I was thinking on this for a bit but... Whoopie's Playtime is now playable on Newgrounds! You can play it here:

This game is heavily based on janky platformers that I played in the mid 2000s as a kid. Half of them were even on Newgrounds! I say were because they got deleted at one point for some reason... To be more specific, the games were called Mario Vlax, Luigi Castle on Fire, Waluigi, and Sonica. I didn't realize this at the time (although I noticed the similarities), but all of them seem to use the same engine. Which engine? I have no idea! I think I was trying to research last year, but to no avail. Before I explain what I did though, I should provide some context:

This game was made for ME-OS, my operating system simulation game full of games, programs, and OS like features. More specifically, Whoopie's Playtime is part of the Zelomedia Splash collection, which is comprised of smaller/simpler flash like games and parodies. With this one specifically, I tried to make it just as janky as the engine it was inspired by. The enemies move very similarly, the timing/speeds/physics, etc.. However I thought that people might get a bit grumpy if the whole game plays super annoying, so I toned down the default unfairness/difficulty, and added an unfair mode that can be turned on in the options. That mode makes it as close as possible to the engine including frantic timing, random/unpredictable enemy movement, and more. I'm really hoping that someone recognizes what I was going for, that would be really cool as I'm not sure how many people played the source inspirations haha.

Initially I wasn't sure whether I wanted to upload more smaller ME-OS games on Newgrounds (especially with one coming very soon, but more on that later...) but this one felt like it had to be here. I mean after all, at least a portion of the inspiration material was uploaded to NG almost two decades ago! That's a loooot of time. I'm hoping people around my age or older feel nostalgic playing this, and people who don't feel the nostalgia just get a fun little game to enjoy. Either way I just owe a lot to this site because it formulated a large chunk of my childhood, as well as exposed me to very talented people/very cool content, and even friends! So I hope you enjoy this little tidbit I have to offer for now :)

As for the thing I mentioned earlier, I'm making another Zelomedia Splash game, except similar to when I released Super Hard Quiz P2, this game is being made with the intention to release to Newgrounds as well! I've been spending the past two weeks animating/drawing, which makes me wanna claw my eyes out, but it's gonna be awesome (I hope!). I don't want to reveal the theme just yet, but I'm aiming for this coming Saturday, if not the next one (29th).

If you're interested more in ME-OS, make sure to join the Discord server where I talk more about this stuff/show sneak peaks, host events/contests, and more! Otherwise, thank you so much again for reading, I love this site and I love showing you guys my stuff!!

-MG