SuperTux will use OpenGL-only in the future, software rendering is obsolete and will get removed has soon as feature get introduced that are only doable in OpenGL.

There hasn't been any finial decissions on the level format, however what we need is basically something that can:

• hold multiple tilemaps per level
• hold scriptable trickers and such
• hold the position of enemies and there state

SuperTux should feature 5 basic tile shapes:

• empty
• full
• 100% slope
• 50% slope
• 200% slope

In addition to them it will feature them in mirrored form and in a form that allows two 50% tiles to form a smooth slope. With these basic tile shapes it should be possible to form reasonably smooth circles and smooth shapes into the terrain.

Beside normal and opaque tiles, there will be quite a few different tile types:

• ice tiles, which make the ground slippery and controlls harder
• slime tiles/water tiles, which make movement slower
• lava/fire tiles, which kill Tux or rob him some energie

To speed up gameplay a bit and to provide a raising danger to Tux, some levels might feature raising lava, acid or poising gas that will come from below or from the left and will require the player to quickly advance to survive.

The worlds proposal by Ratchet with respective bosses:

world 1 - Icy Island (of course) - Big Snowman
world 2 - Forest/Grasslands - Big Tree Badguy
world 3 - Jungle - Primate or Chief Penguin Tribesman
world 4 - Underwater Caves - Octopus-like creature
world 5 - Desert - Dust Devil (Whirlwind)
world 6 - Island world - Big Island-type Penguin
world 7 - Industrial World - Big Robot
world 8 - Illusion Island - Rainbow Creature
world 9 Outer Walls - Nolok-type creature
world 10 - Nolok's Office - A bad computer
world 11 - Nolok's Kitchens - Chef
world 12 - Nolok's Dining Room - Giant Fork
world 13 - Nolok's Lab - Giant Amoeba
world 14 - Tower Tops - must jump aboard Helicopter
world 15 - Space Station - Nolok
world 16 - The Dungeon - Dungeon Creature
world 17 - Rescuing Penny - Something that has Penny
world 18 - Antarctica Again - No Boss, Celebration with Penny

Here goes a few unsorted images contributed by people, in order to serve as an insipiration for the developers.

Contributed by C. Ratchet