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Hack Name: Super Mario World: Mario's Cool Mission Demo - 20.4 KB - 12 downloads.
Length: 8 levels
Author: LuigiDude01 - Submitted by: LuigiDude01
Description: This is my first hack. And this hack is cool and great.

Reasons
This hack is being rejected because it is a barely edited version of Super Mario World:





In the places where it has been edited, it is now extremely boring:


This blatant Level 102 edit had only one enemy in the entire level.

My advice would be this - take some more time to play around with Lunar Magic. Check out other people's hacks and the original games to get inspiration for your own home-made levels. Press CTRL+DEL in LM to erase the original level completely. Vary things more - add enemies, vary enemies, add bushes, add different levels of ground, add blocks, add coins, etc. It's not that your levels are bad - right now, though, they are just bland versions of the original SMW levels. You're off to a good start, but this is not ready to be featured here. Good luck, and keep up the good work!

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Hack Name: Mario's Fable Demo 1 Demo - 265.2 KB - 31 downloads.
Length: 6 levels
Author: HOLYANGEL - Submitted by: HOLYANGEL
Description:

Reasons
This hack is honestly pretty good - there are just a few things that really should be fixed before we host the demo.


This is Level 104 - keep in mind that editing this level can glitch your game's ending. Sidenote: Toad looks amazingly buff and smexy here.


If you use the Classic Piranha Plants, make sure you apply both fix patches - leaving them with red stems can cause a VRAM error.


Punches are funny little devils, aren't they? The only problem here is that if this guy doesn't punch you just right, you can't progress further in the level (because you will be dead). I would suggest adding a bottom area here where you have to backtrack until he punches you correctly to the high ledge on the other side.


Applying the Fade Fix Patch never hurts. Also - nasty status bar.


It's not really that cool to make Piranha Plants go behind bushes. Also, are the NES graphics here intentional? They kind of clash with the rest of the graphics in the game.


Ahhh - SMB3 Woodblock World - this can be corrected by changing the level entrance's FG/BG settings.


When I throw things to trigger the YI Cloud, I get glitched graphics for a brief moment - not sure what caused that, but it might be worth looking into. Also, nasty status bar again - trying using the first half of those palettes rather than the second half.


Near the beginning of the level, I found a spot where I could run across the entire top of the level until I was here. Was that intentionally left in?


Not a bad idea for the Yellow Switch Palace, but the palettes are kind of eye-searing. Plus, it's nearly identical to the original, except...


If your P-Switch runs out, you're stuck here to wait until your timed-out death.

So, most of these things weren't major - just suggestions. The parts that could leave you with only death as a choice should be fixed, along with the red stems. Keep up the good work! I'd like to see where you go with the rest of this - it's pretty good so far.

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Hack Name: Super Pirated World - 46.4 KB - 42 downloads.
Length: 51 levels
Author: 01134 - Submitted by: 01134
Description: It took me a while to figure out how all this stuff works, But I stuck with it, Resulting in one Super Pirated World!

Reasons
Super Pirated World is a Kaizo Lite style hack. SMWC doesn't really accept Kaizo-style hacks because they depend on the player's use of luck, tricks, or savestate abuse to progress.


Levels commonly start off with the player being bombarded by annoyances.


The title screen, apart from looking glitchy, exhibits common play techniques in the game, such as long strings of bounce-off-able enemies over bottomless pits.


Not impassable/impossible, but this is the first area of the first level of the game. There isn't really an even/progressive difficulty scale.


There are multiple blind jumps lead to injury or death. Avoid them, or at least use coins to lead the way to safety.


More enemy hopping, except this time you get to blind jump (hopefully) onto the enemies.


BLARGG! Most players would be unable to pass through this area without taking a hit at least once. Plus, the ground design just isn't very pretty.

My suggestion would be to take a look at the Tips Of The Day at the top of the page and to follow them. Browse around the forums - there are lots of tips for how to make your hack difficult without resorting to Kaizo tactics. Play some of the game's hosted on the site, and get a feeling for the types of hacks this site does host. Read through the removal log for more ideas on things to avoid in your hack.

The level design itself generally isn't bad - there are just too many cheap shots. I think there are a lot of good things here, but that this hack just needs some more polish. Lastly, don't be afraid to start a hack thread and recruit beta testers, either.

