Hello! Remember me? It’s that newsletter you subscribed to and completely forgot about! Well, guess what? Here I am!
Even though you haven’t heard from me in like a year, Gabboco Games is still here! It didn’t shut down after the steam release of Bub-O Burst, in fact I’ve been working on something TOP SECRET and can’t really talk about it—-STILL!
Ugh, this thing is taking forever…
BUT!
I am also working on something that I can talk about, and I think you, a loyal Gabboco Games gamer would LOVE! So this new project actually started about 20 years ago…
That’s right, AN ACTUAL MARIO VIDEO GAME! I’m going finally right that wrong!
I have a small window of time to jump on this little project. But why? Well, just to show that Gabboco Games ISN’T DEAD! What better way then to make something I CAN ACTUALLY SHARE?! Can I legally release it? Sure, if I don’t make any money. Will it be as big as a proper Mario game? No, but it will be a fun little game.
You only need 4 drawings!
What? You want to know more? Patience my friend! There will be a lot more reveled in the next couple weeks and months as I work on it. Rest assured that YOU, my loyal newsletter readers will BE THE FIRST TO KNOW! In fact, I’ll be diving in pretty deep with the process, challenges, wins and losses as I go. You’ll be getting it all. In fact, here’s the very first tests with Mario running around:
He’s just so wide! :D
It didn’t take long to animate, but it did take long get it feeling good. It will never be EXACTLY Mario, but that’s ok, because look at this little guy, he’s not EXACTLY Mario anyways. Next is getting in specific mechanics, starting with climbing ladders…
Works for now…?
By the way, this was WAY HARDER than it should have been! Who knew that climbing ladders was SO COMPLICATED?!
In the meantime, I’ll be posting some related shorts on my youtube channel if you want to check them out.
We’ll talk more Mario a couple weeks…