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Legend of Tux

Domain name registered: http://www.legendoftux.com

Description

I started development on the Legend of Tux a few weeks ago. I wanted to create a game that combined the gameplay of a Mega Man game and the original Legend of Zelda.

The controls are simple. Use the arrow keys (or a,s,d,w) to move and spacebar to attack. Hold spacebar to charge your sword to shoot it. Collect 3 orbs of the same color to get a 3x attack power boost against enemies of that color. Defeat all enemies in a room to move to the next room. Clear all 16 rooms to win.

Gameplay is completely linear. Move one room to the next until you reach the boss room and defeat the boss. The one aspect that I hate the most about Zelda style games is trying to determine where to go next.

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Brainstorming

"Mega Man" style level select screen - Maybe make the first ice stage mandatory, with a cutscene following, then the user can select the stage they wish to play.

Story: Evil villain casts a virus on the various creatures which turned them evil. Tux must defeat each of the creatures and remove their virus.

After a boss is defeated, Tux will acquire a special weapon related to the defeated boss

Question: Should certain special weapons be required to complete stages? Should certain special weapons grant access to hidden areas?

Question: Should levels be replayable?

Question: Should the player be able to extend their maximum life? This may give an unfair advantage in later stages.

Bosses

Original Four:

Fedora / Red Hat

• AI: Moves to each side of room and shoots 3 fireballs (similar to Aquamentus)
• Powerup: Hat boomerang

Suse / Iguana

• AI: ?
• Powerup: Hookshot, tail or tongue

Mandrake - Starman with magic cane

• AI: Shoots stars out of magic cane
• Powerup: Magic Wand - muli/spread shot

Ubuntu

• AI: ?
• Powerup: Shield - like Leaf Shield in Mega Man 2

Additional Bosses:

GNU Bison

Free BSD Devil