It's another mod for that terrible Blitz engine. What more to say is there? The Blitz engine just feels so weird and doesn't feel all that Sonic-like at all. Why it got so popular is beyond me.
Actually, that reminds me of a convo that I had with Azu.
One of guys, Jeztac was hacking Sonic Adventure and placed a loop in the middle of a stage at a speed that wouldn't get him up the loop. Instead of being a scripted event, Sonic came to a momentous stop and slid back down.
So he's thinking of building the game as a mod for Adventure. But there's a problem there since we don't know the code well enough and the bosses would have to be in the realm of the same bosses but with a new coat of paint.
And on the topic of music, it's all original.
http://sonicfreerunner.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=musac&action=display&thread=103&page=1
I had this to say on this musician's work.
"Hmm....
I really like this stuff. But if I had anything to say, make sure to make more music with a harder edge of groove and funk. If anything, the music I remember best from a Sonic game is the stuff that smacks you across the face with a hard drum beat, a groovy rhythm, and a driving pulse of everything working in harmony.
When I was thinking of Splash Hill Zone I was actually thinking Game Gear Jungle Zone, and Strawberry Fields. Something quaint and serene, but very exotic and funky.
Let's see Maxie da Man give a shot at this. And for future reference of Sonic Sonic music, listen to the soundtracks of Sonic 1, 2, 3 & Knuckles, Spinball, and the American CD. Jap CD has a good soundtrack, but in my opinion, it has nothing on the american soundtrack. The american soundtrack just sounded... so right. In so many ways. Plus you can't help but admit that Robotnik's theme stroke terror into your heart.
Oh and possibly listen to 3D Blast Saturn Edition. That one also has good music. I want you to really study what's in a beat and rhythm and what makes Sonic sound like Sonic.
But as a musician, you are a great person to have on the team. Just study the best Sonic soundtracks and let them inspire you. While I'm not the project leader, I do want to let everyone know that I want this to have more in common with the classics than Sonic Adventure onward in pretty much everything. That's not to say that later Sonic games had terrible music. I still find music from Unleashed very catchy, and goddamn whoever is doing the soundtrack of Colours is really fucking spectacular. Sounds the most like Sonic I've heard in years.
But yeah. Study. Study what makes Sonic music Sonic. Good job on the Robotnik and Beach levels though. Work on them both, but make sure that Robotnik's music still sounds sinister."
