HUBRIS3.7 Mb, made in Game Maker for Windows, 10.5 Mb in GM4mac
This is finished as a game (I made it in a week for a YoYo Games competition, hence the 480x272 screen size), but I am much more interested in feedback on the central idea behind it, and particularly asking the community if this has already been done to death by others.
Basically, if you aren’t moving there is no level – it only comes into focus as you move. It is a sort of effect like parallax, and something close to the technique of Lost in Static, and if it is unoriginal I'd love to know. I also guess this might cause a few headaches, as LiS did, so this is definitely not a candidate for commercial success. I think it is an interesting effect, though, and hope it is of interest to others.
There is a backstory, such as it is:
Banished to Limbo by the gods for the crime of hubris, our platforming hero must negotiate 30+ levels that twist the mind and senses in his quest to discover how to return to a world of sense and order.
Features
30+ Levels
Skip any level you want to while still saving progress (press X when dead)
The Usual
Patrolling Bad Guys
Falling Blocks
Spikes
Mushrooms
The Unusual: Devices to twist your mind
Angled Levels
Swinging Levels
Flak
Lava bombs
Rubber Stamps
Footprints
Coins that fade in or out depending on your movement
Cupcakes
Tightropes
White-out blocks
Micro-vision
Multi-vision
Swinging-micro-multi-vision
Oh, and the levels are invisible unless you move.
When you do move you produce a crisp visual experience something like a 3D magic picture (although resolutely 2D) this simply cannot be conveyed in screenshots. Nevertheless:



Windows links
http://gamejolt.com/freeware/games/platformer/hubris/3363/http://www.yoyogames.com/games/142356-hubrishttp://www.64digits.com/games/index.php?cmd=view_game&id=5380&download=1Mac link
http://www.box.net/shared/j24b7m9bz8I really would appreciate some feedback. I couldn’t find another game that played with this central idea. I am hoping someone might point me to other examples. All comments (including if any of you simply can’t see what is going on here) appreciated.