Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Online

The ultimate tileset conversions continue! Unlike Diamondus, Castle and Damn didn’t have a lot of scrapped beta content to recreate (but all we currently know of is here). Unlike Jungle, these are both quite well designed and organized tilesets (but the conversions still feature new, streamlined layouts and many fixes). As you can see in the parentheses, that doesn’t mean there wasn’t anything to work with!

The main reasons for these conversions were: I wanted some genuine-looking Carrotus Castle destruction for my Demon Dash pack… and I wanted a conversion that can work as the Chelonia IV levels from Jazz Jackrabbit GBA! As soon as I started work on these, the options started opening up. Most importantly, both tilesets share the same palette entry arrangement, so you can easily mix up the contents of CastUlt and DamnUlt together in MLLE.

Many thanks go to Naser, who also worked on an expanded Castle edit, and sent his efforts over to me to incorporate into CastUlt and put some polish on them. Lots of other, previously released conversions were inspirations, outright incorporated (Loon’s work on Damn done for the Silenced Cathedral was a godsend, thank you), or otherwise nodded towards. See the manual for in-depth credits on who’s owed what, and you’ll definitely want to read it so you don’t miss out on many differences between the various versions. Most of the j2ts are not just palette swaps! (And you can still mix-and-match layouts with palettes with minimal data load using the contents of the Palettes folder.)

To make proper use of all the stuff included here, like the png image assets, the Castle spiral slides, the GBA gargoyle platforms, lava, all this stuff… Yeah, get used to it, JJ2+ and its AngelScript implementation are a must. And once again, the example levels are an excerpt from Demon Dash episode 1, and they definitely require JJ2+. Like in JungUlt, all the story is left intact, but these are levels 2 & 3 of the episode, so they’re much easier to just jump straight in! (And even if you’re confused, check out the newly-introduced JJ2+ Help option in the pause menu, which has some extra stuff in these levels!)

You might notice that only Castle example levels are included. The Damn level will be uploaded separately very soon, since it’s intended to be rated as a level (it’s not a demo, not even single-player). Here in this upload page, please focus on the tilesets, no matter how much effort I’ve put into the levels.

Please take notice that while this is a fan project and will always be free (Epic wouldn’t let me live otherwise), it’s taking many, many hours off my life. I mean, just look at the scope of this thing. I love doing this, but it’s a constant struggle between making a living and devoting time to making my dream JJ2 add-on a reality. So if you can, please show your support by donating to my Ko-Fi page. You can also follow me on Twitch, where I often stream my work on the tilesets and sprites.

[09/12 hotfix: adressed a palette index issue present in all DamnUlt versions; fixed undesired terrain interaction in level 1]

Original tileset by Nick „Nickadoo” Stadler. Tileset conversions contain elements from previous edits by: Bloody_Body, blurredD, Cansin13, cooba, Loon, PurpleJazz, Violet CLM, Eric Wayne K. Some tiles and references also from original tilesets by Chiyu, Skulg, with the former including likenesses of Grytolle, shaney, snooze, Vegito. Multiple new tiles built upon contributions by Naser. Death pit signpost based on artwork by AlbatrossThePenChewer. Level scripting contributions by Froducish, Primpy, Spaz Electro, Speaktrap!, Violet CLM. Sound effects from FreeSound.org, BBC Sound Effects, Unreal Gold, Hanna-Barbera library CDs, Minecraft, Worms Armageddon, Spongebob Squarepants, Duke Nukem 3D, Jazz Jackrabbit (GBA), miscellaneous YouTube sound collection channels. Level music by Alexander Brandon, DJ Bjra, BreadH3ad, Ideal Citizen, Luigi Elettrico, Andreas Molnar, Manfred Linzner, Quasian, and me. Imp enemy sprite adapted from Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow. Extending spikes and embedded blocks adapted from Disney’s Aladdin video game. Level beta testing by Froducish, Primpy, Violet CLM. Additional feedback by Loon, Seren.