IgorF Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 (edited) Hello dear awesome music makers! First of all, thanks and congratulations on your brilliant collective work! More specifically, I wanted to tell you about a project I've been working on for the last several years, A Tribute To Donkey Kong Country! And for this project, you've been a great help even if you don't know it yet! Click here to watch the game trailer (Youtube) Game Website The aim was to try to do a Donkey Kong game in high definition, trying to keep as much as possible the look and feel of the original Donkey Kong Country game from Super Nintendo. At the time of its release, just 20 years ago, the game was really beautiful and had incredible graphics. Rareware, the original developer, used renders (pictures) of their 3D models of their characters and backgrounds as 2D elements so that the Super Nintendo could display them. I thought that now, with the power we have on modern computers, I could create a game with 3D models as detailed as what they used in the original game, but displaying them this time in real time 3D. So I went on modeling in 3D the most famous characters of the DKC series, animating them, and creating brand new levels in the Unreal Development Kit. I finally created a full remix of the original game, and I will release on December 1st the first world of the game, that will include 8 new levels! This game is a tribute to the Rareware and Nintendo folks who created an incredible game 20 years ago. I created pretty much everything that is in the game, except the music, and that's where you folks come in! All the excellent remixes of the original DKC games inspired me, including the 3 incredible remix albums, and it was really difficult to chose only some of the songs to put in the game. I credited all the one I used on this page of the game website : http://atributetodkc.com/?page_id=51 Every song is linked to its ocremix page (when available). In-game, it's also credited like this when the level starts: So I hope I respected the OCRemix terms of use, and that everybody will be OK with the use of his brilliant work in this fan-made and totally free game! So thank you SO MUCH Acadia Percussion Ensemble, Archangel, Aetherius, bustatunez, Cody Wedel, David Wise, DiggiDis, djpretzel, DCT, Emunator, Flexstyle, halc, Harmony, Hemophiliac, JJT, Level 99, OA, Protricity, prophetik music, Robin Beanland, Theophany, zircon and zyko for your awesome work! I hope you'll check the website again on December 1st for the release, and like the game! Truly yours, a fan, Igor PS: if any of you is against the use of his work, or if you want to send me a different version, let me know! -------------------- Update : The game is now released! You can download it here: http://atributetodkc.com/?page_id=15 Edited December 2, 2014 by IgorF Game released!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey Taucer Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 Visually spectacular! Mechanics look a little weird, but on the whole it looks like a fitting tribute. However..... nintendo is not known for taking a liking to these sorts of projects, and it's overwhelmingly likely that they'll hit you with a C&D as soon as they find out about it, sorry to say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djpretzel Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 Looks good!! I'm hoping that Nintendo will realize that projects like this only serve to promote & celebrate their brands. Graphics look slick; hope the gameplay/mechanics match 'em! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chernabogue Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 Looks awesome so far! Nice job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skrypnyk Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 This tribute looks bananas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexstyle Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 Wowee, looks like a ton of work went into this--nice job, best of luck with keeping it online! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timaeus222 Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 This deserves more recognition =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tranquilfire Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 This looks great, man. Good work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crulex Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Looks freaking incredible. Truly nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceansAndrew Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 really impressive, awesome work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-RoN Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 I'm not usually one to swear in these forums but HOLY F'in SHIZNIT! This looks absolutely amazing! I'll be so pumped to give this a try in December. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IgorF Posted November 5, 2014 Author Share Posted November 5, 2014 Thanks everyone for the kind messages and support! I really hope you're going to like the game when it's released! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederic Petitpas Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Wow !! Seems like it's a little big laggy, can you confirm if it's in-game or just de video ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IgorF Posted November 6, 2014 Author Share Posted November 6, 2014 Yes the framerate on youtube isn't great but it's because I recorded the game on my laptop and it's not that powerful for rendering a game and recording and compressing a 1080p video at the same time When you're playing the game, it's super fast ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IgorF Posted December 2, 2014 Author Share Posted December 2, 2014 Hello there! As promised, the game is now available for download! CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE GAME! I made a new trailer with the excellent "Thump Brothers (Brothers Bear GBA)" by Flexstyle : Tell me what you think Have fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederic Petitpas Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Can't play it yet / no time. Anybody did already ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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