2D game information

Course slides

• 2D collision detection basics.pptx
• 2D collision response basics.pptx

Example top-down adventure (zelda-like) games

• Heros Arms
• Minit
• The Binding of Isaac

Good examples of extended or flexible features in games

Mario Crossover
• Mario Crossover
• Exploding Rabbit - the development team homepage
• Mario Crossover 3.0 trailer
Baba is You
• Trailer

Platforming terminology, game design, and history

• Platforming genre description
• History of 2d platforming success extends beyond Mario
• Platforming Games 101: Running, Jumping & More
• Ways to implement enviornments/levels in platforming games
• 11 Tips for making a fun platformer and its follow-up article 13 More Tips for Making a Fun Platformer.
• Miyamoto on World 1-1: How Nintendo made Mario's most iconic level

Example platforming games

• N Way of the Ninja
• Knytt
• Fancy Pants Adventure
• Lists of popular freeware and browser games from 2006-2009

2D platformer gameplay - videos and instruction manuals

• Super Mario Bros.
• Castlevania
• Mega Man
• Digital Press Library - NES game manuals (useful for determining requirements)

Art and Sound assets

Sprites

• The Legend of Zelda ; spriters-resource.com
• The Legend of Zelda ; nesmaps.com
• Mario Universe
• Mario Mayhem

Sprite editing and source rectangle related tools

• MSPaint - on Windows
• Paint.NET
• Alferd Spritesheet Unpacker (ASU) - program useful for determining source rectangles for sprites ; github page, zip file for Windows
• GNU IMAGE MANIPULATION PROGRAM (GIMP)

Sounds

• http://www.noproblo.dayjo.org/ZeldaSounds/
• https://www.sounds-resource.com/nes/legendofzelda/
• Mario Mayhem - sound effects
• Mario Mayhem - music
• The Mushroom Kingdom

Extras

Research related topics - Infinite Mario and Mario AI

• Playing Infinite Mario: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aoBGpdZoNw
• http://www.ultimatearcade.com/game/infinite-mario
• (seems to be buggy) http://www.mojang.com/notch/mario/
• (seems to be buggy) HTML5: http://www.rawrbitrary.com/arcade/infinite-mario-bros-in-html5/
• Mario AI Championship

SIGBOVIK (satirical computer science conference) papers

• Generalized Super Mario Bros. is NP-Complete
• learnfun & playfun: A general technique for automating NES games

2D graphics and game development for older hardware and/or alternative software

• How "oldschool" graphics worked Part 1 - Commodore and Nintendo
• LibGDX Part 1: Setup & Android Studio - Creating Super Mario Bros
• NES Game Programming Part 1