/vr/ - Retro Games

Here's a compilation of Sonic Mars/Sonic 32X footage. This game would eventually become Sonic X-Treme, after development moved to the Saturn.

https://youtu.be/DrxbGn-FQcA

The footage up to 0:57 is all 3D animation made as proof of concept.
0:57 - 1:23 is a very early build which used Sonic, (Tails?), Knuckles and Senn's OC Sarah Boobowski. They would each have a unique gameplay style, similar to what Adventure would eventually implement.
1:23 - 2:32 is the phase of development that people will think of if you mention Sonic Mars. This, to me, looks like the most fun and stable build of the game, including the Saturn builds. You can see here that there are working enemies and obstacles, as well as level design, however linear it is. It looks a bit slow, sure, but that could have been ironed out in the final product. If the game had continued in this trajectory, it may have come out on time.

2:33 onwards shows a rotation of a very shiny Sonic model. I can't say for sure, but it doesn't seem to me like that would have run on the Dreamcast, let alone the 32X, Mars or Saturn. It might be the model, or one of the models which the Saturn builds used in order to make the sprites.

>>4363779
>Really? is there a website where I can follow this project?
no. it's mostly a concept and some test graphics for now. i can map, model, do basic programming and make necessary graphics. but making those pinball physics is way above my skill level. something that plays like SRB2 or Banjo wouldn't be too hard to recreate on an existing engine. but pinball physics would add a lot that those games don't have

if Sonic Utopia is released properly i might just make a big mod for that instead. i would downgrade the visuals to saturn quality if possible.

there are so many weird sonic concepts and designs for the 32x and Saturn. even some early Adventure stuff too. they all need to be put together and made to work properly in a game