Invisible Munky 2 - AGameAWeek/Jayenkai

Invisible Munky 2!!!
Ten years after the original that I can probably suggest you never ever saw, comes the inevitable sequel.

50 entire levels of Banana grabbing chaos.
Dodge the evil monsters, bopping them on the head with your rocks, and hunt for the exit on each level.

You'll have to have killed 50% of the baddies, and collected 50% of the bananas on each level, to unlock the next level.. (I've actually forgotten to mention this in the game... um.. *shrugs*)

The challenge? The main character is INVISIBLE!
You'll NEVER get to see Munky.
Luckily, there's a handy pointer to help guide you as you go. But is it enough!?

http://socoder.net/jstuff/complete/I...Case_thumb.png

You can Grab it from OUYA.tv or find it in the Discovery channel.
You can also download it for Windows, or play it in HTML5, or grab the .apk for typical Android doohickeys, from my Archive here.

Ye-Generic YouTube Trailer!

Cool, must try it! :D

Looks like fun, I'll be sure to check it out.

Game is fantastic I don't think I'll beat it anytime soon but it was awesome.

If anyone manages to reach it, be sure to let me know how obvious Level 25 is!!

Level 25? D: thats so far lol.

I like it lots! What's the deal with the arrow that points at the monkey?

Nothing wrong with a great big floating red pointy arrow!!
Originally, Invisible Munky was only supposed to be a simple test engine for a new sort of platforrm game, using lines instead of the usual grid/tile type of engine. I was going to reskin it at a later date. The arrow was added to symbolise "this is where I will eventually add a cool looking player sprite", but after running around the level with the barebones style, I found myself falling in love with the oddness of the look.
I posted my "test engine" online, and others also liked the stylised look, so the game carried on like that, and "Invisible Munky" was born.

This time around (literally 10 years later!!!) I opted to stick with that style, and have actually replicated a whole lot of the original game's look. There's still a bunch of stuff missing from this edition, but hopefully the huge number of levels makes up for that!

Previously undisclosed feature : If anybody's struggling with the game, you can head into the main menu's options (cog on the left) and switch from [Normal] to [Easy] mode. This makes Munky invulnerable, gives it infinite lives, and respawns if it falls into the water....

But who needs easy mode!!!!??

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Originally Posted by Jayenkai

If anyone manages to reach it, be sure to let me know how obvious Level 25 is!!

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Finally reached the all mighty level 25 :p

I found it pretty obvious, though. That kind of thing were pretty common on 8-bit / 16-bit era, well, or is it just me? Anyway, pretty cool game, i love how main character "looks" more like an anamorphic dude than a munky :p

Cheers,
Fabrício.

Tried... it's a cooool game :D way more refined that I was thinking.
Music fits perfectly, visuals are greatly stylised, the jump system is a little strange but I'll get used of it :)

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Originally Posted by frpnit

Finally reached the all mighty level 25 :p

I found it pretty obvious, though.

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Yeah, as I was coding it, I was thinking "Is this just really obvious because I sat here and coded it, but will be baffling to others.. or is it ACTUALLY really obvious!"
I was hoping it was the latter!!
Good to know it is!
*phew*

Thanks for reaching the all mighty level 25 :D

I never played the original. The gimmick of having an invisible avatar character is devilishly tricky, but I'm rather enjoying it. It's worth remarking on just how smooth it is. So many OUYA games are choppy and prone to random judder--even when it's simple, low resolution, 2D fare--that I've begun to subconsciously attribute it to the console itself. Invisible Munky 2 reminds me that I know better.

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Awww *hugs*

Yeah, it's smooth once it gets going, but those initial few seconds when it's loaded.. Yikes!! That menu stutters into action, doesn't it!!? Stupid Android loading methods.. But once it's all jammed into place, it continues without any issues, which is nice.

This game uses the largest assets I've drawn, so far. (Surprisingly!) With only the floors actually being "line" drawn (and about 16 * pixel-thin lines per floor tile, btw.. Couldn't figure out how to make lines thicker!!) everything else is drawn using HUGE sprites! Even the little fluttering leaves are 64x64 pixel particles floating around. It really is a huge amount of stuff that I'm throwing at the screen, and thankfully the OUYA is more than capable of doing it,
I was a little worried when my own laptop started to stutter, but the OUYA just carried on regardless :)

The OUYA is much more capable than people give it credit for, and it's a shame others seem to lazily-port things, without properly bothering to stress test their games.

Jayenkai, the game is good. Really.

AND... the goodness of the engine could be used for a more ambitious game.
Maybe a game similar to Gauntlet, or a racing game like Skidmarks (but with your kind of essential visuals) :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDR8osIbqVI

FACT : Skidmarks was created using Blitz 2.0
Invisible Munky 2 was created using Monkey-X

Monkey-X was written by the same guy who wrote Blitz 2.0 (Mark Sibly)

OMG!!!!!

Woahhh. We need to go deeper (inception)

Deeper : Invisible Munky 1 was written using Blitz2D, the direct successor to Blitz 2.0!

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Originally Posted by Jayenkai

FACT : Skidmarks was created using Blitz 2.0
Invisible Munky 2 was created using Monkey-X

Monkey-X was written by the same guy who wrote Blitz 2.0 (Mark Sibly)

OMG!!!!!

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LOL, can't believe XD

It's a sign of destiny

http://youtu.be/VPj5nPqvTuM