User:The King

The King has created an online portfolio, that he has typed in third person as if it were a real Wikipedia article. If you like trivia, you might want to read this.

Info
Birthday: June 13, 1993

Joined: July 9, 2007

Latest Game: Talea

Origin
Nick from Ohio, has been working with Game Maker since Fall 2006. He has a collection of over 20 games currently on the site. He discovered Game Maker after Google Searching: "Game Maker".

He chose the name "The King" out of randomness, and his logo is typically a crown with his alias: "The Crown Jewel of Gaming." His title is pretty much the opposite of his status so far, making it somewhat a joke.

Background
Nick lives in a small town in which he leaves nameless for security reasons. He hints on the forums that it is near Canton, so we assume he lives in Stark County Ohio. Out of boredom, Nick sits at his computer and uses his creative skills to create fun games for people to play online. Favorites include mostly NES and other retro games, sports games, fighting games, music games, and kart racing games. His attempts in the past to make these games have all failed, but he has created other games that seem to progress as he learns what he is doing.

Reception
Although mostly a rogue in his early years, he has grown to become a likeable and well known face at YoYo Games. He has gotten along well with other famous faces, and people like to have him around because of his review service. He has complied over 80 reviews out of boredom or by request. He is a contributor of forum games and other pop culture topics. Typically a quiet person, seems to be pretty outgoing when the opportunity arises, even starting some pretty interesting topics like "Weird Product Labels" and "Alphabet Adventure".

Games
(ALL INFO CURRENT AS OF JUNE 1st, 2009)

Mario Kart Street Race (7-10-07)
 * Rated 2.6 by 36 members. Played 1738 times.

The King's first game; a Street Race parody featuring Super Mario Kart rips. This is considered his most controversial game. It received several negative reviews and gave The King a bad name coming onto the site. However the smaller form made it easier to drive, plus the music, sound and sprites fit well amongst The King's friends at home. It was strictly not intended to be plagerism, rather a Mario twist on a classic favorite.

Game Maker Racing (8-30-07)
 * Rated 3.1 by 32 members. Played 710 times.

The player plays as Pacman in a racing game against a plane from "1945", a ball from "Hit the Ball", a rocket from "Asteroids", a lady from "Platform Example" and an adventurer from "Treasure Hunt". It took place on several stages from Game Maker Examples. It featured Linkin Park as the games soundtrack and was highly regardeded as The King's most creative game. The only downfall was the controls, which is why they are explained at begining of a race.

Super Doctor Mario (9-7-07)
 * Rated 3.3 by 90 members. Played 2682 times.

The King's most played game. A Hello Mario clone featuring Dr. Mario as the protaganist. The enemies are replaced with viruses, the fireballs are replaced with Megavitamins, and the backgrounds resembled the original Dr. Mario checker patterns. The game went on like a traditional Mario platformer, with second levels each with an ending boss (Bowser). The battle required you to shoot Bowser with a vitamin in order to continue. For a while it was The King's crown jewel and today still receives mostly possitive reviews. Some glitches and the ending sequence shaved some points of its ratings, but the game still went strong.

Bubble Wrap (2-2-08)
 * Rated 2.9 by 27 members. Played 292 times.

The King's first game of 2008. Created as a simple program out of complete boredom, it sparked a whole new revelation in The King's game designing. 100 bubbles, a giant hand, and Homer Simpson's trademark "Woo-hoo!" that made sure you got another fresh sheet. It scored some rave reviews, but some complained that it lacked any structual gameplay and gave very little reason to keep on playing. It spawned two more games that were given less success, but showed that Bubble Wrap was a staple in The King's career.

Street Hoops (Formally Jake Dashman)(3-15-08)
 * Rated 2.8 by 12 members. Played 109 times.

This game was originally released on August 24, 2007 as Jake Dashman. It followed a high school jock playing basketball, football, and tennis. The gameplay was simple being The King's second game: The object was click on Jake to score points in any given sport in the alloted time. It was later taken down due to lack of excitement. It was brought back several months later, but only as a basketball game. It scored mostly negative reviews due to horrible art and sound, but gameplay seemed to arouse gamers as a simple way to pass the time.

Head Trauma (5-4-08)
 * Rated 3.4 by 20 members. Played 145 times.

Head Trauma was based off of an actual experience dealing with a concussion. The King had suffered from Head Trauma after a freak accident. The King created this game two days after returning home from the hospital. The title was originally called "Vacuum Ball" and was used with Darth Krattus' pool engine. Although not as critically acclaimed as Super Doctor Mario, Head Trauma scored rave reviews as being great in gameplay, sounds, art, and the concept. It became addicting for gamers to get the high score as the games difficulty made that so.

