Prins – Portfolio Karel Crombecq

Ahh, Prins! One of the first games I made, after being completely blown away as a child by the utterly brilliant first Prince of Persia game. To this day, I still try to relive the magic I felt playing that game for the first time, and I’ve also tried to recreate the magic in games of my own. This was my first attempt: a paper version of Prince of Persia, in which you jumped, dodged and fought with your finger, while I (the game master) played the enemies and traps with my fingers.

Check out these maze-like levels that really gave Prince a run for its money:

Each enemy (swords) had its own playstyle and lives. Also, I really liked timed gates and buttons.

There were plenty of boss battles as well. This is the level leading up to the final boss:

Note a gameplay feature not present in the original Prince: wall hooks. Also note how later Prince games DID feature plenty of those. Way ahead of my time.

The final boss of Prins. Note that I drew in an reference image of a normal human and a normal skeleton to really give you a sense of how FUCKING HUGE this badass was. To make him even more badass, I also told you his favourite food: ROCKS. What a beast.

Of course it didn’t take Moon Studio long to make a sequel to this world-wide smash hit: Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow of the Deadh.

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