It's basically runer's super optimized code. It uses a particle system that emits with a random velocity in a range of values for x and y, then deletes those particles after a certain period of time.

If that's not a glitch, it would seem the player has almost unlimited mobility in the game, which might make platforming difficult.

I fixed that, but I'm not sure I'll be using this engine anymore.

both megaman and metroid would  benefit more from cycles devoted to enemies and projectiles than to camera motion, and smooth cameras make precise "precision platforming" more difficult as well. we still really need a decent megaman for the 8x series, though, so that would be pretty fantastic

@Shmibs:I agree, and it may be comming sooner than you think.

ooh, that looks fantastic! the sprites are a bit big, though. i know it's really hard to make decent looking 4*4's, with a 4-6*8 megaman, but on the nes he's a 10th of the screen's height, and even on the gameboy he's still only about 17%. here he's half, so boss battles would be basically impossible. oh, and the screen scrolls when he's in the centre (on the nes, at least; i've never played the gameboy version) which would also help with visibility for this one.

EDIT: not that i'm discouraging the game in any way; it looks fantastic =D

The screenies are really really outdated