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In the style of “Super Mario 64” and the “SpongeBob” platformers that influenced him. Larson is now working on one of his most ambitious projects: a 3-D platformer game For making it in 48 hours, me and the team were super proud.” ’ I had 48 hours to complete it,” Larson said. “The most challenging game I ever made was called ‘Drone Kid. Larson has released well over a dozen games. Game inspired by ‘Castle Crashers’?” ‘A game I’ve dreamed of making’

Game that I just released, ‘Rhythm Knights,’ the big idea was what if I made a rhythm I’ll play a game like ‘Animal Crossing’ and think if it had this feature, it would be even better,” Larson said. “Usually, I start with a game and remix ideas. Most of Larson’s inspiration comes from other games. When you take a step back and look at it, it adds a lot to the game. “There’s a lot of polish in the ‘SpongeBob’ ‘SpongeBob’ platforming games so great,” Larson said. “I looked at what I thought made ‘Smash Bros.’ so great and what I thought made the Larson is a big Nintendo fan and did a lot of research on Nintendo’s design philosophy “I have super fond memories of playing those,” Larson said. Iconic and influential to millennial and Generation Z gamers. SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom,” a popular fighting game and 3-D platformer, respectively. Some of Larson’s early influences include “Super Smash Bros. I experimented with those all the time,” Larson said. “I played a lot of ‘Minecraft’ as a kid and the command blocks in the game were very similar to programming, and He hopes to make a living as a game developer, either working for a big studio orĬontinuing his work as an independent developer. Larson is a liberal arts and computer science major. To see the trailer for the game, watch the YouTube video. The better the player does the higher combos he or she can achieve.

LANCE DOUGAN AND THE RHYTHM KNIGHTS SERIES

Press the arrow keys in a series of patterns to the beat of original music by jijigri. One and go on an adventure to avenge their kingdom.” Players explore a large map andīattle original enemies created through collaboration with four other artists. “Rhythm Knights,” according to Larson’s website, is a “unique hand-drawn colorful rhythm fighter where four knights combine into

“Dance Dance Revolution,” “Guitar Hero” and “Rockband.” In a rhythm game, the player matches specific patterns to reach higher scores like Up on video games and they’ve always been an escape for me.” “I’ve wanted to be a game developer since I was really young,” Larson said. Springfield native is also a budding video game developer, releasing his newest creation Screen capture from the teaser trailer for the game.ĭallen Larson might only be a freshman at Austin Peay State University, but the 18-year-old

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