Sonic 3D in 2D

First up let me say this - you’ve done a bloody FANTASTIC job translating the environments, mechanics and overall experience from 3D to 2D. Absolutely amazing work! The work you’ve put into the game really shows and shines on through as a pure retro sonic experience (It honestly feels like I’m playing what I wanted Sonic 4 to be in my sega megadrive days!)

With that said, I do have a few points of feedback in terms of improvements and/or critique that, in my experience, lets the game down a little.

Boss difficulty curve seems a little erratic. It seems that I had quite a bit of trouble on Green Grove act 2 boss more than I did with the following act 2 bosses, simply because of a few things, notably the horizontal speed of the ball (this was eventually learned, after a game over, but it feels way too difficult for new players and more importantly the first main boss in the game) and robotnik’s i-frames catching the player out of Sonic’s natural “bounce” on bosses - I feel this shouldn’t punish the player in terms of loss of rings/death, but something less punishing like have Sonic bounce away similar to future bosses as the current method takes away something players do naturally.

Foreground/background assets and hazards - sometimes it’s almost impossible to see a set of spikes for example. Diamond Dust act 1 had various places where the spikes would be completely camouflaged in front of the background tiles, making this purely unfair - not difficult.

The Special stages - Yes, this has been brought up a lot (and for good reason). I understand your vision that they’re supposed to be difficult and that the reward is something overpowered that practically “breaks” the game but the bonus stages are teetering more on being unfair than difficult - it’s easy when you know the patterns and have designed them but when you need extremely quick reaction times coupled with the ‘slippy’ controls in them stages, it makes for an infuriating experience. A couple suggestions that may lighten up the experience without removing the “difficulty” could be tightening up the momentum a little or slowing the rings down slightly (but adding more to the quota/having less rings appear).

Quick boss attacks - Things like the Diamond Dust act 1 boss. I notice this has been brought up a fair bit too, and as I understand the pattern and get that the idea is to avoid the lasers as they lock on to your position, the execution requires very fast reactions whilst also trying to figure out when it’s going to shoot - a recipe that is yet again, infuriating. A simple tell when the boss is about to shoot would work wonders (just a sprite flash followed by the shoot or something) and gives the player a fair warning when to dodge that incoming swift laser.

Again, I absolutely appreciate the effort you’ve put in this game, it’s probably one of the best fan games I’ve ever played. The passion and love you’ve obviously put into it is crystal clear and without a shadow of a doubt I’d recommend this to any sonic fan! If it weren’t for a few small bits that I mentioned above this would be a solid 10/10 for me!

Awesome work.

I feel like the rings and bombs in the special stages go by way to fast for me to react to it.

I made a mod for this fangame , if you want to download it enter here xD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdPp0w6p778 

I'm unable to play this I've tried the "fix" that didn't work even made it run on my GPU and still it runs like it's being played underwater is there a actual fix for this?

Thanks.

I've been really enjoying this game so far - the level design has been entertaining and the Act 1 bosses for each area have generally been fun ideas. I particularly enjoyed Gene Gadget. Right now I'm stuck on the Panic Puppet Act 1 boss, which is... troublesome... but perhaps I'll eventually get around to completing it. Flying segments are always really rough...

I have a few suggestions:

- For the switch in Gene Gadget Act 1, it might more clearly convey how it works if it played sound effects to indicate it was on a timer, akin to Sandopolis zone's grind blocks. I couldn't figure it out and had to time out for one death because I wasn't sure if I missed a pathway or something.

- For Panic Puppet zone Act 1, I feel like it might be served by a mild timer extension of some sort: I enjoy the level design, but feel like I'm forced to rush through and ignore it all by the fact that the fight takes so long to do.

Anyway, so far, really enjoying it!

(SPOILER FOR WHO DOSENT PLAYED IT)

Well i made this account so i can give some feedback:

I loved this fangame , all the Sonic lore put into it , like Tails Doll , that Chaos mural , that Extra Final Boss with the Pocket Adventure Mech , etc all of that is awesome =)

now , the feedback , to improve this project :D

-Enemies in middle of a Speed Section , that ruins the speed felling and make you just jump to avoid possible badnicks and not going fast as you supposed to do

-Panic Puppet Zone and Gene Gadget Zone are little annoying to play , they are like a giant maze and in a Sonic game that dosent work , Sonic games are fast , not maze like 

-Panic Puppet Zone ACT 1 Boss , the machine with the capsule inside is fun to play , but that Eggman part is so hard that i took 3 days to defeat , a lot of lifes and patience losed on that fight , also , if get hit you can take any ring back , also , Tails moves to slow when fliying , please fix it or at least disable the Eggman part bc i beyond annoying xD

