Retro Runner
Standalone 2D retro platform game with extensive campaign, AI, destruction elements and Level Editor v2; current branch expands animations, adaptive rendering and development tools.
What the project solves
Standalone 2D retro platform game with extensive campaign, AI, destruction elements and Level Editor v2; current branch expands animations, adaptive rendering and development tools.
Typical use
- Single-player retro campaign with 150 levels
- Creating and testing your own levels in a built-in editor
- Local score / progress and TOP100 leaderboard
- Retro playing without a mandatory online account or cloud
Main characteristics
- 150level campaign
- Grid-based movement with smooth subtile movement
- BFS enemy orientation in the map
- Crackable bricks, traps and time pressure
- Built-in level editor
- CZ / EN localization and separate Music / SFX / MIDI audio branches
Other game projects
How the application works and what it is for
Game system and editor
Campaign and Level Design
Retro Runner is designed as a full-fledged singleplayer game, not as a short technological demo. The campaign contains 150 levels and combines precise movement on the logical grid with a smoother subvolume rendering. Levels work with obstacles, breakable bricks, traps, time pressure and enemies who are oriented on the map using BFS logic.
The game is a level editor. The same runtime that the level plays also serves for its verification, so it is possible to modify the map, test the passageway and check the behavior of enemies or destructive elements immediately.
Progress, score and audio
Campaign procedure, local score and TOP100 leaderboard are stored locally; the game does not require an online account. The audio is divided into music, sound effects and MIDI branch to enable the individual components to be managed independently. The interface supports CZ / EN and maintains retro character without dependence on the original eight-bit hardware.
Role in the game development branch
Retro Runner is one of the foundations of experience with self-level self-shock, persistence, simple AI and retro presentations. These principles are later reflected in a more versatile game core and other titles.