VinnyVideo
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VinnyVideo, who joined MFGG in 2008, is currently the author of numerous fangames, including those posted only on the forums.
Fangames
VinnyVideo mostly makes traditional side-scrolling platform games that are based on the Super Mario All-Stars version of Super Mario Bros. 3 but include elements of other Mario games. VinnyVideo's first two games employed a modified version of Hello's Super Mario Bros. Engine, before moving on to the Ultramario Engine, Hello Engine 3, and the DeeY engine. More recently, he has made numerous minigames - of varying quality - with original engines. Although VinnyVideo has experimented with both The Games Factory 2 and Game Maker 7, he strongly prefers Game Maker for his purposes and uses it exclusively.
VinnyVideo prefers to use the sprites and tiles that appeared in the original games, as opposed to using the custom graphics that MFGGers like Black Squirrel and Josiah have become known for.
VinnyVideo is known for his opposition to the use of MP3 files in fangames, which, in comparison to MIDIs, compress poorly in Game Maker and can cause executable files to become very large. Since many MFGG users still use slow dialup connections, VinnyVideo tries to keep his own games down to a manageable size, often compressing bulky sound effects to allow more space for things he considers important, such as a wider variety of MIDIs and backgrounds. In recent months, VinnyVideo has become somewhat more open to the idea of using MP3 or Ogg Vorbis music files.
Unlike many fangame makers, who prefer to keep their engines closed-source (usually to prevent clones), VinnyVideo will always release his games' source code (in the form of the original .GMK file) soon after completion of the game. He will sometimes delete most or all of the original levels in an effort to prevent the most blatant plagiarism. VinnyVideo feels that sharing the codes and sprites used in game development is necessary to help fangaming improve more quickly.
Forums
VinnyVideo is an occasional contributor in the MFGG forums. He always tries to maintain a level-headed, positive-oriented tone, refusing to condescend to the non-constructive negativity, horrible grammar, impolite words, and petty bickering that occurs occasionally on the message boards and main site. That said, VinnyVideo will argue vigorously for causes he believes in - especially in earlier times, the quality of his own games.
VinnyVideo created the MFGG Football event in 2009, originally in the Casual Conversation Castle. He was the team's head coach, as well as the starting right cornerback.
His "MFGG Census" topics in spring 2010 eventually turned into a small fad, and the poor quality of many of the replies to those topics were used as an example in the MFGG Improvement Initiative.
VinnyVideo has been posting more frequently on the forums since the phpBB boards opened.
Wiki
A big fan of the MFGG Wiki section, VinnyVideo often creates new articles and extends existing ones. He despises poor usage of the English language and sometimes modifies articles just to correct a misspelled word. He contributed the 1,000th MFGG Wiki page, for Mario in Kirby Land. Some of those earlier entries, however, were nearly blank. VinnyVideo was familiar with the Wiki's mission statement about providing a compendium of information for all MFGGers, fangames, and fads, but wasn't fully aware that it wasn't necessary to create a page for every single member who ever submitted a sprite or made a lot of forum posts - especially if little information is available for such members. Since then, VinnyVideo has created many new pages for the Wiki, but no stubs.
Other Stuff
VinnyVideo has been making "fangames" for about 15 years; the original ones were simply handdrawn maps of remixed levels of the original games. Some of these old maps helped inspire level layouts in his "real" fangames.
VinnyVideo is one of the most prolific walkthrough contributors at GameFAQs.com, where he has completed over 40 full guides for Mario, Zelda, Madden, F-1, and other games. VinnyVideo despises clutter and disorder and generally keeps an unusually neat desk. Other than that, relatively little is known about VinnyVideo's personal life.
Cognac Elf and Youppi the Yellow Fire Chomp believe VinnyVideo actually is a Libertarian, Prohibitionist, Tory, and/or anarchist.
List of VinnyVideo's Games
From oldest to newest
- Marioy 2
- Darunia-Saria 2008
- Aventura de Luigi
- Toad's Idiotic Adventure
- Mario's Steroid Adventure
- Daisy: Redneck Cowgirl
- Blargg's Bubble Bonanza
- Goo
- Quest for MFGG: The Game
- The Darkest Night
- Revenge of the Walrus
- Three early games he doesn't want to post on MFGG because they're too awful
