Hi. I'm quite a fan of the Metroid series... I've seen a remake attempt of Super Metroid in the archives (Zebes), it looks nice, but very unfinished... so I'd like to finish my own Metroid level! I'm working from Zero Mission. I might focus slightly more on gameplay than on the graphics, since I already have to get used to manipulating tilesets. But this won't be a litteral translation, rather a Knytt world based on the maps and components of Metroid.
Storyline: Junis Aran beat the mother brain, leader of the Space pirates. As she was leaving the planet Zebes, her mission accomplished, a pirate gunship tracked her down. Her own spaceship was shot, and crashed on the planet. When she woke up, she was left defenseless and stranded... the enemies gone, presuming her dead. You have to explore areas around Zebes... maybe you'll find a way to escape.
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Completion:
Brinstar - 100%
Crateria - 99%
Kraid - 40%
Norfair - 65%
Ridley - 5%
Maridia - 85%
Tourian - 0%
?? - 1%
?? - 2%
Custom tilesets - 1 of 2 (Basic set done, Tourian set to do)
Custom tiles and objets - 5%
-255 CO icons set - done
Music - 4%
Endings, cutscenes and intro - 40%
Screens count: 410
Estimated release: December 21st 2012, or maybe later if the apocalypse doesn't take place.
:crazy: EDIT on August 21tst:
Worked on the Ridley area lately! Hopefully, you'll be waiting more for "more" quality... if not, then you'll have hundreds more screens anyway. My creative glass is half full. OH BTW, I'm making my own music tracks for the level, isn't that great?! ;)
:hiddenstar: The screenshots...:
(http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a349/Yedo/ZeroMission6-Knytt.jpg)
(http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a349/Yedo/ZeroMission1-Knytt.jpg)
(http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a349/Yedo/ZeroMission2-Knytt.jpg)
(http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a349/Yedo/ZeroMission4-Knytt.jpg)
Well, thank you. I feared someone would comment on my backgrounds :/ It seems that I have barely enough of 2 tilesets just for the structure of most screens, and when I want to put some "scenery" in the back, I can't find something that doesn't seem to be in the front... or look like it's in the front, if you know what I mean. It's not the case with all screens in the game (for example, the 1st screenshot in my 1st post isn't too empty), but I'd say it's a problem with a huge 90% of 'em.
More screenshots -
(http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a349/Yedo/ZeroMission7-Knytt.jpg) (http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a349/Yedo/ZeroMission8-Knytt.jpg) (http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a349/Yedo/ZeroMission9-Knytt.jpg)