How to turn the classic Super Mario game into hell
Table of contents:
During the meetings that preceded the approval of the launch of the mythical Mario Bros, nothing of what we will tell you below was heard. Sure. 100%.
“Let's take the world of Super Mario underwater. Or better not, better let's make that same world is actually located on the moon and there is no gravity. And of course, Mario should be Selenite, to go without a diving suit and survive. Yes, the controls are going to be a bit complicated, but what does it matter, nobody said it was going to be an easy game.»
Super Mario Jelly Attack
And it was not heard because, in a platform game, especially if you want to make it playable, the movements of the characters have to be very precise and simple. The response of the controls to the touch of fingers on the controller had to be precise and calculated. If when playing a platform video game the movement mechanics became unbearable, we would leave it as impossible after a while. And if Mario triumphed, it was precisely because ofhis tremendous gameplay and balanced difficulty
The developer Stefan Hedman wanted to imagine Super Mario if, in the hypothetical meeting described at the beginning, everyone had said yes to his crazy idea. And best of all, we can play the particular version of him, from the PC and a browser, using the arrows as controls for this peculiar Floating Mario. He wanted to call his adaptation'Jelly Mario' And Jelly, in English, means 'jelly'. Pay attention to the tweet where this curious experiment was presented.
First part of level 1-2 is now available on https://t.co/X3NY9G3RX6! jellymario webgl gamedev indiedev pixelart pic.twitter.com/KAEDxpCxst
- Stefan (@schteppe) April 7, 2018
With 'Jelly Mario' you can relive the first two phases of the Mario Bros. game, but in a somewhat peculiar and maddening way. Like something out of a nightmare, the controls will never live up to his name and you'll have to settle for watching a volatile Mario, delicately crashing into pipes and bricks with nothing else to do. The music will accompany the movements, out of tune and enervating. And everything in this world is made of jelly, even the pipes. Hopefully, you'll be able to get past the first screen. We have not been able to.
