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Mario's Part-Time Job (Short Demo Released)

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Progress on my main hack has been slowing down a little, and I had an idea for a mini-hack. This is a short, 3-5 level hack called "Mario's Part-Time Job", in which Mario works as a pizza delivery man for a restaurant called Toadellini's. In each level, you have five minutes to deliver a pizza to a specific customer. The big catch is that you actually have to carry the pizza the entire way. And if you miss the deadline, you're fired! Yup, that's how intolerant Toadellini's is. Each level will bring you to a variety of environments as you try to reach the customer in time. I know it's going to be a short hack, so I want to make it as enjoyable as possible by adding tons of twists and gimmicks. Here are the pics:


Here's the restaurant. It's still very beta. The GFX are completely hand-made by me, save for the Toads. I did, however, make their hats.


Heh, not too much business, I guess.

When you pick up one of the phones in the first pic, you'll see a cutscene in which a customer orders a pizza. I'm still working on those. Once the cutscene is finished, the delivery will begin.


This is the city that you start at in each level. You can also see the pizza that Mario has to carry.


Things can get dangerous in the city.


Keep the pizza away from hungry civilians, or they'll eat it in one bite! The customer should be the only one to get their hands on the pizza!


Here, Mario is inside one of the buildings. Even there, deadly obstacles can pose a problem.


A subway? That should be interesting. Remember to guard the pizza from those gluttons.

That's what I have so far. All of the screenshots in this post are from the first level, which is the only level that takes place entirely in the city. The other levels just start in the city, then move on to different environments. Comments would be appreciated. More to come soon!
Hmm. This looks like a good hack. A very interesting idea.
I'm liking the concept of this hack. So will most levels end by the pizza being delivered?
Yeah, pretty much. Some customers will be generic characters, but a few might be familiar to the Mario series.
i like the idea of the hack. Look like its going to be good
Hahahaha. I really have to say, this is the best silly hack I have ever seen. Screenshots look good. That's all there is to say. :D
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Hey!Where's my pizza!Just kidding, I like the idea it made me laugh.
The pizza parlor needs windows, curtains, posters, and more decoration. As for the pizza, it has to be carryable and interact with enemies, so it can't be a key graphics edit, but if it's a shell edit, it and the enemy will just fall and die, leaving Mario to kill himself, unless he can go back to reset the time and get another. If it's a shell edit, won't it slide when kicked? And how is the pizza given to the customer? Is the exit just in the same room, or is it a key and keyhole edit? Though it wouldn't make too much sense with the keyhole getting big.

So what IS the pizza? A custom sprite? And will this have an OW?

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Originally posted by Hailstorm


Mario, what are you doing? You're supposed to be delivering a pizza, not having a 5-dollar footlong! (Couldn't resist :P) *shot*

Anyway, it's nice to see a hack that doesn't follow the usual Bowser-captures-Princess-Peach-and-Mario-has-to-save-her formula. It helps that the screens look good, too.
Ultimaximus has a point- how will you end the level? If you don't have one, I can offer one to you.

The pizza is a key graphics edit. The customer actually be a locked door sprite, but with its graphics changed. You bring the "pizza" to the "customer," and it will warp you to a different screen.
This looks like it's going to be fun! Great job so far!

Also, are there going to be any powerups? (none appear in your screenshots).
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@Ultimaximus - umm...it IS a key GFX edit. Once you reach the customer, you bring the pizza to them, which instigates a cutscene. After that, the level ends. I do this using the Teleport-if-Carrying-a-Key custom block. Also, I am planning to add more decoration to the parlor. As I said, the place is very beta.

Anyway, thanks for the feedback, guys! I've got a small update:


This is an example of a cutscene at the beginning of a level. This particular customer happens to be a Goomba.


Hmm...this one's a bit pushy.

Oh, and yes, I8Strudel, there will be some powerups. I just haven't added any yet.
Well this is a very interesting concept. Keeps away from rescuing anything, and does the opposite; delivering.
Give Mario some custom GFX! Like a work uniform! Very intresting hack idea...SMW hacking is just geting better and better!
Wow, this hack looks really cool!
Just a small question, is the pizza a modified key?
Aqua:
Originally posted by Hailstorm
umm...it IS a key GFX edit.


I once tried to make a hack like this, but I canceled it because I was too busy with my other hacks... This looks also wayyyy better than mine >_>

A problem I would see is when the Toads eat the pizza. Will Mario then be killed or is he stuck?
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Originally posted by Superyoshi
Aqua:
Originally posted by Hailstorm
umm...it IS a key GFX edit.


I once tried to make a hack like this, but I canceled it because I was too busy with my other hacks... This looks also wayyyy better than mine >_>

A problem I would see is when the Toads eat the pizza. Will Mario then be killed or is he stuck?

He could have to go back to the first screen and get a new pizza.
I got an idea for one of the powerups, if possible, a little moped or something that increases the speed of mario and can jump a bit higher. Would probabily be hard to do but would be rather good.
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If it's a key edit, how do enemies eat it?

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@Ultimaximus: The "enemies" are really just more Teleport-if-Carrying-a-Key blocks. If you let the key touch them, you'll teleport to a cutscene in which the person eats the pizza. After that, Mario returns to the parlor.

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