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Ostrich Jump 4

Posted by The-Mercenary - October 25th, 2009


Yes that's right. I'm making Ostrich Jump 4, despite the lack of demand and many hate letters that I have received for the last 3 I decided to make one more. This one however is completely different from the past 3. Instead of being side scrolling, its....you guessed it, 3D!!! well not fully 3d, but the camera is now behind the ostrich. and the objects are coming at you from the front. This means that from a gameplay perspective, It can get much more challenging, there are 10 different ways of dodging something instead of the 3 different ways the other games had. The player has to step side to side, jump, duck, and speed past objects. Since the objects come from in front of you, I can string together a gauntlet as an entire object. I also decided to add in a story mode, in this mode, the objects come at you in a pre-defined order and it will actually have a story with cut scenes. There will also be a Rampage mode, which will be more like the older games where the objects are random (though do increase in difficulty the more you go). I'll have it done sometime around December if not sooner, the engine is pretty much complete, the only thing that's left is making the content. I've uploaded the music "theme" for the menu to the audio portal. http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen /281416

Here is a screenshot.

Ostrich Jump 4


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1st comment

These games rarely seem to work well, though I've seen a few that do. Just make sure you don't make it instant death when you hit something, otherwise I know I'll try it maybe twice, get frustrated, and close it. People should be able to play through the level.

yea, for the story mode I'll probably give you 3 lives to get through a level. The rampage mode will be an instant death, because that's for seeing how long you can survive.

True! I really liked Ostrich Jump 3 though. I mean ill give alot of the enjoyment for having that nonsense song along with SoaD. I still play that every other day or so but this whole 3D thing.....well I mean I can't help but have my doubts I mean I haven't ever seen a good 3D game before but hey more power to you if you can pioneer this thing. Cant wait to check it out.

I've spent about 3 weeks coding controls and I've tried 4 different methods of 3d before settling on one, I'm not only making this for other people, I'm making this for myself so I'm not going to put it out until I think its perfect. (which I've unfortunately have done before)