FoxehSquirrelly Plays: Balan Wonderworld Demo
1How to fix this game: play as Balan, have a movement system similar to Jet Set Radio (if you really didn't want to just do NiGHTS) have the game be set in a hub world that looks like a carnival/circus ground, every attraction is the entrance to a level. The kid(s) from the intro wander around or are escorted by you to the level, they enter from the front while Balan enters from some hard to reach 'backstage' entrance. Then the level has the kid on stage of some kind of performance, like a trapeze act or play or movie scene reenactment or something like that, and Balan is gliding around backstage off set. The gameplay hook of the levels would be to interact with objects and avoid obstacles in order to help the kid complete their performance without them realizing you're assisting them, by timing the interactions perfectly. Like lets say, cutting the rope of a trapeze so that it swings down just as they're reaching for it, or twirling around a fan to make it activate and give them an extra boost of air as they pass over it. Then at part of the grand finale, jumping out onto the stage and doing some dramatic flair to close out the act, and the curtain would close over the scene. You'd then be graded based on how long it took to do the level, the precision of the timing of the interactions, and the style points of how much flair and poise you did it with.