Neon Nights (Demo) - An SMW Hack by Bry

I never thought I would get to the point where I could release a demo for my own hack, but here we are!!

Neon Nights is a small "for fun" hack that I've been working on for a while now, and you can now play a demo of it in this thread!

The hack will be a hard/very hard adventure that features Mario as he aimlessly travels through widely different areas. Since this is a demo, all levels may or may not be changed at any moment.
You can see previews of the levels currently in this demo below:



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As Mario finds his way through this new world,
a beautiful city with various highs and lows will test his acrobatic movements.
Secrets run rampant here, so make sure to look for them all!





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Swimming through what seemed to be a crystal clear ocean was Mario's goal,
but the things lurking in this beautiful sea are anything but.
Will you be able to set your sight-seeing aside to make it far without falling too deep?





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Taking the train to speed up this aimless adventure seemed smart enough,
but the adversaries that await Mario's presence have other plans...
Power through various foes while being enchanted by the beautiful ocean to make it through this challenge!





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A peacefully slow path through a lava-filled cave quickly turns treacherous for Mario when parts of the area get blazing hot!
Fast-paced platforming awaits you as dodge increasingly tense sections.





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To think that clowns would work for such a horrifying place.
Can Mario bash his way through them all to escape,
or will he soon fall victim to becoming one of them...?
(This level does not have an normal ending, but does have a secret ending currently)




Want to amp up the difficulty even more?

DEATH ROUTES

All 5 levels feature their own hidden death routes,
which are very difficult sections that force the player into extreme obstacles in order to make it to the end.
You'll have to look pretty hard at areas that you pass where it seems like something is there that shouldn't be...

Death routes will not be necessary to beat in the main hack!


DOWNLOAD

> NEON NIGHTS DEMO v1.2
Update 1.1: Makeshift fix for balloon gliders locking inputs
Update 1.2: Fix for balloon gliders locking player inputs (thanks maarfy!!)

Any custom graphics you see were hand-drawn by me (including backgrounds).

I hope you have fun and happy Summer C3!!

Oh my god the aesthetics look so pretty, this is fucking awesome and I am definitely gonna play this demo when I get the chance

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Positively beautiful. The hi-res backgrounds blow me back.

man, this looks just amazing! will definitely give it a go

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C3 stuff: http://www.smwcentral.net/?p=viewthread&t=67626 HDMA-Codes and Custom Music included!

1 Island Of Vanilla Feeling: http://www.smwcentral.net/?p=section&a=details&id=5988

MaSeHiHa World 1: http://www.smwcentral.net/?p=section&a=details&id=6055

DINGS Demo: https://www.smwcentral.net/?p=section&a=details&id=12147

Thank you all so much for the kind words!!

I didn't mention this in the original post, but anyone on the lookout for death routes should be looking for sections that have blatantly different color palettes that make the area feel like an entirely new level!

Here is an example of the death route for the first level (Starlit):

Wowwwww now you have to play through the entire demo without dying or else

I updated my demo to version 1.1 1.2 to iron out a couple bugs that were happening! I also made the second tutorial in the first level a bit more clear, so I hope that helps!