| (Discussion) 5th Annual SMWCentral Level Design Competition |
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| Posted on 2012-03-02 05:51:45 PM |
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Originally posted by GNOn another topic...
I'm sort of surprised that mine and NoelYoshi/LunarYoshi's entry in the contest was this year's ONLY team entry. I personally think working in teams is very fun compared to working alone, which is probably why I've entered the last three major contests together with someone(Ludus, Uhrix and Noel respectively).
I didn't work with a partner because I completely forgot about the contest until 2 days before it ended. If I had the time, I would have loved to have paired up with someone. (I worked with someone during a chocolate contest, and it was pretty fun)
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| Posted on 2012-03-02 05:53:16 PM |
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Originally posted by SokobansolverMine probably could have been improved more if I didn't view beta testing as morally questionable, being a contest. I shall keep that in mind in future to have more beta testing.
On the contrary- testing is a natural part of the process, and shouldn't be ignored. Or at least, that's the way I see it.
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| Posted on 2012-03-02 06:06:14 PM |
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I've managed to beat mathelete's entry savestateless. The worst part is, I don't have a video. I've managed to get the flower by cloning the first mushroom block in the first room to kill the footballs and chucks. And I did beat the cape room and the boss battle capeless (in both occasions I did got hit, but I did beat the boss battle). Oh, not to mention, I liked the credits, it looked creative. The entry did look fun, but difficult to do either with or without savestates.
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| Posted on 2012-03-02 06:18:37 PM |
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Originally posted by agie777
(edit)Feenicks: I'm not going to go in depth about the sprite placement, because I would just be copying Axemjinx if I did. It's just not thought out. The caped koopa's aren't participating at all, and the regular koopa's are a single jump-on challenge. Also, if one doesn't die until the midpoint, time-up is bound to happen.
...are we talking about the same level here? Timing out was never an issue for me when I played through the level, and there's much more than just Koopas and Super Koopas going on in the level, despite the super koopas being heavily present.
I will give you that a few of the super koopa formations don't end up intercepting. Let's just say they're rookies or something.
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| Posted on 2012-03-02 06:27:04 PM |
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Originally posted by miguel21450I've managed to beat mathelete's entry savestateless. The worst part is, I don't have a video. I've managed to get the flower by cloning the first mushroom block in the first room to kill the footballs and chucks. And I did beat the cape room and the boss battle capeless (in both occasions I did got hit, but I did beat the boss battle). Oh, not to mention, I liked the credits, it looked creative. The entry did look fun, but difficult to do either with or without savestates.
Did you manage to hit the top block in the boss room? You will have to take a hit while using your cape to hit it, but the reward in the block is much better than the cape that you will lose.
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| Posted on 2012-03-02 06:31:38 PM |
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I made a .zip file for all of the submissions for those who want to play all of the submissions without downloading them one-by-one. So if there any file that I missed, please let me know.
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| Posted on 2012-03-02 06:32:57 PM |
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Originally posted by matheleteOriginally posted by miguel21450I've managed to beat mathelete's entry savestateless. The worst part is, I don't have a video. I've managed to get the flower by cloning the first mushroom block in the first room to kill the footballs and chucks. And I did beat the cape room and the boss battle capeless (in both occasions I did got hit, but I did beat the boss battle). Oh, not to mention, I liked the credits, it looked creative. The entry did look fun, but difficult to do either with or without savestates.
Did you manage to hit the top block in the boss room? You will have to take a hit while using your cape to hit it, but the reward in the block is much better than the cape that you will lose.
If you mean the one that has a star, nope. I did beat two of the Reznors before getting hit and then I beat two more Reznors while getting hit by the spiny blocks and then I won the battle.
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| Posted on 2012-03-02 06:57:44 PM |
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Originally posted by notgoodwithusernamesI made a .zip file for all of the submissions for those who want to play all of the submissions without downloading them one-by-one. So if there any file that I missed, please let me know.
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Now there's no need to download every entry one by one.
I am curious to know.(I said it before) Did anyone like my level?
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| Posted on 2012-03-02 07:21:35 PM |
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2 hours?! Holy fox dung! I hope you're not offended if I told you I don't think I have the proper attention span for that.
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| Posted on 2012-03-02 07:40:18 PM |
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2 Hours? LOL
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| Posted on 2012-03-02 08:04:51 PM |
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Really? 2 hours?
