COMPLETED Mario's slightly Unusual Boss Rush (2.0 update out now! Also at NCFC!)

[OddieTheRock]

Here is a little fan game I had been working on recently and now feel like showcasing on the forums.






Plot: Mario is invited to Peach's Castle for a grand celebration of some sorts. When he has almost arrived, Kamek appears out of no where and zaps him far away to a random location. Now Mario has to make his way back while going through some unusual worlds with folks who seem to have a bone to pick with him.

Development History: I was inspired to make this fangame when I was reading about a trilogy of games on the MFGG wiki called "The Miraculous Boss Battle", a very poorly made series of games made by MFGG user "awesomeface".

A long while after that, I made some little doodles of a Mario 3 styled boss rush game, but I didn't properly start development on it until June 4th of last year, though I stopped development on it as I was busy with some important personal life stuff. Sometime after I had released another version of my Angry Birds fangame "Angry Birds Slingshot Frenzy", I didn't really feel like working on that fangame for a while, and I really didn't feel like resuming work on Super Mario Generations, so I decided to resume development on this project again around either April or June 2022.

The name of the fangame came about where I was trying to make the title sound slightly mundane and unique, with the short fangame "Luigi Takes a Walk" also being an inspiration for the name.

Fast forward to now, and I've recently released the v2.0 update of the game, featuring a unlockable Plus Mode and playable Luigi after beating the main game with all Special Coins collected.

Click on the photos to download the specific version you need. Also these are Windows versions.

64-bit (x64) version:


32-bit (x86) version:


OLDER VERSIONS (EDIT: currently not available due to link issues)

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64-bit (x64) version (v2.0 Feedback Demo):


32-bit (x86) version (v2.0 Feedback Demo):


x64 version (v1.0):


x86 version (v1.0):


Some OLD Notes: Some of the levels have had more time in the oven than others, and same is true for the bosses (this also includes the graphics of said levels and bosses).

Controls:
Z: Run / Fire / Pickup / Select level
X: Jump / Float (as Bunny Mario/Luigi)
Enter: Pause / Select
Arrow Keys: Move / Move Menu Options

You can remap the controls in-game.
Credits are in the ending as well as being in a the README.txt file (it also includes Plus Mode instructions).

Note: Most of the music is from Super Mario Bros. 3 or Super Mario Maker 1/2, while others are from fan remixes (which I have given proper credit). Also, some sprites from Super Mario Generations are reused and edited for this fangame as I wanted the characters to be mostly modern looking.

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Now I feel like I should release a feedback version of this thing so I can improve how it handles a bit more accurately. I will either edit this post or make another one with the download link once I've actually exported the project.

List of projects I eventually plan to finish after the indefinite hiatus is over, assuming I don't abruptly cancel them:

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Mario's Rather Unusual Trilogy (Mario's slightly unusual Boss Rush (Completed), Mario vs. Some Unusual Foes (In development), Mario's VERY Unusual Final Frontier (In development))
Sonic's Foray into Random/Unusual Zones (spin-off of Unusual Trilogy, in development)
Angry Birds Slingshot Frenzy (In development)
Super Mario Flashback: Really Good Edition (In development)
Super Hilda DX (In only conceptual phase)

Yes, I am aware that I have about 6 or so fangame projects currently in development at the same time. And yes, I am also aware that all of this is very ambitious.

+ List of projects I'm helping out with in some small capacity during my hiatus:

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Super Mario Bros Dimensions 2 (as a spriter, only for Mario's sprites)
MFGG Community Fangame Project 3 (as a spriter)
WordGirl ReWired (as a artist)