SAGE 2020 - Demo Sonic the Hedgehog RPG

Sonic RPG is an ambitious project to create a full-scale RPG based on Sonic SatAM. Inspired by classic RPGs like Super Mario RPG and Chrono Trigger, Sonic RPG strives to reignite the love of existing SatAM fans and shine a light through the often mishandled Sonic franchise.

Despite it being a crazy year, Sonic RPG is back!

A lot has changed since 2019, and we've picked up some brilliant new team members along the way. Although we had very ambitious goals for this year that we had to down scope, we think you'll enjoy this year's demo!

Let's take a look at what new features you'll see:

• Stealth
  • Enemies will only chase you if they see you
  • Player can now hide behind objects to avoid being seen and peek at what's up ahead
    
    
• More Dynamic Battles
  • Interesting enemy behaviors
  • New skills and strategies
  • Touch indicators are now always present
    
    
• Sonic's Run
  • Balancing between speed, aesthetic, and control
    
    
• Cinematic Run Levels
  • Stealth, puzzles, and battles, are all well and good , but sometimes you just want to feel that Sonic speed!
    
    
• Antoine
  • Antoine is a playable character!
    
    

Bug fixes from last demo:

• Key press doesn't always register
• Subscreen menu looks like it pauses enemies, but it doesn't
• Sonic sometimes moves very slowly (Caused by movement being frame-dependent rather than time-dependent)
• Game closes on end of demo

Controls:

• Move/Menu navigation (Arrow keys)
• Select/Perform action (x)
• Cancel/Open submenu/Skip battle turn (z)
• Change character (c)
• Use character special move (left shift)
• Toggle fullscreen (tab)

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We hope you enjoy the 2020 demo of Sonic RPG! For project updates, join our discord!

SAGE 2020 Teaser

Gameplay Update (9/8/2020):
After feedback from several players, I've decided to nerf enemy damage. Swatbots and other opponents in battle, now do about half the damage they were doing before. I also made it harder for you to be seen by the Cambot in the intro map.

Mac Release:
If you have a mac, here is a release for that.

NOTE: the mac release is unpackaged due to some errors in osx when producing a .app file. All you should need to do to play the game is unzip and double-click the SonicRPG file.

Fixed Lag Bug in Sonic's Run (9/14/2020):
After watching a couple streams of other players I noticed that Sonic's run was not accounting for time properly, causing bugs when the game was under lag. I've fixed Sonic's run as of 9/14 to scale movement speed by time which should fix this issue.

Story
Jacob Berkley/Adventure Master 18
Reggie Meisler/RedG

Dialog
Jacob Berkley/Adventure Master 18
Reggie Meisler/RedG

Game Design
Reggie Meisler/RedG

Music
Reggie Meisler/RedG
Michael Tavera

Sound
Anya Stocks/Frostdrop1
Reggie Meisler/RedG
SEGA
Anonymous

Sprites
Deebs
Racoon Ninja
Joey "The Plokman" Tripp Nimmo
Ibeh Dubem/Flame-The-Hedgehog
Reggie Meisler/RedG
Unstoppable Thombo
Damien
Anya Stocks/Frostdrop1
E-122-Psi

Tiles
Square Enix
daemoth
Reggie Meisler/RedG
Joey "The Plokman" Tripp Nimmo
Nz17

Background Art
Reggie Meisler/RedG
Nz17

Concept Art
JayFoxFire
Anya Stocks/Frostdrop1
Jacob Berkley/Adventure Master 18
Reggie Meisler/RedG
RobertCo11
Joey "The Plokman" Tripp Nimmo

3D Concept Art
Nitrosaturn

Splash Screen
Riggo

2019 Box Art
Riggo

2020 Box Art
SEGAMew (@segamew)

Testing
Foxy Grandpa (Pix)
Anya Stocks/Frostdrop1
Jacob Berkley/Adventure Master 18
Mister Acidic
Captain Jotaro
sonicevan
Ibeh Dubem/Flame-The-Hedgehog
Rocks the Squirrel
Zero Neoz
supermariobro58
Joey "The Plokman" Tripp Nimmo

Framework
Reggie Meisler/RedG

Engine
Love2D

Programming
Reggie Meisler/RedG

Tools
Tiled
Aseprite
Anvil Studio
Audacity

Special Thanks
Fans United for SatAM
Sea3on
Jacob Berkley/Adventure Master 18

The character of "T" (Tinker) is dedicated to the memory of a good friend. Rest in Piece my Senegal Parrot brother, we'll never forget you.