Merging The Gauntlet and Tomb Explorer?

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Jul 9 2009, 7:33 am (Edited on Jul 9 2009, 7:38 am)

Poll: Would you play a game that marges concepts from The Gauntlet and Tomb Explorer?

Yes 21% (13)
No 1% (1)
The Gauntlet is better 6% (4)
Tomb Explorer is better 6% (4)
Solar Conquest is better 20% (12)
Chip's Challenge is better 3% (2)
Go make more libraries 16% (10)
Quit wasting your time 23% (14)

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I haven't posted much lately since I've been involved with other projects outside of BYOND, but I've had a question in my mind for a while and I thought I'd look for some audience feedback.

Aside from Solar Conquest, which I've been neglecting for quite a while, I have two other projects: Tomb Explorer and The Gauntlet. I've been wondering though, who would prefer that Tomb Explorer be played like The Gauntlet? They both have the same puzzle structures at heart, so its really just a matter of two things:

1) Use player-created levels or a single game world.
2) Use a character that moves around or click on things with the mouse.

The benefit to The Gauntlet's setup is that I already have a wide range of graphics drawn up for that style of game, while Tomb Explorer uses small, relatively abstract graphics. Also, the way Tomb Explorer is setup requires that the entire map be within the player's view, while The Gauntlet has no such restrictions.

It would be fairly easy to take The Gauntlet and combine it with level loading, level saving and scoring systems similar to what Tomb Explorer uses. Then it would be just like playing The Gauntlet, only with custom levels. The downside is that combining them into a single game like this would make it much too similar to one of the original inspirations for both games, Chip's Challenge.
Jul 9 2009, 7:55 am
I don't see similarity to Chip's Challenge as a downside, really.
Jul 9 2009, 8:00 am
I agree with Lummox JR. In fact, it'd also be really neat if you released your level loading/saving system as a demo or library. I like the way you handle things, and it might get me to finish my own Chip's Challenge game.
Jul 9 2009, 8:28 am
My level loading/saving system isn't library-able. Its game specific.
Jul 9 2009, 8:40 am
Still, a demo should suffice. Even if you can't directly implement it into any game, the method itself would be helpful.
Jul 10 2009, 9:20 am
i like the gauntlet, but it needs a health system. i'd like player generated content for it as well.
Jul 10 2009, 5:36 pm
Clearly the poll results say that you should be focusing your efforts on a project other than Tomb Explorer and Gauntlet. ;]
Jul 10 2009, 9:47 pm
I blame ACWraith for these skewed results.