Jelly Kid (Updated 2013-03-04)

Fredrik Nilsson · 2013-03-04T19:24:09

Hi guys. My name is Fredrik Nilsson and I'm now back with more information to share with ya all. Thanks to gdnet we have now managed to start working on a prototype of the game "Jelly Kid" which some of you may know of as "Dragon Kid" as it was first called during the early stages of this started thread. Things has developed even further and thanks to some newly made friends we could develop some illustrations of the game and then conceptualize them. The character is copyright and belongs to Aeranima Designs & Aeranima Entertainment. Now, hold your horses, things aren't progressing super-duper-uber-fast because developing games takes a while. That's the reason I am here. To gather some feedback and collect ideas/suggestions for the game. So let me talk about it a little to get you wrapped around the genre. The Background Story A long time ago in the world the jelly food and jelly forces were loved by the people; especially the royal family who was the only one of its kind with its skillful jelly management. Until one day when a scientist within the royal family tried to create new jelly flavors and accidentally gave life to the jelly. The jelly cloned itself; took various forms and shapes of animals and monsters which began to spread across the kingdom and eventually the entire worlds. The royal family eventually went out to stop this madness, but when they were gone some strange jelly-figures broke inside their children's bedchamber and managed to devour the children as the guards was trying to fight them off. But it was already too late. Some of the kids were altered both in appearance and mentality. And when the royal family finally returned after a valiant attempt to stop this tragedy as they immediately faced a new one... The kids were gone. The world changed and the people had to get used to the transformed nature. The royal family realized that all hope was lost. They could not do anything to stop the jelly. Legend says that the world was redesigned by these lost kids so that people still could live in it. Now like you've probably already has figured out; the game features Jelly Kid and his jelly-like hair decades after this tragedy occurred. The game however opens up with Jelly Kid, his seven smaller siblings, grandpa and grandma; all sharing dinner at their tiny acorn-shaped house at the outskirt of a great forest. The granny, grandpa and his siblings will become kidnapped by none other than "Jelly Prince" and his jelly-like minions. He however is an evil wizard who troubles the world with his evil minions and monsters. The Jelly Kid immediately sets out to find them all to put an end to everything but has to face 8 different worlds first (+1 optional) with a wide range of climate variety. The character and Jelly-minion is copyright and belongs to Aeranima Designs & Aeranima Entertainment. Goomba belongs to Nintendo and is there for a funny/sarcastic appearance only. Like everything so far? Where you come in! It's firstly recommended that you read what's written in the paragraphs above to brief yourself a little bit regarding background story. Now, to give you a minor glimpse of the world... The overworld will be designed in 8 different continents such as Super Mario World and New Super Mario Bros. U. Each continent will feature several different obstacles on top of the action panels which will provide you with the levels the game will evolve around. What these obstacles are or what kind of continents there will be we don't know. So this is where you come in! Below there's a list with categories provided for you where you can find some minor guideline of where your mind should be heading when deciding to help out. ^^ Every help we can get will be much appreciated. And of course there will be a special thanks in the credits where you all at gdnet will be credited for helping us out. ^^ Brainstorming List Continents What continents could there be? The world is jelly-themed so is there anything associated to jelly you can come to think of that would look good for the continents? ^^ Obstacles Is there any obstacles you can think of we can provide for the overworld or levels? Maybe both as a united obstacle? Maybe a chain obstacle that will effect other parts of the overworld? Anything? ^^ All help we can get on these two topics would be awesome. ^^ And this is not an actual "help wanted ad" it's more of a "brainstorming ad" where we can come together and build on this areas together. ^^ Thank you for your time, and here's another concept since you guys are awesome! Jelly-Sheep is copyright to Aeranima Designs & Aeranima Entertainment. Best, Fred

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Started by Aeranima February 17, 2013 10:28 PM

21 comments, last by Aeranima 11 years, 1 month ago

Aeranima

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February 26, 2013 11:56 AM

Besides, obviously, the art, what is the unique implementation you are putting into this game?

Is it in the story or gameplay?

Both. :)

ShiftyCake

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February 27, 2013 07:40 AM

Besides, obviously, the art, what is the unique implementation you are putting into this game?

Is it in the story or gameplay?

Both.

Ohk, then I suggest you start working on how your gameplay is going to be unique, and expand around it later.

Same with the story, figure out the basis of your story and how its controversial.

This way, you'll have a reference point for really setting your game apart, and you can expand on it at any time within your game design (since you really want to be focusing on the unique aspects of a game and build around it).

If, at any point, what I post is hard to understand, tell me. I am bad at projecting my thoughts into real words, so I appreciate the knowledge that I need to edit my post.

I am not a professional writer, nor a professional game designer. Please, understand that everything you read is simply an opinion of mind and should not, at any point in time, be taken as a credible answer unless validated by others.

Aeranima

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March 04, 2013 07:24 PM

Bumping since I updated the thread! Thanks again for the feedback!

Best,

Fred