Hi there! If you’re joining us now, the month of march is gonna be all about platforming games – 2D, 3D, maybe even 2.5D. Hailing back to the dawn of the very “platforming” concept, Donkey Kong was eventually allowed to … Continue reading 30 day Platformer challenge day 15: Donkey Kong (country) franchise

Hi there! If you’re joining us now, the month of march is gonna be all about platforming games – 2D, 3D, maybe even 2.5D. Yesterday we talked spiritual indie successors to Platforming games, and today we’re blowing the field wide … Continue reading 30 Day platformer Challenge day 14: The Indie Platformer Scene

Hi there! If you’re joining us now, the month of march is gonna be all about platforming games – 2D, 3D, maybe even 2.5D. Sometimes a platformer franchise will churn out installments on the regular, and sometimes they very much … Continue reading 30 Day platformer Challenge day 13: Spiritual Platformer Successors and homages

Hi there! If you’re joining us now, the month of march is gonna be all about platforming games – 2D, 3D, maybe even 2.5D. Oh look, it’s the VOLCANO stage! Todays prompt is about the theming used for the various … Continue reading 30 day Platformer challenge day 12: Biomes and level theming

Hi there! If you’re joining us now, the month of march is gonna be all about platforming games – 2D, 3D, maybe even 2.5D. Platformers are often very gamey games, starting out with simple objectives – save the princess, kill … Continue reading 30 day Platformer challenge day 11: Story, writing and humor

Hi there! If you’re joining us now, the month of march is gonna be all about platforming games – 2D, 3D, maybe even 2.5D. If we do Mario it’s only fair that Segas Blue Blur gets some spotlight as well, … Continue reading 30 day Platformer challenge day 10: 3D Sonic (and spinoffs)

Hi there! If you’re joining us now, the month of march is gonna be all about platforming games – 2D, 3D, maybe even 2.5D. We can’t very well do a platforming month without giving some spotlight to the portly plumber … Continue reading 30 day Platformer challenge day 9: 3D Mario (and party/Karting/Sports games)

Hi there! If you’re joining us now, the month of march is gonna be all about platforming games – 2D, 3D, maybe even 2.5D. Todays prompt is about the ways the games dole out consequences for death, and keep tabs … Continue reading 30 day Platformer challenge day 8: Lives, checkpoints and continues

Hi there! If you’re joining us now, the month of march has been all about platform games! As far back as the 8 bit era, platform games have been linked to memorable music, a trend that is going strong to … Continue reading 30 day Platformer challenge day 7: The Music & sound

Hi there! If you’re joining us now, the month of march is gonna be all about platforming games – 2D, 3D, maybe even 2.5D. Todays prompt is about the Visuals. Platformers have a long tradition of producing some of the … Continue reading 30 day Platformer challenge day 6: Artstyle and Aesthetics

Hi there! If you’re joining us now, the month of march is gonna be all about platforming games – 2D, 3D, maybe even 2.5D. We’re gonna dip in and out of franchises and more general, technical prompts, and today is … Continue reading 30 day Platformer challenge day 5: Moves and Controls

Hi there! If you’re joining us now, the month of march is gonna be all about platforming games – 2D, 3D, maybe even 2.5D. If we do Mario it’s only fair that Segas Blue Blur gets some spotlight as well, … Continue reading 30 day Platformer challenge day 4: 2D Sonic

Hi there! If you’re joining us now, the month of march is gonna be all about platforming games – 2D, 3D, maybe even 2.5D. We can’t very well do a platforming month without giving some spotlight to the portly plumber … Continue reading 30 day Platformer challenge day 3: 2D Mario (and RPGs)

Hi there! If you’re joining us now, the month of march is gonna be all about platforming games – 2D, 3D, maybe even 2.5D. Todays prompt is about the opening moments of games where you first start running to the … Continue reading 30 day Platformer challenge 2: First levels, first impressions

Hello everyone! Ixolite here, trying to grab the reins of this column after Blue Adepts incredibly impressive stint at managing it for the past near 4 years. As such, the smart thing to do in my position would be to … Continue reading 30 day Platformer challenge 1: Your first