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Removed: Super Kevin World Demo v0.2 by BloodyBanana

Why:



Grab that coin, and you're forced to die, because that block holds a P-Switch, which you MUST use to get through. Obvious what'll happen if you get the coin first...


Now enter a difficult jump off a Bullet Bill to get up there. But guess what you have to do next? Get to the edge of that ugly cement block, wait for the Bullet Bills to come again, and hope you jump at the right time so you can bounce off all 3 to safety. This hack honestly smells of Kaizo...


This kinda proves it. You have 3 enemies here, and a Feather to the right. You have to get the Feather for Mario, because there's some turn blocks up ahead. Sadly, YOU HAVE TO ABUSE A GLITCH HERE TO GET THAT YOSHI TO GROW UP. This is not a good idea at all, so please don't do it. Just put 5 enemies instead. This part is just...near-impossible for me. I can't do it consistently.
Also, that green thing gives you a Springboard in your item box.

After the turn blocks is a one-tile-high passage you need to get through. You can get small there, and use the springboard to get over the wall, but guess what? A green Yoshi Coin blocks your way- you need to be on Yoshi to pass it. ...oh gosh no. You have to make Yoshi run away through the nearby Piranha Plant., don't you?!

So yeah. Reeks of Kaizo stuff, so I see no reason to keep it.

Also, just to alert you to another problem, though minor:



That "KEVIN" looks terrible, it really does... Why not just use the small letters? They look a lot better, trust me.

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Also removed: Mario Tests of chosen one by kooldude

Why: Not only did you submit a ROM file, you threw in a host of other useless things, such as the .srm file, a savestate, what looks tro be a video, some .mzt file, the IPS to the hack (O_o), AND A README STATING THAT THE HACK WAS TAKEN FROM A ROM SITE. Worse yet, IT INCLUDED THE LINK TO SAID ROM SITE! For this, you get a 72-hour ban. Good day to YOU.

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Hack Name: Super Oli World Demo 1 Demo - 21.3 KB - 12 downloads.
Length: 3 levels
Author: olipidolio - Submitted by: olipidolio
Description: This is a demo of my newest hack, not near completion, but I wanted to see what changes need to be made to what I have so far.

Reasons
Well, we recently implemented new Hack Submission Guidelines. One of those guidelines is as follows:



Now, three levels just isn't very long for a hack. Even Super Mario Bros. had at least four levels per world. It sounds like you are just starting off with your hack. My suggestion would be to open up a thread with screenshots of your hack in the SMW Hack Discussion forum.

You've been here a while and have only made a few posts, so this would be a good way for you to show off your work while also interacting with the rest of the community.

You mentioned that you "wanted to see what changes need to be made to what you have so far." One thing we are going to stress more in the future is for the user-base to find beta testers for their hacks BEFORE they are submitted to the site. This way, you can get feedback from other users and fix things before a mod needs to go through to approve your hack for the site. Hopefully, by the time hacks come before us, they should be mostly error-free.

So, like I said - open a thread, upload screenshots, work on your hack a bit more, and get some beta testers. Once your hack is a little longer and other folks have helped you smooth out most errors, then resubmit and we'll be happy to take a closer look. Thanks!

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Hack Name: 7 Level hack - 143.6 KB - 2 downloads.
Length: 7 exits
Author: buzz - Submitted by: buzz
Description: quick and easy hack on Iggy\'s Island

Reasons
We recently implemented new Hack Submission Guidelines. This hack does not meet the following guidelines:




^ This is what I see as soon as I open your ROM. Something is corrupted, somewhere, and it made your game completely unplayable. My suggestion would be to start with a fresh ROM, and honestly, fresh levels, because:


Some of your levels are blatant level edits and the ones that are original seem thrown together fairly haphazardly and seem to rely on Kaizo-style level design.

The reason I could not even play this demo was because this is what I met at the intro screen:


There was no intro message, so this screen lasted forever. Also, it's apparently not what your intro looks like in your edited levels:



Lastly, you have three 3-Up Moons in your first level (which is also full of sloppy level design).

So, again, my suggestion would be to spend more time getting acquainted with Lunar Magic, find a clean ROM, and start completely from scratch. I think you do show some potential, so just keep practicing!

