What-a-Blast - New Intro! and overworld revamp?

The goal is 9 Worlds. I have it planned, so hopefully I can meet that goal.



Don't worry. I changed it to "Reward". It sounds much better.

So anyways, now here's the first level.

1-1 Twisted Terrace

In this level, introducts the Sword. Use can use to knock away enemies when needed. But when you get hit by an enemy or replace it with another item, the sword can no longer be used.

For those who don't know what's going on in the left screen, I go up a spiral to end up to an opening at the top right and Also TMA (to my attention), the little sudden brightness in the grass slope is now fixed.

The left screen show two crossing path. Currently I can only go up, but to go to the downwards path, I had to go to another path in the level, which was slightly more difficult. And yes, the "X" paths are functional.

In the left screen, I need to defeat the Orbils and find a certain treasure in the area to continue.
As for the right screen, it's the end of the stage. And since my multipoints are 40 at the top, when the stage is finished, the score will be 40*50=2,000.

Speaking of scores, I also have made the scores harder to get sometimes?
Why you ask? You'll see soon...

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Very well. I changed the green question mark into orange, respectively.



It is very well used for something. The multipoints make getting score easier and the more multipoints, the bigger the multiplier. (Besides, its only just a the time, but I froze it.) Eventually you will use it to unlock things if you have at least a certain score.

Suivant.

1-2 Rowdy Riverside

On the left, that Spike ball is actually flying, and on the right, is a strange outline that generates throw blocks.

The purple platform on the left is not just a platform, it floats and you can bounce on it too. On the right, It may seem like generic floating spikes that are just there, but they actually try to hurt you.

To avoid confusion, the sudden change on the right is found by going in a pipe. I am also aware of the FG clashing so I eventually changed it by getting rid of the black line. On the left, I push a box.

On the right screen the crossing paths are functional. Here, I'm going down.

That green square on the left screen is a hint of showing a secret item. When you hit a certain switch, special crystals will appear, and if you get all 5, you will get a Satchel Token (Yoshi Coin). And on the right screen I am not only on the main path, but this now introducts Dry Urchins (Muncher replacement).


On the left I almost get hit... and the right is the end of the stage.

I had an issue with the water and the status bar in this level, but I managed to fix it well. I also noticed the sky colors are different in some screens. I fixed that as well to my attetion also.

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I edited it colors in few levels which is good, as the pallete on World 1-2 was a bit dark. But if I hear more about the rock graphics, I will change them.



Lucky guess on that. I do indeed plan to stop at World 2 in the demo. But, I will jump ahead and say the only thing stopping me from doing that is the bosses. I need time to construct their ASM. You'll see when I reach the first castle.


I agree. I started reworking the graphics. Though I am not finished with it yet, you will see changes in the player graphics at the moment in various screens until finished.

Continuing...
1-3 Hop Hop Hills


On the left screenshot, the player does a "Spin Dash" after jumping on a certain bouncy ball. On the right, I just barely miss that hopping bomb and head to the underground section.

As you can see on the left, Buzzy Beetle has not changed graphics yet. I'm still working on that. But on the right, I did change the fish to a swimming urchin.

On the left, we head to pipe that shoots us to the right screenshot, which has Excited Orbils (Chuck replacement).

This is your dog, named Satchel (Yoshi replacement). You will see him in few levels. Now the only challenge is to make few other levels Satchel compatible...

Unfortunately on the left screen, I must leave Satchel, for I cannot climb up with up him. But, you may also notice the keyhole. This will be the first level to have a secret exit. On the right screenshot, I find a Power Gem (Star replacement).


On the left screenshot, this section requests that you must succesfully jump on 8 enemies in a row to continue. I also let you use the gate to help you. But when you do it, you can no longer do it at that time, because I know player will try to keep getting free 1-UPs. As for the right screenshot, this is the end of the level.

Oh, and for those reading this, the next level is exciting.

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First off I will show what the Overworld where World 1 takes place looks like so far. This is still in the works, especially the Layer 1 graphics.


Moving Along...
1-4 Pipeline Parkway

This level introduces the vehicle driving gimmick. You can jump too, but be careful to hit any walls or you will crash. When you hit an enemy, the collision will cause you to do a jump, so avoid hitting them too.

On the left screen, the lightning does make fire, but actually spawns lightning (In this case, the pipes spawn lightning).


On the left screen, introduces Orbils with dragonfly wings (Super Koopa replacement).

In this level, I made two paths. On the left, I choose to continue and wrap around the level to get the Satchel Tokens. On the right, I choose to end the course and go down to the goal point...

