Germanunkol
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9 years ago I like the first version more. It could introduce a difficulty curve in the last level if, towards the end, you need to combine all your abilities for the final hit/jump/etc. The second version would probably mean that towards the end of the level, the game gets easier and easier... because it'll be hard to introduce hard puzzles to a ninja who can't do anything but jump a little. Also, a final fight where you have to use all the abilites is probably much more satisfying, once the player actually wins.
michalove
I would like to have some sort of boss-fight at the end.
I have a rough idea in my head and there are two possible ways of doing it: The main idea is that during the boss-fight, the player will go through all of the previous stages of bandanas (no wall-jump, wall-jump only, parachute, etc...). There are two possible orders: 1) Forwards: In the beginning of the boss fight, the boss steals all of the bandana-powers. During the bossfight, one by one, the player gains them back, until he can defeat the boss. 2) Backwards: During the boss fight, one by one, the boss steals one ability, so that the player becomes weaker and weaker and in the end he has only the jump (or not even that).
Which one do you like better? Or neither of them?
The first one would maybe make for simpler level design: Just make one large level with all bandanas in it and make each one reachable only with the previous ability (like in a metroid-vania game). The second one would make better "drama". In that case the boss fight would rather be like an "survive for 2 minutes and then press a button or something" and the level would become more and more difficult simply by taking away the abilities.