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L I M B O

Super Mario World Hacks → L I M B O

This file contains suggestive dialogue. Discretion is advised.

Submission Details

Name: L I M B O
Author: GRIMMKIN
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Version History: View
Demo: No
Hall of Fame: No
Length: 8 exit(s)
Type: Kaizo: Expert
Description: The player remains stuck, lost in limbo. The only way forward is to come to terms with the past and that which you've lost. While the player is near-immortal, they are powerless to lift themselves off their feet without any external aid.

Can you help them, or will they remain stuck and all alone, flooded by memories of the past; unable to accept what's already been done.

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This hack is not for everyone. It drastically changes the physics and is just very dark and depressing. I set out to make something weird and unique, and some people just aren't gonna vibe with it, but there's nothing wrong with that.

Initially this was gonna be some dumb horror hack, but I got so attached to the physics that I decided to make something larger. While said dumb horror ideas were out the window, and since I started feeling some weird connection to what I was making, I decided to center the story of this hack around a sort of nightmare I've had for nearly a decade at this point. A nightmare that very well could've been a reality...

That aside, there are 7 main levels, a credits level, and a level that I used to just call the bonus one, but beating it is the only way to unlock the credits so take that with a grain of salt. For what to expect, most of the hack is something along the lines of puzzle kaizo.


The following's a link to a clear video of the pre-release version without any of the spoilers. It has the climax of Act 0 though, so be careful when skipping. Time stamps are in the comments
https://youtu.be/IxzXat8E3Z8

This is a link to a full playthrough of v3.25. If you don't care about spoilers watch this, but if you're playing through it I'd still advice not watching the whole thing
https://youtu.be/D9CbTpGKIws


WARNING: the main version of this hack contains very heavy subject matter such as suicide. There is a patch labeled “limbo safe.bps” that removes these themes and by extension the secrets and final story bits. Please be advised and stay safe <3

This was honestly really hard for me to upload, let alone make, but I hope someone out there will like it!

v3.25
Tags: asm exgfx gimmick puzzle story suggestive dialogue
Comments: 4 (jump to comments)
Rating:
5.0 (1 rating)
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Comments (4)

GRIMMKIN Author Pinned From older version: L I M B O Link
I'm not sure how or when it happened, but v2.2 and/or v2.1 had the normal version's overworld overwritten by the Safe version, meaning that the story was completely absent in both versions. Additionally, I completely missed 2 of the message boxes when fixing that issue, leading to v3.0 having 2 very important messages missing.

The current v3.1 patch fixes this issue (along with more quality of life changes and de-cheese)
slopcore From older version: L I M B O Link
Incredibly creative romhack. To take a new set of physics/mechanics and make several levels which all feel unique, scale their difficulty smoothly, and mesh with the underlying themes and atmosphere, is no easy task. Grimmkin has done an exceptional job in making a fresh and cohesive Kaizo experience. Great job.
GRIMMKIN Author From older version: L I M B O Link
If you played a version prior to 2.0 and thought it was too hard, consider picking it back up; there's been a lot of changes

if 2.0 isn't out yet, please wait until then <3

ninj From older version: L I M B O Link
holy shit this is actually one of the best hacks i've ever played