| "Blackwood Island" - Epic OW, ExGFX, and More! |
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| Posted on 2009-12-24 05:24:31 PM |
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24% COMPLETED
Overworld: 70%
ExGFX, palettes, level ideas: 20%
Levels: 5%
Music, bosses, etc: 0%
I am working on a hack with theeggman85, called "Blackwood Island", that will feature custom ExGFX, custom music, a few custom bosses/sprites/blocks, and an epic overworld. Here's the story:
Originally posted by theeggman85An expedition is sent to Blackwood Island to try and colonize it for the territories of the Mushroom Kingdom. Mario is aboard this ship to protect the new colonizers, as many expeditions have mysteriously ceased contact with the island. Mario is an accomplished soldier of the Kingdom, and is sent because of his prowess in battle.
The expedition crashes on a giant rock, and Mario is knocked unconscious. When he awakens, he is left alone on the remains of the ship, and begins to explore the island in search of his crewmates.
Here's a screenshot of the main overworld, done by theeggman85:
Submaps:
PROGRESS:
Levels that have been planned out:
- Grassland (6/10)
- Ghost (1/5)
- Desert/Beach (4/5)
- Underwater/Lakeside (2/9)
- Castles (1/8)
- Mountain-y/Rocky (0/8)
- Cloud (0/5)
- Forest/jungle (0/6)
- Cave (0/7)
- Hell (0/1)
- Snowy/Icy (0/3)
- Tropical Island (0/1)
TOTAL: 14/68
Completed levels:
- Grassland (1/10)
- Ghost House (0/5)
- Desert/Beach (2/5)
- Underwater/Lakeside (1/9)
- Castles (0/8)
- Mountain/Rocky (0/8)
- Cloud (0/5)
- Forest/jungle (0/6)
- Cave (0/7)
- Hell (0/1)
- Snowy/Icy (0/3)
- Tropical Island (0/1)
TOTAL: 4/68
Completed submaps:
- Main overworld (COMPLETE)
- Beach (COMPLETE)
- Forest (COMPLETE)
- Cave (COMPLETE)
- Clouds (INCOMPLETE)
- Hell (INCOMPLETE)
TOTAL: 4/6
Custom music, bosses, etc. will come last, so I have not included these.
If you want to support this hack, copy and paste this code into your signature:
It looks like this:
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| Last edited on 2011-03-27 11:24:22 PM by uyuyuy99. |
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| Posted on 2009-12-24 05:34:18 PM |
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Seeing as its a WIP, the OW looks good just add a alot more decorations. Also a video of some levels would be nice. 
Anyway keep up the good work.
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| Posted on 2009-12-24 05:54:52 PM |
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The overworld, as a whole, is underdecorated, though you did say you would fix that. There's also a lot of cutoff (mostly on inside corners, but there are a few other places too), though that's easy to fix. The center area (with the waterfall and forest) looks very square as well, i.e. it could use more curves.
As for the levels, "Stranded!" has a cartoony foreground and a detailed background. This is a pretty noticeable style clash, so either find a more detailed foreground or a less detailed background. "Abandoned Harbor" is better in this regard, though.
Try fixing these things up and then see how things look. It's almost amazing how much better a hack can look when you put enough time and care into them.
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| Last edited on 2009-12-24 05:56:20 PM by Midna. |
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| Posted on 2009-12-24 06:28:30 PM |
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Originally posted by 1UPdudesSeeing as its a WIP, the OW looks good just add a alot more decorations. Also a video of some levels would be nice.
Anyway keep up the good work.
We're still working on the overworld, and decorations + events will go last. Also, I haven't really made any levels yet, I just have ideas for them.
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| Posted on 2009-12-24 08:32:38 PM |
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Hey guys, theeggman85 here.
I'll be sure to make some changes to the OW as you suggested. Trying to fix some of the cutoff as well.
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| Posted on 2009-12-24 08:53:36 PM |
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The overworld looks pretty good. Is it me, or does it have the same palette from the one in brutal mario?
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| Posted on 2009-12-24 08:56:10 PM |
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Originally posted by The Jolly JokerThe overworld looks pretty good. Is it me, or does it have the same palette from the one in brutal mario?
