Submission Guidelines

Tag Guidelines for the ASM Sections

This page contains the tags which apply to any resource submitted to the Blocks, Sprites, Patches or UberASM sections.. Please make sure to use only the proper tags, any other tags will be removed during moderation. Don't put tags such as your or other people's names, game titles, jokes/memes, or anything else irrelevant.

If you find a submission is missing a tag that isn't shown here, please send a message to one of the ASM moderators, so that they can add the missing tag.

General Tags

Tag	Description
abilities	Changes player's related abilities (spin-jump, for example; don't confuse with power-up).
berry	Is related to the berry tile or sprite.
boost	Offers a speed boost for the player or some sprite.
code	Uses UberASM, LevelASM or similar.
controller	Changes how the controller works (button mapping, etc.).
counter	Adds or affects a counter.
dragon coin	Is related to Dragon/Yoshi Coins.
dynamic	Dynamically uploads content during V-Blank.
dynamic z	Dynamically uploads content during V-Blank using Dynamic Z.
filter	Forcefully changes or removes power-ups, Yoshi, sprites, etc.
goal	Affects goal points or the way you can beat a level.
jump	Changes how the player's jump works.
layer 3	Requires or changes the layer 3 tilemap.
lorom	Is compatible with a lorom version of SMW (the standard game without any expansion chips).
midway point	Is related to the Midway Point.
mario	Affects something only for Mario.
mode 7	Is mode 7 related.
luigi	Affects something only for Luigi.
player	Affects both players.
physics	Changes the game physics for sprites, the player, etc.
pose	Changes something related to the player's poses.
power-up	Changes, removes or adds any kind of player power-up.
sa-1	Is compatible with the SA-1 Pack.
super fx	Is compatible with or requires the Super FX Kit.
tilemap	Does changes related to tile maps (background, VRAM, Mode 7, etc).
timer	Is related to timers.
timing	Changes or affects the game's internal timing.
save	Changes or affects SMW's loading/saving system.
smoke	Affects Smoke sprites.
sprite	Affects multiple sprite types.
tile	Changes or affects sprite tiles in general.
yoshi	Is related to Yoshis. That includes Baby Yoshis.

Patch-specific Tags

Tag	Description
bounce sprites	Affects Bounce sprites.
chip	Activates an enhancement chip (SA-1, Super FX, OBC, DSP, CX4, etc.).
cluster sprites	Affects Cluster sprites.
extended sprites	Affects Extended sprites.
minor sprites	Affects Minor Extended sprites.
oam	Modifies, remaps or changes the OAM behavior in the game.

Sprite-specific Tags

Tag	Description
boss	When the sprite is a boss.
effect	When the sprite is a graphical effect (e.g. cluster sprites) without gameplay changes.
enemy	When the sprite is an enemy.
pacifist	When a sprite doesn't harm the player and isn't a graphical effect, like a generator.

Block-specific Tags

Tag	Description
hurt	Blocks that hurt the player.
layer 2	Compatibility with layer 2.
map16	Blocks that change the Map16 or tile map.
on-off	Blocks related to the ON/OFF switch.
object tool	When a block requires Object Tool.
solid	Blocks that deal with being solid/non-solid.