The reason SMW is my favorite 2D Mario game is because of its depth, all the while retaining simplicity. You see the same couple types of blocks over again and the same variety of enemies and the same powerups. However, it is
damn awesome, because it implements them in 96 different ways! This is also why I am fond of vanilla hacks. Thus, I present you:
Vanilla XL
Although, due to my extreme lack of work ethic, this project will probably be cancelled in a few months, or after several weeks you will never hear from me again (it happened with Bionispore), for the time being this project is my main priority (it's winter break!). That being said, what is Vanilla XL? Well, I was thinking about a
profound expansion to the Super Mario
World Universe: undoubtedly split into several parts, but an absolutely completable 511 exits. I thought that a number in the 500s sounded fair, and the 11 just popped into my head. I have already begun working on the levels (if you're not tweaking graphics or function then it's ridiculously easy), but I have run into banal problems with the overworld (basically, I can't create paths without events, or even events for that matter). I cannot hope to do this alone. I was wondering if people could "donate" vanilla levels that I will implement in the game. I will also keep track of versions here and post links to demos (if it actually goes that far). So far, I am thinking about having nine gigantic worlds, plus expanded Star Clouds and Dimension M (Special World+). Here they are, and their equivalents:
1. "Easy" World; Yoshi's Island
Switch Palace- Magmar
Level One- mszegedy
Level Two (Secret Exit)- TRS
Level Three- mszegedy
Level Four- mszegedy
Level Five- mszegedy?
Level Six- mszegedy
Level Seven (secret level-make it good!)- none
World 1 Fortress- mszegedy, I guess. But it sucks so far.
World 1 Castle (secret exit)- TRS
2. "Normal" World; Donut Plains
Level One (secret exit)-
3. "Underground" World; Vanilla Dome
4. "Suspended" World; Twin Bridges
5. "Forest" World; Forest of Illusions
6. "Rocky" World; Chocolate Island
7. "Icy" World; none
8. "Evil/Bowser/Castle" World; Valley of Bowser
9. "Clouds" World; none
10. Star Clouds; multiple Star Worlds
11. Dimension M; Like Special World, but much larger, and non-vanilla.
Here is a list of all of the exits and stuff in the first two-thirds of the hack (the rest is something called Plus World, which I will add once we actually get that far).
http://www.mediafire.com/?ouywtzlmfyn
Well, what do you say? I thinks there's something for everyone here.
EDIT 3: Well, I accidentally deleted that level when I accidentally copied level 10 into 105. I've been working on a series of tutorials, but lately this following level:
EDIT 4: Woops. Wrong screenies. I'll leave them up here, if anybody is curious. I think these are the correct embeds:
Level One:
(I have since changed the background)
Level Four:
Level Three:
Still here, I guess. Despite all odds.