Sonic Studio
From Sonic Retro
| Sonic Studio |
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| Engine: GameMaker[1] |
| Credits: Lapper[1] |
| Development status: Active |
| Operating system: Windows PC |
- For the Sega division which manages the Sonic franchise, see Sonic Studio (company).Sonic Studio is an in-development fan Sonic the Hedgehog stage creation program for Windows PCs.[1] Developed and produced by independent British artist and Sonic scene member Lapper, it allows users to create entirely custom Sonic stages with intuitive menu design, extensive customization features, and a focus on ease of use.
As of late 2022, Sonic Studio is still being actively developed, with the entirety of the game's planning already finalized.[1]
Contents
Features
Sonic Studio's stage creator is designed to be as authentic to the classic Sonic the Hedgehog games as possible while still allowing for extensive player creativity. Uniquely, the game's framework uses vectors and line intersections to perform its collision checks, and builds terrain as entirely custom polygonal shapes, meaning any shape whatsoever is possible to build. The editor also features a number of decoration and customization options, including the ability to auto-generate decorations throughout the created stage (such as flowers and totem poles).
Alongside it's fully-featured stage editor, Sonic Studio boasts redrawn pixel artwork for character, items, enemies, and stage graphics, as well as remixed music from artists Jahn Davis and Noah Copeland.
- Create stages by editing polygons & bezier curves.
- Auto generated terrain graphics based on the chosen theme.
- Place-able water, time of day customisation, time limit, and character options.
- Add item and decorations via point and click.
- Brand new interactions between multiple items and between items and characters.
- Automatically build loops.
- Save, load, and play stages all from within the editor.
History
Pre-release
Upon its release, Sonic scene member Lapper found himself unable to access PlaySEGA's official Sonic the Hedgehog Level Creator, and was inspired to program a level creator of his own. From this desire came 2009's Sonic Maker, one of the first Sonic fangames which allowed users to design their own levels. Later, the release of 2017's Sonic Mania further inspired Lapper to return to the idea of a level creation program.[1]
Sonic Studio was first announced in May 2018[1] and was initially known under the working title Sonic Maker[2] (a reference to the developer's previous level creator of the same name). The professionalism and accessibility of the project eventually caught the eye of the gaming public, with most responses being unanimously positive - frequently praising the game's friendly interface, and drawing similarities with Nintendo's Super Mario Maker.
Production credits
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Prerelease
May 2018
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August 2019
June 2021
March 2021
June 2022
Artwork
Logos
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