It took me 30 minutes to beat it.
Also, on an unrelated note, did anyone like my level?
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| Posted on 2012-03-02 08:07:57 PM |
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@mathelete: I managed to get to the Midpoint of your entry and about the 4 doors, door 2 is the best. 1, 3 and 4 are just not doable for me.
I couldn't get to the boss.
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| Posted on 2012-03-02 09:03:24 PM |
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Anybody like my level?
Heres hoping a judge comes and posts yes
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| Posted on 2012-03-02 11:08:57 PM |
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Originally posted by Ripperon-X@mathelete: I managed to get to the Midpoint of your entry and about the 4 doors, door 2 is the best. 1, 3 and 4 are just not doable for me.
I couldn't get to the boss.
What do you mean you could not get to the boss? You mean one of the screen exits was broken, or you mean you died on the room before the boss?
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| Posted on 2012-03-03 01:29:27 AM |
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Originally posted by Ripperon-XDoor 2 is the best.
I totally agree with that. I bet this level would be overall making a better appearance if you just would have scrapped the door systen and just made ONE hard castle part, because of the following reasons:
-You may have been using less than 75 Screens
-The difficulty of the level wouldn't get so unbalanced because of the easyness of one door. Did you ever play "Front Door" from the original SMW? Did you ever saw anybody who did not took Door 2 and 7? That is the main problem of the combination of savestates/rewinds and multiple paths with the same goal, and that's why something like that never is going to work out on a emulator, besides on the SNES.
Mathelete, I find your level, to be honest, quite good. I think it is the first time I saw anyone using the Credits' decoration. (Might have been good if you had disabled layer priority on them. =/) I also respect your creative style of making kind of obstacles which are original, or the autoscroll, which was giving the level a bit more fun. I recommend to you to take a look at SMW in the future when making levels, because what you need to learn is the way how a fun level is build. My favourite examples were Yoshi's Island 2, Donut Plains 3 and Vanilla Dome 4, because they all had very fun and creative design. Don't forget this is just a recommendation, if you don't like to design levels with that way, you may look at some featured hacks.
Your level certainly has much potential, and I really liked the outside part, but the castle part was really, insane, but anyway, the outside part showed me how good you can be as a level design. I look forward to some other things you make, mathelete. ;) BTW, what's up with those Mario's, Luigi's and Bowser's? Still funny through. xD
Just on a side note, would anyone like to try my level? 
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| Posted on 2012-03-03 02:36:22 AM |
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Anyone interested in trying my level? I haven't tested the latter part of the level as thoroughly as the first part so I'm kind of interested in what you guys think of it.
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| Posted on 2012-03-03 03:06:43 AM |
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Octopus' level:
1. There's a KAIZO TRAP at the start where if you touch the goal sphere you die. Ah, you need a P-Switch to get that. Wouldn't it have been better to surround the sphere with the brown blocks to prevent deaths like that?
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Are you kidding me? I have to enter the pipe while on a FALLING platform. Come on, don't you think that's kind of Kaizo?
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KAIZO TRAP!
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This won't work because the Silver P-Switch has become a blue one after coming through the pipe making the Key impossible to get.
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| Last edited on 2012-03-03 03:23:57 AM by MarioFan22. |
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| Posted on 2012-03-03 03:15:16 AM |
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Originally posted by yoguiSomething weird happened. Did you do something?
oh i think i get it know. I redownloaded a clean rom and it didn't work, so obviously the base rom that i used for making the .ips was not-so-clean.
DAMN all that for not even entering the contest. /me slams his face
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| Last edited on 2012-03-03 03:15:33 AM by Spy. |
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| Posted on 2012-03-03 03:54:11 AM |
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Originally posted by MarioFan22Are you kidding me? I have to enter the pipe while on a FALLING platform. Come on, don't you think that's kind of Kaizo?
Yeah, I actually kind of agree with that, but I still absolutely wanted to keep it in for some reason (mainly, because I couldn't think of another way to end the first half of the level).
QuoteWouldn't it have been better to surround the sphere with the brown blocks to prevent deaths like that?
But then it wouldn't be a trap anymore. :V
As for the silver P-Switch, that's intended. You're not supposed to get the key.
Thanks for playing my level, by the way! ^_^
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| Last edited on 2012-03-03 04:10:48 AM by Octopus. |
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