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[Tacitus_Umbra]

Waiting on a response from Indie Game Design program at college, so meanwhile I'm not just going to sit on my ass in case I don't get accepted this year. I wanted to know if there are any games out there much like Mario that one might suggest I play/research for the upcoming game I have in mind. For now the mechanics in mind are jumping, spring jump, dash and quick strafe.

Thank you for your time in reading this message!

[Ishi]

Do you have any games already on your list for playing?

When I think "puzzle platformer" I mostly think of single-screen levels. Is that the sort of thing you're aiming for or are you aiming for mario-style scrolling levels?

[Tacitus_Umbra]

Something like Mario 64 in the levels. I've got no games so far of this genre, but for my first game I wanted to try something simpler for kids. It will have collectibles like Banjo Kazooie, but I wanted something that required more thought than that game or Donkey Kong 64.

[rosebud]

I can offer two games that I love as examples of the platformer genre:

1. Super Meat Boy: This game really focuses on tight mechanics and challenging levels
2. Braid: This plays with the traditional view of a platformer by adding a very interesting mechanic where time is manipulated by the player

There are obviously thousands more, but these are two of my personal favorites.

[Whiskydog]

For 2D I'd suggest Spelunky, Dustforce, Fez, La-Mulana, Teslagrad (u got tons).
3D can't think of anything else than the Mario games and Psychonauts atm