IPS (Revision 2)

Revision 2
--Removed the cement block ceiling in the side room.
--Added pits around the pipe lakitus, to prevent life farming and spiny buildup.
--Removed the bob-omb and repositioned the cement blocks around yoshi coin #3.
--Replaced the koopa after the midpoint with a para-bomb, to introduce the enemy more safely.

Revision 1
--Repositioned all of the enemies in the second half so the para-bombs actually cross your path on the timed lifts. It should play better now.
--Removed the munchers under the mushroom bubble, and repositioned the spiny so it will eventually fall into that ditch. Capricious powerup gods begone!
--Removed the springboard from the side room, and added an exit pipe at the end, so there's no backtracking required. Provided an alternate way to reach the hidden 1up block.
--Did some optimization and reduced the size of the level by around 2.5 - 3 KB.

To Do List
--Relocate on the overworld so it's not a dead end. Perhaps after Gramen Terra's regular exit?
--Prevent the bubble popping graphics from glitching up (MrDeePay's hexing powers shall vanquish this)
--Fix palette and upside down pipe ends (waiting on graphics to be finalized)
--(Optional) Further optimization through Map16 or ExGFX file editing



Yea or nay?

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Oh right, forgot about that. If you don't mind taking care of it, please do. I'll add it to the list, for thoroughness.

Thanks for testing!

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IPS (Revision 2)

Changes
--Removed the cement block ceiling in the side room.
--Added pits around the pipe lakitus, to prevent life farming and spiny buildup.
--Removed the bob-omb and repositioned the cement blocks around yoshi coin #3.
--Replaced the koopa after the midpoint with a para-bomb, to introduce the enemy more safely.


I was wondering about this, too. In the end, I added pits around that area, and it doesn't seem to have affected the layout to the extent I was worried it might, but let me know what you think.


It's actually no shorter than the other world 1 levels in terms of total screens, though I'm not surprised someone of your skill level completed it so quickly. I agree it's probably one of the easier world 1 levels, but I'm okay with that. I was actually hoping we could relocate this on the overworld so it's, say, the third level in the game. Maybe I'll add that to the list.


Well, I think there is some variation in those jumps already: there's a clappin' chuck, a para-bomb you want to duck under, a para-bomb that comes in the middle of the timed lift ride instead of at the end, and the pair of para-bombs you're likely to squeeze between before the goal. I think beginners will recognize that variation as they try to keep pace with the timed lifts.

Speaking of beginners, I think they would find bubble enemies among timed lifts annoying, because they stop your momentum briefly when you collide with them. Besides, I get the feeling the original designer wanted the enemy usage to shift for this section, and I don't want to disrupt that.


Thanks for testing, everyone! If there are no other problems with revision 2, I'll probably send the MWL to S.N.N..

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Yeah, I'm thinking this is the best approach for now. Big Baddie Cave and Treacherous Tower / Sinister Dungeon should probably be toned down, and I want to see how the overworld paths will look once we fix up more levels.

Alright, I'll go send this in, then.

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