Metroid Construction hosted a contest recently and this was my entry to it. You can find the version I submitted to the contest HERE.

The basic premise is hard to explain, but I'll do my best: The name (and thus theme) of the hack comes from a community meme where someone would call the excellent V I T A L I T Y by the name "T O U R O F I T A L Y" instead as a joke. While the theme of the hack is very silly (and I make no attempt to disguise the fact), the actual design of the hack is a very serious attempt at making a non-linear metroid world. Story-wise, the hack takes place between Metroid Fusion and Metroid Dread, but had no shame in taking the story in a very silly direction.

As a gameplay experience (level design, etc.), the hack is virtually complete in its current stage, and has been surprisingly well-received by the community. Unfortunately, the need to meet the contest deadline meant that several bits of aesthetic polish were not implemented (spot the errors on the title screen ). Thus, I intend on creating and updated version to fix various issues or omissions.

- Music: This was the most disappointing omission. I (and my wife (and my friends)) wanted a custom soundtrack with siivagunner-ish japes, but I didn't have the time to make this happen.

- Level Design (mostly gonna keep the same)
-- Fix common issues that made people miss progression points
-- Change all gates to be permanent (maybe)
-- Add additional rooms with Lore Dumps, for that spicy Italian flavor
-- Add animals to the escape
-- Add another secret room, to balance the areas

- Additional custom graphics
-- Fix title screen errors
-- Main Menu BG
-- Intro Cutscene
-- Equipment Screen
-- Ending Sprites

- General changes
-- Polish enemy sprites and behavior in final area
-- Fix bugs caused by alteration of the final boss
-- Restore the title screen demos
-- Custom HUD
-- Italian Translation
-- Hard Mode

(I might be forgetting some things.)

Most of these things I should be able to implement on my own, but for some of them I'll probably have to ask some friends for help. I'm mostly creating this thread in an attempt to keep myself undistracted from putting the finishing touches on this hack.

More screens will come as I work on this. For the moment, I figured that title screen and a link to the current version would suffice.

If I were to make a rotated version it would have to be "Tour of Iran."

(sorry for the lack of sharable updates -- i've been busy with some stuff)