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Hack Name: Mario's Rainy Day Stories (Demo 1) Demo - 355.9 KB - 12 downloads.
Length: 2 levels
Author: Yanamanka - Submitted by: Yanamanka
Description: --Made by Team Five Star--
--Credits are in the Readme--

This short Demo contains the first two Rainy Day stories of Mario and Luigi's Adventure on Harmony Island. This is really just a gameplay demo, but it's long enough and has more than enough work done to it to draw people in.

Each Story is Stored on a seperate IPS file. It is recommened that the player goes in numerical order through the files, but the plot won't be distorted if you choose to skip around.

This Hack Contains Custom Sprites, Music, Good Level Design, and Various Gameplay mechanics.

Both levels are from SMWHC's hacking contests, and are levels that I, Yanamanka, created for the sole purpose of entering into those competitions.

Hope you enjoy!

Reasons
Well, we recently implemented new Hack Submission Guidelines. One of those guidelines is as follows:



Your hack(s) consisted of two levels. This just isn't really enough to get a flavor for what is going on in your game.

Also, I really didn't like the gimmick of playing these on two separate ROMs. Why not just combine these into one ROM for the next time around? It makes it easier for the player and it also makes your game into one coherent story rather than random side treks.

Lastly, I did play your levels. I can honestly say the level design is very good. If this had been an entire World 1 demo, this would have been accepted. You're off to a great start.

My only minor criticisms/suggestions would be that your Bony Beetle in the castle hack gets glitched Chargin' Chuck graphics when squished (you're probably not using both castle sprite GFX sets, so add the other one in that level). Also, you spammed the Mouser battles a bit toward the end of the castle. One really is enough.

Keep up the good work! Hopefully we'll see something bigger from you soon!

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Hack Name: Normal mario hack
Length: 15 levels
Author: bombahacker95 - Submitted by: bombahacker95
Description: this is the NORMAL!!!!!!

NORMAL mario hack...

yes...

its easy at the start...

AND THAN...

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Including Lunar IPS with your ZIP was an interesting idea, but it isn't really necessary. You can always tell the player to apply the patch using the program instead of including it.


There's a lot of poor grammar in this hack. Be sure to proofread your sentences.


You can fall under Slice O' Watermelon here, due to its placement.


The coins lead straight down to your death here. Usually, coins are meant to point the way to safe areas, not harmful ones.


Bad goal point palette.


The biggest problem with the hack is that you can access all the levels from the beginning. If you're unfamiliar with using OW events, you could always retain the original SMW overworld.


Odd, distracting background here.


Glowing clouds and cutoff lamps.


...what the hell


Very strange, distracting background as well.


How is this possible? Mario dies if he touches it from the top.


Due to the sprite settings, Yoshi's tongue glitches up. There are no other sprites here, so it shouldn't be too hard to change.


Wait a minute... it's a yellow switch palace!


Well, it's sort of yellow-orange I suppose.


Why are there two switches here?


The fast autoscroll thing was actually pretty cool here. Except for two things: you can get a bunch of lives easily.


And you have very little time to get through the pipe at the end. If you don't, this happens.


Odd, glowing upside-down water.


More upside-down water.


Uh, strange, garbled arrows.


The boxes kill you here.

So, all in all, this hack has quite a few issues, the biggest one being the overworld. I would recommend you try to lower the difficulty in places, improve your grammar, make sure the player knows what blocks do what (like the boxes that killed you) and try to fix some of the graphical issues.

Hack Name: A Super Mario World Treasure Hunt
Length: 6 levels
Author: Brontoman - Submitted by: Brontoman
Description: Mario and his friends are back! A new island filled with many different lands has been discovered! Rumor has it that there is a legendary treasure too. Yoshi already left to find it, and so does Mario, but where is Yoshi anyways?

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The island is cut off right here. Also, this hack has the same problem as the one I just moderated. You can access all the levels from the beginning. I cannot stress enough how important it is to include working events for clearing levels.


The Yellow Switch Palace is an area Mario swims in surrounded by two pillars?


Pressing down here made Mario stuck. Choosing the level leads to an endless bonus room.


There's a loose bottom castle half up there.


Clearing the first level has a Yoshi coin that doesn't fade out, and glitches thanks to being on a subsceen boundary. I would highly recommend removing it completely.


The second

disappeared, and there was a lot of lag here. I noticed a similar issue in the castle. If you've altered the sprite memory settings and it isn't fixed, you could always try smkdan's "No More Sprite Tile Limits" patch.