...which is here.

I am also aware of that timer/coin status bar glitch. I fixed it. It covers the Multipoints there, for this level has no multipoints in it.

I also fixed the Goal Point yellow palette for those who noticed (in which I just noticed right when I'm posting this -_-).

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1-C Shallow Shootoff
The first castle/boss level.
Unfortunately, no new castle graphics yet. I am working on it though. This level may also take awhile to finish anyway. I'm just showing you the progress of it.

On the right, the human cannon takes you in what ever direction it points to, you press B and you will fly in that direction. But some of them move also, so be careful.

On the left, I attempt to hop that wall using that cannon. The thing is it moves the other way which makes it a nice difficulty.

On the left, I sort of introduce Electric Urchins (Fuzzball replacements) and made the giant one too. There is also a version of those dogs, but they act stunned (because of Dry Boned replacement).



Okay. The next screenshot is why this level is not done yet.

The boss is not hitbox functional. Here, you actually float up and down by pressing them, but the boss hit box must follow the screen at all times. I was thinking I could use LevelASM to makes the boss sprite hitbox stay in one spot while the level moves. But for now, the level won't be finished if that boss isn't don't yet.
So hopefully I can make a way for that.

As World 2... That will come soon. And the player gfx are still WIP too.

Also, thank you to those who have given me comments and notices. It's great to hear opinions.

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Sorry about the low activity, still waiting for certain people to send back a certain demo beta thing for this.

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So I was thinking, for the demo of this hack, instead of World 1 and 2, i was going to do just random levels that are going to be introduced on a demo submap, because progress was slightly on hold.

What should i do?

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And now I've updated and changed things, and are going to makes changes. I will show you screenshots of current stuff in Worlds 1, 2, 3, and 4 (Highlands, Seasides, Caverns, and Forest) finished and unfinished.


This is the intro.


Plot: In the peaceful night of Blast Valley, an extraterrestrial figure has appeared and kidnapped your mother! Now the main character, Busca, who is also the mother's only son must find her, stop the extraterrestrial being, and bring her home.

World 1
1-0 Tutorial


1-1 Twisted Terrace


1-2 Rowdy Riverside


1-3 Hop Hop Hills 1


1-E(xtra) Pipeline Parkway
Gimmick: Driving in a race car.


1-4 Bagpipe Barrage
Gimmick: You must duck on the ground when the highland skipper plays the bagpipe because its ear piercing.


1-C(astle) Sector Shootoff *Incomplete


World 2
2-1 Sapphire Seashores


2-2 Oceanic Onslaught


2-3 Pop n' Pressure
Gimmick: You must swim into a bubble to keep from drowning.


2-4 Puddle Plunge *Incomplete


2-E(xtra) Hang-Glide Hype!
Gimmick: Flying a hang-glider.


2-5 Tuna Fish Tension
Gimmick: Play as a tuna fish. You can't swim back down either.


2-C(astle) Submerged Seaship


World 3
3-1 Bumper Balloon *Incomplete
Gimmick: When you hold the Up button, you begin to inflate.


3-2 Recycle Drop Inn
Gimmick: Drop/Move the trash to reach the exit.


3-3 Crystal Crash Caves
Gimmick: Do a maximum cape slam to break nearby ice to continue on.


3-4 Creature Caverns


3-4 Timed Lift Terror
Gimmick: Certain colored timed-lifts do certain things.


3-5 Lost Labyrinth
Gimmick: Dark Vertical Labyrinth.


3-C(astle) Active Asylum
Gimmick: On/Off themed castle.


World 4
4-1 Meadow March


4-2 Bye-Bye Barriers
Gimmick: When you touch a line of barrier blocks, anything else brought with you will vanish. (It's not shown here).
Also, Satchel the Dog appears in your quest to help you.


4-3 Canopy Climb


4-4 Fruit Pick Frenzy
Gimmick: Certain fruit spawn random things.


4-E(xtra) Shadow Shift Inn
Gimmick: Shadow Bubbles allow you to jump through floors and walls..


4-5 Hop Hop Hills 2
Gimmick: Growing bounce blocks.

4-6 Lavender Loop *Incomplete
Gimmick: The entire point of this stage is to find the Blue-leashed Satchel, and use him in the level next to this to continue the game progress. Otherwise the level loops endlessly, and the goal point found here will take you in a complete circle.


Welp so far is all this. I would like to thank those who have helped me with stuff in this hack.
Comments/Criticism are welcomed here

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