Tip: Avoid "item babysitting". Do not force the player to drag P-Switches or springboards all around the level. This is not fun, nor does it make for interesting "puzzles".
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Welcome! SMW Central aims to be the Super Mario World hacking site, hosting everything you will ever need in order to create your own hack. We have sections with tons of content including graphics, music, sprites and more - ready to use in your own projects! We also host a big selection of completed hacks, so if you need some inspiration or simply just came here to find something to play, you will surely be satisfied, as well. Over the years, we have built up quite a large community, so if you need help with anything or feel the need to chat with other Super Mario World enthusiasts, be sure to check out our forums where you can join hundreds of friendly users in the discussion of a big variety of topics. Enjoy your stay!
Help getting started
The Getting Started section of our F.A.Q. contains general information about SMW hacking, ROMs and emulation. In order to play a hack from our hacks section, you will need to know how to use BPS patches. If you ever want to create your own hack, be sure to read all the F.A.Q. sections. They contain lots of helpful information! You should also check out our tutorials section where you will find tutorials to help you with many different aspects of SMW hacking.
Lunar Magic
The latest version of Lunar Magic is 3.21, released on October 24th, 2020. You can download it here.
Latest News: Mad Scientist - Round 2
Round 2 (revisited) of Mad Scientist has now started! See this post for more details!
Latest News: An Unofficial/Official VLDC11 Compilation is happening!
If you haven't heard or seen by now, AnEvilGhost is working on a VLDC11 compilation! He already has all 111 levels inserted, and just needs help to get the project closer to completion and release. Here's the areas he needs help with:
-Playtesting
-Overworld and Submap creation
-Switch palaces
-Music identification
-Bugfixing, especially overworld-related bugfixing
-and a few other aspects that come with compiling a VLDC compilation.
More specific information is provided in his project thread within the Works in Progress subforum. If you have any interest in helping out with this project, and seeing a VLDC11 compilation become a reality, please come by and see what you can do!
I think it's great that a user stepped up to make a compilation where I and others were unable/unwilling to do so, and this project, while technically unofficial, has the blessings of the SMWC PR Team and Admins. We'd love to see this project become a full reality, so I hope we can enlist people to help with those final parts AnEvilGhost needs assistance for!
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