Cutoff ledge right here.


Failing to bring a key here means you're stuck to wait out the timer.


If you're going to get rid of the candle BG, it might be wise to remove the flame generators as well.


The first part of this level seemed a bit different... but it's really a Forest of Illusion 1 edit!


In fact, the second half of the level appears completely unchanged. Sorry, but we do not accept SMW level edits.


I'm assuming this is the next world that hasn't been completed yet, which is fine. The problem is that the pipe takes you right back here. Try changing the pipe settings to be sure it returns you to the OW map.

I can tell you've put a lot of effort in this hack, and some aspects of it are really good. However, please fix the OW errors and other issues I mentioned. Also, be sure not to lean too far into the "SMW edit" category. Some of the levels were clearly new, but seemed very similar to the old ones.

In other news, post 2009! Yay!

Removed: Mario's Bathroom Adventure
Author: Noobish Noobsicle</span>
Reasons:

There are some very, very sloppy aspects of this hack, ranging from the somewhat tolerable to the downright inexcusable.





This isn't a terribly important reason, but if I were you, I would try to make this part of the OW less bland and squarey.



The beginning of the first level has you launching out a diagonal pipe....but if you don't quickly mash down on back before you get near the land, you will fly right into this pit - that is, after this text box goes away.



Very immature dialogue. I'm not amused, and I'm certain others share my opinion.



This wall looks somewhat ugly.



Goomba glitches when he dies



You see these ? blocks? They were generated by a P-Switch, so I have a limited time to get through or else I will drop into the pit. As Big Mario, this little jump is nearly impossible, and I had to keep dying and rewinding for at least 2 minutes before Mario could ever slip through. -__-;







What do these 3 screens all have in common? The areas all contain annoying amounts of slowdown.




That bowser palette, I must say, is pretty bad. Also, I'm not so sure evryone's going to be amused about the idea of bowser making use of his excretory system.

Not only that, but this level had literally DOZENS of doors that ALL led to this exact room! DX



This, too, looks VERY awkward.



Sloppy square, black hole area on the OW. Custom OW graphics would likely help make such a thing look a lot better.

Also, it occured to me that the first level was a red tile, so I searched for a secret. At last I stumbled upon it, in a location that is completely and utterly random for the player to be able to find. There are no hints to it at all, but if you jump straight down this pit and hug the wall, part of it is passable, and you get here:



There is a key and keyhole down here. But where does it take you?



This is the reward for my efforts. ;_;

If the level isn't even finished, why did you include it in this demo at all?

So yeah, this hack has a long way to go before you can expect it to be accepted. Please take the suggestions I gave to heart, so that you may come to create a more quality hack.
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Hack Name: Iggy's island - 22.8 KB - 28 downloads.
Length: 5 exits
Author: buzz - Submitted by: buzz
Description: A short fun Hack on Iggy's Island

Reasons
We recently implemented new Hack Submission Guidelines. This hack does not meet the following guidelines:



Aside from the things I am going to mention, this hack isn't too bad at all for a beginner's project. In general, varying the choice of level FG/BG and enemy use would help this thing out a lot. Here are the real reasons for rejection, though:


Make sure you clear out ALL of the original levels that could be linked to your new levels.


These two spots are both kind of cheap, because they involve a blind jump upward into a very potential hit from an enemy.


If for some reason I lose my cape, this spot and the one before it are uncrossable. You're also missing the castle candle generator sprite.


You can't see them here, but Mario is being killed by some P-Switch triggered ? Blocks. Since these blocks are practically in the same spot where you grab the switch, I would suggest removing them to avoid player death. Second, since the level settings are set to the Switch Palace/Bonus Stage settings, these blocks when hit will turn into and behave like the Bonus Stage blocks. Chance the graphics settings in the level to prevent this.


Blargg puked on the OW. Just make sure you remove ALL of the events on Yoshi Island when you edit it. It might also be nice to see a more edited overworld eventually.






Well, you are still using the cannon pipe from Yoshi's Island 1, but you edited your level, so the default landing spot for Mario/Luigi isn't a very safe landing. ;)

Like I said, once you fix these things, this should be acceptable. However, I would spend a bit more time polishing things up over the next few days to have a better final demo to show off. Keep up the good work!

