This is a hack I've been working on since 2012, and, until now, have kept mostly secret. Why am I spilling the beans now? Progress on it has always been ridiculously slow (I only got four levels done aaaaaaa), and my theory is that I'll be able to work faster knowing that people are aware it exists.

The premise is this: each world is the same location, but in different seasons. There's one world for Spring, one for Summer, one for Autumn/Fall, and one for Winter. Even the level order is the same in each world - grass, waterside, underwater, forest, etc. The overworld and the level will probably turn out pretty linear, but I believe I can find other ways to add some replay value.

Another unique selling point is that I'm trying to make as many resources as possible myself - I've done a lot of ASM (most of which dates back to 2012), and I'm certainly drawing all the graphics myself (which proves to be a bit of a challenge when it comes to backgrounds). I've also composed some music, but I'm not a natural at it so I'll definitely need help fleshing out and porting the songs when the time comes.

I'll update this thread whenever I get something else to show off (disclaimer: I have no idea when that may be).

(I will ignore all questions along the lines of "release date?" "custom music?", and I ask you guys to do the same.)

Enough jabbering, here's the gist of what I have so far:



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I like the seasons concept of this hack. Playing back levels in other seasons opens lots of possibilities, I hope you'll use these well.
The fact that you're doing everything yourself highlights the hack too and shows that you're one of those multi-skilled hacker, which are pretty rare these days.

The screenies are very sweet, I vaguely remember seeing some of them in the screens&vids thread.
Also the summer Mario on the title screen is very sexy but what's up with his legs? They are like so thin, lol

Anyways, we're aware this hack exists so work faster on this now!

PM me - Tweet me - Animelist me - Extra hack

Now this seems pretty fun. The style is fairly different from what you usually see around here and the gimmick is a great idea. Yup, I'll be following this.

also shirtless mario or riot!

Thanks for all the nice feedback! It really means a lot to me.


Actually, nope, that's just for the title screen. (Mario's graphics are the only ones I don't plan on changing.) Sorry, no swimshorts Mario for you.

In other news, I got the majority of level 1-4 done today, meaning it's actually beatable now! At this rate I'll have world 1 done by next Christmas~

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That's because there weren't any?

Either way, world 1-4 is now completely finished, and I figured I should stay true to my word and show a couple of screenshots. (Again, thanks for the encouragement!)



It's probably obvious what the focus of this level is, in terms of sprites.

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edit: oh, before I forget, @allowiscous: That would involve recording videos, and I'd rather not give away all my levels in video form before I release anything, so yeah. I did record world 1-2 earlier though!

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Thanks again!


Sorry, but I'm not currently looking for testers.

In other news, it's cave level time! All I did today is draw a mushroom, but hey.



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