Hi guys,
last C3, I've presented my first hack: Foxx BGG World. After the hack was released some months ago, I was still pretty happy with the setups and the general flow. But after looking at the hack more detailed on the visual side, I was surprised how many default graphics of the great RHR baserom I have used. So I decided to give the hack a complete visual update, removing all the default graphics and also adding a lot of effects for fore- & background. And of course, as we are still in the board game theme, I've named the update "KSD-Edition", meaning "Kickstarter Deluxe Edition" - named after the huge crowd founding platform, where a lot of board games are available with special Kickstarter editions with more unique and more qualitative components, which is kind of like the same like what I did to the hack, as all setups remain nealry 100% the same. The update took me about 6-8 weeks in total. I'm pretty happy to have "divided" the hack creation process in two parts (setups & visual), as doing all this visual stuff in the first development cycle maybe would have killed my motivation finishing the hack. Maybe the update will motivate some people playing the hack again - or maybe want to participate on the hot WR race at speedrun.com currently between Aclais and neidoodle
Foxx BGG World - KSD Edition
Additionally, I was inspired in the meantime by the awesome hack "Nuatepra" of Aclais and ocked to create a Beginner version of my Foxx hack. Foxx BGG World was aimed to be a Beginner hack at first, but ended up being to difficult for beginners, so I've submitted it as a intermediate version. Now after the huge visual update, I created a real Beginner version named "Foxx BGN World. BGN stands for "Board game noob" in comparision to "Board game geek" in BGG, so as you are still a Kaizo beginner, you need to play the noob version first before becoming a Geek ;) Setups are a lot easier now, especially nearly all regrabs have been removed. Don't play this hack as your first Kaizo hack I would suggest, it should be around mid beginner (a lot of platforming with chocolate mechanics and a good flow).
Foxx BGN World
And now, here you have some comparision GIFs to better see what exactly has changed within the levels.
And lastly the release notes of the KSD update:
--- KSD Edition Update v2.0 ---
TLDR;
- Nearly all default graphics for muncher, sprite-killers etc. have been replaced
- A lot of backgrounds have been reworked, some with HDMA or Layer3 effects
- A lot of sprite have been "fox-ified" ;)
- Some color palettes have been reworked
- Some default foreground graphics have been replaced
- Level "Dice Forge" (2nd secret exit) has complete new graphics
- A few setups have been changed marginal, but always to be easier, meaining all runs on speedrun.com remain valid
last C3, I've presented my first hack: Foxx BGG World. After the hack was released some months ago, I was still pretty happy with the setups and the general flow. But after looking at the hack more detailed on the visual side, I was surprised how many default graphics of the great RHR baserom I have used. So I decided to give the hack a complete visual update, removing all the default graphics and also adding a lot of effects for fore- & background. And of course, as we are still in the board game theme, I've named the update "KSD-Edition", meaning "Kickstarter Deluxe Edition" - named after the huge crowd founding platform, where a lot of board games are available with special Kickstarter editions with more unique and more qualitative components, which is kind of like the same like what I did to the hack, as all setups remain nealry 100% the same. The update took me about 6-8 weeks in total. I'm pretty happy to have "divided" the hack creation process in two parts (setups & visual), as doing all this visual stuff in the first development cycle maybe would have killed my motivation finishing the hack. Maybe the update will motivate some people playing the hack again - or maybe want to participate on the hot WR race at speedrun.com currently between Aclais and neidoodle
Foxx BGG World - KSD Edition
Additionally, I was inspired in the meantime by the awesome hack "Nuatepra" of Aclais and ocked to create a Beginner version of my Foxx hack. Foxx BGG World was aimed to be a Beginner hack at first, but ended up being to difficult for beginners, so I've submitted it as a intermediate version. Now after the huge visual update, I created a real Beginner version named "Foxx BGN World. BGN stands for "Board game noob" in comparision to "Board game geek" in BGG, so as you are still a Kaizo beginner, you need to play the noob version first before becoming a Geek ;) Setups are a lot easier now, especially nearly all regrabs have been removed. Don't play this hack as your first Kaizo hack I would suggest, it should be around mid beginner (a lot of platforming with chocolate mechanics and a good flow).
Foxx BGN World
And now, here you have some comparision GIFs to better see what exactly has changed within the levels.
And lastly the release notes of the KSD update:
--- KSD Edition Update v2.0 ---
TLDR;
- Nearly all default graphics for muncher, sprite-killers etc. have been replaced
- A lot of backgrounds have been reworked, some with HDMA or Layer3 effects
- A lot of sprite have been "fox-ified" ;)
- Some color palettes have been reworked
- Some default foreground graphics have been replaced
- Level "Dice Forge" (2nd secret exit) has complete new graphics
- A few setups have been changed marginal, but always to be easier, meaining all runs on speedrun.com remain valid