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Hack Name: Super Odd World Demo - 156 KB - 30 downloads.
Length: 11 levels
Author: ~2~ - Submitted by: ~2~
Description: An odd game hack where i have fixed all pointed out bugs and dark Bowser is supposed to be black!Have fun playing this(if it gets accepted)!

Reasons

Well, this hack was resubmitted again, and many/most of the errors remain, so disciplinary action is going to be taken.

We recently implemented new Hack Submission Guidelines. This hack does not meet the following guidelines:



Here is the litany of reasons why this hack is nowhere close to being acceptable:


You can die in the title screen level.


WELCOME TO CUPCAKE ISLAND!
IN THIS STRANGE LAND THE
GAME MAKER IS USING THE
PLOTLINE TO DISGUISE THE
FACT THAT HE REFUSES TO
USE GOOD CUSTOM PALETTES!
BY THE WAY, WATCH OUT FOR
ALL THE BACKGROUND GARBAGE!


What about this block should make me think I will die if I touch it? Also, if you're not going to make IMPROVEMENTS to the default background tile arrangements, don't change anything at all. If you want to use custom blocks, backgrounds, etc., just break down and use ExGFX for crying out loud!


These Tic Tac shaped blocks are really slopes. Why? Who knows. Once again, arbitrary changes to the original game are unnecessary and only decrease the quality of your product.



HIDEOUS backgrounds.


There is NOTHING fun about Throw Block grab-throw spam. It's just tedious.


What is Spike doing here?


Hideous water with way too many Cheep-Cheeps for no good reason other than retarding the game.


If this is supposed to be a waterfall, I couldn't tell. Make it look like a waterfall or use a different gimmick. It might also be nice for the BG to continue to the bottom of the screen. Just a thought.


Only on badly-drawn boats can you walk through stone cabins. Use ExGFX for this and get rid of the cheap Cheep-Cheeps.


BOWSER: "Hi! I'm a racial stereotype until custom palettes are used!"

Also, don't forget the castle torch generator sprite. Also, there's no way to beat this battle without a shell or firepower. Even though these are freely available, the player can still get stuck here. Do something else.


When you beat this row of bad-palette Bowsers, you face SMW Bowser and you beat the game. Sort of. After rescuing Peach from Bowser, you then go to the castle destruction sequence which says you have just defeated Morton Koopa Jr. and that Peach awaits rescue in another castle. Blargg!

So, enjoy a temporary ban for consistently uploading unusable (in its present form) content. Please please please spend a few weeks playing other hacks on this site, playing old Mario games, learning more tricks in LM, etc. before you even think of considering uploading any new versions of your hack. In fact, I would just start from scratch.

I can only speak for myself, but if I honestly see Super Odd World uploaded again looking even remotely like it does now, I'm just going to delete it on sight. This just isn't even close, dawg. I think you're capable of making something good - just not yet. Practice makes perfect.

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Hack Name: Trials V0.1 Demo - 26.1 KB - 17 downloads.
Length: 5 levels
Author: yoshibear - Submitted by: yoshibear
Description: This is just a hack demo. READ THE INFORMATION INCLUDED!!!!!

Reasons
We recently implemented new Hack Submission Guidelines. This hack does not meet the following guidelines:



Nice - I got to moderate this hack based solely on the screenshits submitted.


"Uhhh...still too easy."
Well, then, make it more difficult before you submit it next time. Balance is key.


Not an error, but why give Yoshi Coins away like candy?


Picasso-style overworld.


If the player hasn't hit the Yellow Switch yet, what happens here?


Why are there four Mushrooms here? Again, keep in mind difficulty balance. Also, your total lives are way too high for a one-world demo.


GLITCH!


3-Up Moon abuse and rampant cut-off tiles.


Stacked AND floating Munchers.



This sort of test/trial (in which the player dies if they make the wrong guess) is stupid and not fun. Awarding them with a 3-Up as a consolation prize doesn't help things.


Missing Layer 3 Water due to a Message Box.
Stacked and floating Munchers.
Cheep-Cheep spam.

This sort of hack would never be accepted at SMWCentral. Please play the hacks we do host here to get an idea of what is acceptable. Read through the removal log to learn more about what to avoid and why. Take some more time to learn about Lunar Magic. When you make something much better than this, we'll be more than happy to take another look. Practice makes perfect.

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