manic986 Posted December 3, 2024 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2024 Currently I am remaking Manic Miner 2 (schultze version) in Scratch using the engine I created before. Not that I think that is the best game or anything but (it does reuse a lot of the graphics which is a big pain point so helps me) and it does abuse the MM engine quite a lot with jumping through screens every which way, jumping through walls to get keys, infinite falls, paper only blocks etc, etc. I've got the first 13 levels working so far. Questioning my sanity along the way but its also quite fun to try to figure out how to recreate some of the behaviour. So @jetsetdanny, if you are wondering why that walkthrough video on youtube is getting all the views recently, that would be me I guess. haha. jetsetdanny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetsetdanny Posted December 4, 2024 Report Share Posted December 4, 2024 Thank you for every visit you pay to the JSW Central YouTube channel! 😁 And for coding "Manic Miner 2" in Scratch! 🙂 manic986 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manic986 Posted December 6, 2024 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2024 What do folks think of Cavern 16 with title "Die Roboter kommen" in Manic Miner 2? That's the one with the hidden keys and the hidden portal with 2 fake portals. It also has fake keys. I think the fake keys and hidden keys are kind of fun but the hidden portal is a little much as you have to be prepared to die to find it where it is placed. I decided to keep it hidden until all the keys are collected and then let it flash but heavily ghosted so you may or may not notice it initially. I know that is not exactly a spectrum feature but I think the hidden portal concept is interesting but cruel where it is placed at least on that level. jetsetdanny and Spider 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider Posted December 6, 2024 Report Share Posted December 6, 2024 I think showing it after all keys collected is a sensible idea, that way the player is not jumping randomly into something that's invisible. 🙂 Plus for the first time they play that cavern they'll not be able to judge the best routes to the Portal if its time or guardian critical. jetsetdanny and manic986 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manic986 Posted December 8, 2024 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2024 Here is what I have so far. Almost there... Might be able to finish it next weekend. All the screens are done. Just got to tidy things up a bit and make the title screen etc. Spider, SymbolShift and jetsetdanny 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manic986 Posted December 22, 2024 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2024 (edited) I finally pressed "Share" on this on "Manic Miner 2" - Schultze - reprogrammed in Scratch. https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1113445840 Note: Scratch seems to be having problems with the "cloud Variables" so the global scores don't get saved at the moment. Hopefully they will fix it soon. @jetsetdanny - I tried to do every level the same way that you completed them in your YouTube video. It's funny as I was doing them quite differently on some caverns myself and some of your lines are definitely on the hard side to pull off. There is just 1 level where I was not able to repeat what you did; "Hilfe! Der Kong aus dem Wald". Jumping back up from the top right to the bottom left key doesn't work distance wise for me. Willy seems to walk on air probably due to wrap around issues on the real engine. Other than that, I could mostly repeat things (with enough lives - haha). While this game is a little on the ugly side of things, its quite fun too. Anyway thanks for the great resources and Schultze if you are out there, thanks for making the original! Edited December 22, 2024 by manic986 Spider and jetsetdanny 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetsetdanny Posted January 1 Report Share Posted January 1 Thank you so much for this version, manic986! 🙂 On 12/22/2024 at 9:28 AM, manic986 said: @jetsetdanny - I tried to do every level the same way that you completed them in your YouTube video. It's funny as I was doing them quite differently on some caverns myself and some of your lines are definitely on the hard side to pull off. There is just 1 level where I was not able to repeat what you did; "Hilfe! Der Kong aus dem Wald". Jumping back up from the top right to the bottom left key doesn't work distance wise for me. Willy seems to walk on air probably due to wrap around issues on the real engine. Other than that, I could mostly repeat things (with enough lives - haha). While this game is a little on the ugly side of things, its quite fun too. Anyway thanks for the great resources and Schultze if you are out there, thanks for making the original! I'm very glad my walkthrough was useful 🙂 . I can see that the Scratch community members have been quite active on your "Manic Miner 2" page - that's very nice! Are you planning to create any more MM or JSW projects in Scratch? Spider and manic986 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manic986 Posted January 2 Author Report Share Posted January 2 3 hours ago, jetsetdanny said: I can see that the Scratch community members have been quite active on your "Manic Miner 2" page - that's very nice! Are you planning to create any more MM or JSW projects in Scratch? It was fun to make that version. I have 20 all new levels that I put together over the last few days of new year idleness. It's geared more at introducing the game slowly although I added some harder levels towards the end. It is called, Manic Miner 101. I've a little tidying up todo and then I'll share it. It deviates from standard miner slightly with conveyors in both directions including switches to change direction, but kind of harmless. I'll post here when I share it. The levels are a bit plain looking but I am hoping that it will help people focus on game play. I tried it out on my wife last night and she gave up after a few levels but my 8 year old finished it. Spider and jetsetdanny 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetsetdanny Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 That sounds great! I am definitely looking forward to Manic Miner 101 🙂 . 21 minutes ago, manic986 said: I tried it out on my wife last night and she gave up after a few levels but my 8 year old finished it. How typical! 😉 MtM, manic986 and Spider 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manic986 Posted January 4 Author Report Share Posted January 4 Hi all. I seem to have gone down some kind of Manic Miner rabbit hole... I had high hopes for doing other things this winter holidays but for some reason playing around with ideas for how a dumb version of Manic Miner of Manic Miner might look, I ended up with Manic Miner 101. It is not really aimed at "you lot" (used affectionately) in that it's rather simple. Still, why not give it a go and let me know what you think. The start is basic knowledge and skills so the levels are rather bare to give focus to a single task in hand. Gradually, they build up and are a bit more fun and better decorated. https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1116173685 SymbolShift, Spider and jetsetdanny 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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