Yes. Not only this, but the same cloud GFX on the main OW, and the same skull GFX in the submap.
/sigh. D:
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| Posted on 2009-12-25 12:39:39 AM |
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Well in my slight defense, smwExpert is my only real connection with the hacking community. I would like to get custom graphics for the OW up and running, unfortunately my specialty lies in Photoshop art and not 8-bit art. If an artist is willing to help, this would be much appreciated.
Also I will post the story here, please add to the OP:
An expedition is sent to Blackwood Island to try and colonize it for the territories of the Mushroom Kingdom. Mario is aboard this ship to protect the new colonizers, as many expeditions have mysteriously ceased contact with the island. Mario is an accomplished soldier of the Kingdom, and is sent because of his prowess in battle.
The expedition crashes on a giant rock, and Mario is knocked unconscious. When he awakens, he is left alone on the remains of the ship, and begins to explore the island in search of his crewmates.
I will give the rest of the plot later, I also don't want to spoil anything so I'll do that in black text.
This is all tentative depending on the help we can recruit with graphics and the sort. I would like to have a sprite slightly different than the original Mario, and eventually very new graphics. For now we will work with what we have, as smwExpert and I have very little experience with graphics. Hopefully Mario won't have to be Mario and the Mushroom Kingdom can then be changed, cause Mario is generally overused. I can settle for Mario if need be though. Let's see the help we can get first.
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| Posted on 2009-12-26 09:37:45 AM |
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That OW looks cool. I also like the plot/story and I would like to help make Custom Graphics if thats Ok...
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| Posted on 2009-12-26 12:58:03 PM |
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Originally posted by Diamond Dust MidnaThe center area (with the waterfall and forest) looks very square as well, i.e. it could use more curves.
Fixed that.
Originally posted by Frostbite MeirdentThat OW looks cool. I also like the plot/story and I would like to help make Custom Graphics if thats Ok...
Sure, feel free to help us with custom GFX.
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| Posted on 2009-12-27 08:42:18 PM |
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Here's a new screenshot of another available level. If anyone wants to design the rest of the level, just let me know (same goes with the rest of the levels listed in the first post).
Also, please give advice if you have any.
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| Last edited on 2009-12-28 12:44:40 PM by uyuyuy99. |
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| Posted on 2009-12-28 07:22:02 AM |
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That level looks really good.
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| Posted on 2009-12-28 01:04:22 PM |
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Two things, That level wasn't in my rom and I can't edit any levels. When I test the rom it just plays the level you set it to. What the freak am I doing wrong?
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| Posted on 2009-12-28 01:25:29 PM |
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Beauty OW!
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| Posted on 2009-12-28 01:32:02 PM |
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Originally posted by MagmarTwo things, That level wasn't in my rom and I can't edit any levels. When I test the rom it just plays the level you set it to. What the freak am I doing wrong?
I sent you the rom with only levels 01, 02, and 03 changed. I didn't send you the one with the newest level. But for now, just edit the bottom-right sub-map in the overworld editor (that will be the forest).
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| Posted on 2009-12-28 01:39:02 PM |
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Yeah but I try and insert levels and it won't appear in the ROM.
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| Posted on 2009-12-28 02:43:31 PM |
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The area covered in snow between the bridges has a weird looking perspective. The column covered in snow directly left of it connects the ground to the water correctly, so make it look like that.
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| Posted on 2009-12-28 05:18:27 PM |
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Originally posted by MagmarYeah but I try and insert levels and it won't appear in the ROM.
Are you inserting a .mwl file? If so, once you insert it, look at the level number in the top-left of lunar magic. That will be the level number that the mwl was inserted into.
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| Posted on 2009-12-28 05:22:13 PM |
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Yeah I inserted it as level 006, I set the level to be 006 and it appears as the default level, which I edited BUT the edits don't appear in the ROM. I've saved the ROM like 50 times.
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| Posted on 2009-12-28 05:51:42 PM |
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Originally posted by MagmarYeah I inserted it as level 006, I set the level to be 006 and it appears as the default level, which I edited BUT the edits don't appear in the ROM. I've saved the ROM like 50 times.
And you set the level you were testing to 006? Odd...
Oh well, just start making the sub-map for now.
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