super mario platformer demo

Super Mario Platformer Demo – Award-Winning Fan Engine

This Super Mario Platformer Demo represents a highly polished sample level constructed on a custom scrolling engine. Originally conceived as an open-world project, the developer chose to perfect the engine mechanics—resulting in a tight, responsive showcase that secured 2nd Place in the @Brad-Games contest. A full-length game built on the same engine is already published via Scratch. The demo has surpassed 1,400 cumulative clears.

Complete Controls & Movement Tech

Remap: Press K to customise all controls
Move: Left / Right arrows
Crouch / Slope Slide: Down arrow
Dash / Grab / Fireball: Z (requires power-up)
Jump: Up arrow or X
Character Swap: C
Wall Jump: Press left/right into wall midair, then X

Advanced Engine Features

Horizontal & vertical parallax scrolling, accurate behaviour for standard Mario NPCs, gentle and steep slope variants, NPC respawning (still WIP), semi-solid platform interaction, and full coin/collectible systems. The physics closely reference console counterparts.

Asset & Inspiration Credits

Sprites and tilesets: Mario Fan Games Galaxy, The Spriters Resource, SMBX. Sounds: The Sounds Resource, themushroomkingdom.net, SMBX. Initial platforming engine architecture: @griffpatch. Contest framework and inspiration: @brad-games. Mario franchise and all related properties are the exclusive ownership of Nintendo.