Calvin and Hobbes in Sled Storm (5-14-08)
 * Rated 3.1 by 7 members. Played 91 times.

A remake of steware's skiing game, it followed popular comic strip characters Calvin and Hobbes in a fast paced sled ride game based off of their famous sled runs. The game contained five runs, and once completed, the player would receive a comic strip to act as a cut scene to the next level. The game was considered extremely difficult and glitchy, but the idea of a Calvin and Hobbes video game was a gateway to other great ideas for The King's further games.

Football Game Engine (5-24-08)
 * Rated 3.0 by 11 members. Played 143 times.

The King's first attempt at a game tutorial. An American football game that came with 'a complete set of NFL teams, a running engine, the Ohio state fight song, and some things that resemble football.' It was very basic and one with Lite could create a mediocre football game using physics similar to Head Trauma to chase the quarterback and running engine physics to head for the endzone. The engine was a flop. The King's favorite excuse for this was: "Don't rip on this, I doubt you can do any better!"

Super Mario Climbers (6-26-08)
 * Rated 3.2 by 10 members. Played 136 times.

The King's second Mario game that some might debate an improvement of his last attempt. The game was a combination of Mario and Ice Climber in which the player would make it to the top without falling. The bricks would act as a floor. Breakable yet vital to the players quest. Other than that it was a pretty much another Mario clone. A big success on The King's part for everything was in good shape except perhaps the interface and story was a bit obscure.

Duck Hunt Engine (7-6-08)
 * Rated 3.1 by 15 members. Played 279 times.

A massive overhaul in engine quality, the Duck Hunt engine was a great success. It came with a ten duck shoot limit, a high score table, real Duck Hunt sounds, sprites, and shooting actions, and players may even blow up the dog. It was regarded as a great piece of nostalgia and a great resource tool even if it was Lite. The movements of the ducks however were not so great. Their flight patterns were very predictable, but still tricky to catch. It contained a High score table which was virtually useless with the shot limit, but could taken out if the player wished to quit.

Metroid Breakout
 * Rated 3.1 by 11 members. Played 70 times.

An entry for the first Yoyo Games Olympics, it combined the gameplay from Breakout with the world of Metroid. The gameplay used Samus' ball form to hit all of the blocks, and the levels would get much faster as the player would progress. At the final level Ridley would be the final boss and the blocks acted as a barrier. Samus would have to clear the blocks to kill Ridley and win the game. Not big into Metroid, The King studied on Metroid to create a story for the game. The game was commented as a cool game all around and didn't seem to lag in any areas except maybe its level design.

1915 (9-5-08)
 * Rated 2.5 by 2 members. Played 25 times.

An entry for the Tutorial Clone Contest, The King took 1945, decolorized all of the artwork, took out all sounds, increased the room speed, and used Scott Joplin's "The Entertainer" as its theme song. The facelift was used to recreate a silent movie theme for World War I. Being a tutorial clone, it recevied negative comments that would later killed the tutclonecomp1.

Nick's Tetris (9-20-08)
 * Rated 3.6 by 14 members. Played 181 times.

A classic Tetris game that The King learned to make from a online tutorial. It is currently The King's highest rated game, but has not recevied any super status like Super Doctor Mario or Bubble Wrap. A plain old Tetris game that simply used to kill time. It was also rumored to contain a secret level only for top notch players...

Yoyo Games Tribute Movie (10-25-08)
 * Rated 3.1 by 7 members. Played 106 times.

"A film is dedicated to some of the all-stars of Yoyo Games!" The King's first and last attempt at a Game Maker movie. He used the theme song from Total Drama Island and sprites used to plan Googigi's forum game. Simply a commercial for Yoyo Games in random cycles of movement. The general public seemed to like the idea, but noticed its quirky collisions and randomness.

Waluigi Pinball (12-24-08)
 * Rated 3.2 by 9 members. Played 49 times.

Planned to be a present to the public over the holiday season. An overhaul upgrade of me2's pinball game, it gave Waluigi his very own game. Based off of his race track on Mario Kart DS, the graphics and sounds were everything Waluigi. Not so much a game but just another version used to show what creativity can go far. And it got mostly possitive reviews in the long run.

Other Works
Other games include Games Factory, Hibachi Chef and Talea, they are not given proper articles because they have not been around long enough to have an article.

Comedy Rampage and Tennis Hero are too other Works in Progress that may or may not reach the list of games available. But over time, something will become the toast of The King Games for 2009.