-Panic Puppet Zone ACT 2 Boss , is cool , the 1st part is beyond difficult , you barely have time to think

the 2nd part is good , but the time you have to hit him is too short 

the 3rd part is great , no need to change

-The Special Stages , god , they are imposibleeee , i cant get the Emeralds without Cheat Engine , i would rather use the S3&K special stages than the Sonic 2 ones 

-E99 Boss , he just spams bombs and laser shoots you like a maniac , you barely have time to react or hit him without getting hit

-Gene Gadget Zone ACT 2 Boss , Please Nerf that Homming attack Little bastard xD , he is to fast for the player to react

Well , that was my experience with this fangame , i have to say , if we improved it with this feedback and the other user feedbacks this fangame can shine very good , it already shines for me xD

also if you reading this and need a digital artist you can talk to me and i can provide some digital art =)

Played the 1.08 version, just finished, maybe a few tips to improve

First, The Insta Shield, it works nicely but it lacks just that "invincibility-frame" that made it so special on S3&K, it allowed you to kill these spikey enemies and dodge damage , here on this game seeing how difficult it is, I please beg you, to add that , it is completely unfair sometimes

General Level Design: Sonic CD had that problem where if you went fast, a enemy was waiting and then you just got hit by it, same here, happens waaaaaay a lot, maybe even a Stage Hazard sometimes.

The Special Stages, the biggest bruh , can't make it, I got the first one legit and then the rest I couldn't, i had to resort to Cheat Engine to get the 7 emeralds, otherwise it wouldn't have been possible

Gene Gadget Act 1 and 2 are a super maze, the fact you can actually move through tubes on Act 1 was something it took me a while to figure out, the first act boss fight, is just extra difficult, worth of being a final boss honestly restarted the stage just to gring Rings and Super Sonic it out, else impossible, maybe add 1 ring after defeating of them? or make it so they spawn over time. The Act 2 boss was alright though

Panic Puppet Act 1: Insane maze, took me 8 minutes to reach the boss and i couldn't kill it due to a time over, had to consume a extra life for it to reset, now the Act 1 boss, Horrible beyond Horrible, i get the idea but, it's just so darn difficult, being hit once just renders you useless as the rings just fall off and tails movement is slow, and to make it worse, there's a second phase, which is even more unfair due to the plus that tails moves slow, and robotnik can just, appear from the bottom side or top side, maybe restrict it to being only left and right, or just add over time a ring that shows up so you have a chance, more than that, i see that boss to being improved, I legit had to reset the stage just to grab rings and Super Sonic it out.

Panic Puppet Act 2: was alright, fun to explore, the first phase of the boss really meme, hits you a lot, maybe add a delay after they stomp? most of the times i just got hit after hitting the boss, which was meh, took me a few tries, the second phase, just add more time to hit the blue orbs pls, third phase was alright

The Final Fight: 3 minute boss , really easy tbh, just time consuming like the original one, dying here and on the post fight is just... eehhhh, since you have to repeat that over again and it's just frustration at that point.

 Extra Boss: what if we got more rings ? , I spammed the Boost because I got a vibe from S3&K, though it consumed rings so I found myself in a weird spot and then died, The Character's movement seem slow too, but overall a fun fight and a nice touch to the end of the game.

That's all my rant of the game, hope seeing it improve.

Finally! A version of Sonic 3D Blast I can actually tollerate

this game was fun to play but difficult. im probably bad at sonic games, but this one felt tougher than others. not necessarily a bad thing, but it was noticeable. everything else was great, graphics, music, etc. kudos for the continuous development and frequent updates!

Probably been suggested before, but might I suggest the choice of soundtracks like what was done for the newest PC release of Sonic CD?  Alternative sound effects and little jingles not included of course, just stage music.

PS - I cannot state how well this is done and how happy this made me to see and play.  Please keep going, I wanna see where else this could go.

This fan game has some of the most bullshit bosses and level design I've ever played in a sonic game.

Can you make a version with the Sega Saturn music

you can also make a remake of the sonic 2 master system (like - sonic 2 8 bit in 16 bit) with an engine based on mania.you can think of cool things to add.

what would spring twirl look like in this remake?(you can test to see if are good or not

Nicely done

the special stage is too fast ... 

a good name for the game : Sonic Flickies Island

I already have the version corresponding to my pc installed, all good the first few days but today when I tried to pass the game on with amy, the water thing happened again and changed to another character but my pc is still Windows 7, and I was wondering if it can remove dependency from directX