WARNING: WAY, WAY, WAY TOO MUCH INFORMATION BECAUSE I AM OVERLOADING ON NOSTALGIA.The first game I ever made was with something called
Cocoa (I don't think it's related to the modern "Cocoa". It isn't an actual code, but a game-making program. It WAS created by Apple, though, so who knows. Maybe I have an ancestor of the modern system.)
It was a very simple program, but god did I have fun with it.
Most of the games I made didn't last very long, but when I started on one with my best friend doing the art and sound, well...
(Note that this game is 10 times better with the sound. It was all ridiculous and AMAZING, and like the rest of the game, rarely made any sense).
It was called "FRUMPY'S ADVENTURES".
You play as
Frumpy, a strange man with a radioactive aura, blue skin, and a dapper 'stache. His limbs are floating because he is Rayman's uncle, apparently (Just an excuse to not draw any limbs
).
The first level,
Mime Menace.
Mimes will push Frumpy back a space, so he has to pick up the ninja stars and attack. This turns the Mime into a smiley face (try it yourself sometime!), which is harmless.
He can only get past the hotdogs by picking up the dentures. The dentures, of course, turn Frumpy purple. And he doesn't really eat the hotdogs, but swaps places with them (My friend had an explanation for this, but I have forgotten it. He actually made a perfectly reasonable explanation for every aspect of the game).
Frumpy can only jump 2 spaces in the air (He can jump even when he isn't on the ground, seeing as I didn't understand how to do that when I made this). He cannot jump, however, if there is only one space above him. Enter the cheese. When he steps on it, he will bounce up one space. PERFECT.
The blow dryer will push Mimes away one space.
The arrows can move Frumpy... AT WILL.
After reaching the toilet, it's off to level 2:
Do You Have A Cough Drop?
My friend didn't have any ideas for the level theme, so he just made a bunch of scribbles for the basic tile.
After those 2 levels it's time for the thrilling final boss:
Barney.
He is holding a magic formula... which had something to do with the plot, but I forget.
He throws fireballs. Occasionally they turn into a meteor, which Frumpy can pick up to turn into
SUPER FRUMPY.
A mighty throw of a comet is enough to blast Barney into his
true form.
He throws ice walls at you that sometimes rocket into the ceiling, impaling you!
And look! A MISSILE.
You need to get over to the missile and launch it into the wall, which makes a block fall on his head, which makes him
throw up a battery.
The battery turns Frumpy into HYPER FRUMPY, and with one shot of laser-eyes to the chest, Barney is down for the count.
The potion turns Frumpy back into his
true form and it is
the end.
But that's not all! We made a sequel which is ten times better than this.
I'm afraid that will have to wait for another post, though.