, and Sonic-inspired physics and level design. Whether to make that multiplayer or not, as well as featuring wall-jumping? It's worth looking into sometime.

I'm at the starting point of a redesign/redux with more structure and polish right now, as well as optional gravity vs. top-down adventure toggles, a few items lists (like a La Mulana-inspired one) some variables that effect both the physics of the game and the level generation algorhythm.

[quantumpotato]

Cool. Physics of the game sound fun. I think with even just half a dozen or so of movement options (teleport to the beam you shot, bounce off other players beams, shooting slows gravity down etc..) you could have a lot of fun.

Also, just saw this: http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=46590.0;topicseen