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Rules
- The end of level marker is always a star. Each level can only have one star in it. Stars give a progress indicator throughout the game and for individual levels and since all levels will be available at the start of the game Stars are the best way for players to know what levels they've already done.
- You can submit as many levels as you want as long as they fall within the rules.
- Levels that don't meet a minimum level of quality will be rejected. Levels must be complete and all stars must be possible to acquire. Levels also need to be stable and not consistently crash the game. Excessively difficult levels that try to emulate the rage-inducing difficulty of Kaizo Mario or Super Mario Intrigue will also be rejected. This isn't meant to be about finding ways to infuriate the player and SMW rom hacks also have the benefit of save states, rewinds, and functional midpoints. Keep your level difficulty in check.
- No custom music. Custom graphics are allowed.
What You Need to Participate
Super Mario Bros. X v1.2 Beta4, available at the bottom of the OP in the link. This is the latest version of SMBX with extra features that previous stable builds don't have. Make sure you download the correct version, the file size should be ~37.8MB. It has everything you need to get started from the player, the editor, and three sample worlds.
Submitting Your Levels
SMBX puts each level into its own *.lvl file. All you have to do is compress that, any custom graphics your level uses, and a text file with your level name, difficulty out of ten, and any important tidbits of information that you think would be handy to know (like a walkthrough for a puzzle level so I know what to do when making sure that the level can be finished) and submit it! Please keep each level in its own archive.
I'll be making a hub world where players can access any level in any order. The hub will be set up so similar-difficulty levels will be grouped together and levels with similar themes or gimmicks will be separated.
Just What is Super Mario Brothers X?
Super Mario Bros X is a freeware game engine by Redigit geared towards having the gameplay features and physics of Mario 3 and Super Mario World while adding a ton of cool features and not having to deal with the restrictions of the old (S)NES hardware. There's a lot it can do (and unfortunately some it can't, yet) but these videos do a much better job of showing it than I could explain:
- A video showcasing some of the newest features
- Also features a real time editor! (too bad the interface really needs some work though)
- One level that was made using SMBX
- Another which showcases custom graphics and sounds
- An old video of a previous build but it still has some stuff to showcase (like coop play with on-the-fly split screen!)
Games are distributed as a world with levels package they can add to Super Mario Bros X and play from the main game. So far there's no way to make a self contained game so all players will need to download SMBX in order to even play the game. The game does come with a large set of graphics and sounds like the RPG Maker RTPs so everybody at least has a large number of platformer resources to work with (and it'll keep the download of the actual game itself small).
HELP!
The editor can be tricky to use so I made a SMBX Help thread on our forums! If you have any questions go there for some tips or helpful links.
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CloseI'll be playing other people's levels tonight...
I still think you should make the alternate paths a bit more accessible/less obtuse.
Fairway:
A archetypical 1-1 level, with the difficulty beefed up slightly. Has three distinct areas, grasslands, underground, and up in the sky. There are also two paths through the level. The basic blueprint was the first level of Super Mario Brothers 3 but I departed from that significantly, both soon and often.
Challenge Rating: Easy to Moderate
Max McGee's Wild Ride:
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! (This took forever to do.)
Challenge Rating: Wheeeeeeeeeeeee!
Great feedback!
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I am very curious as to how this project will unfold. Are there any real standards what is allowed to be put in the game or are we expected to police ourselves? What is stopping someone from putting 50 1-ups in a level, or for everyone to give a Hammer Bros outfit? Just things to think about.
I am trying to be pretty conservative about this, but I have no idea if others are doing the same. I think about this too.
It's worth mentioning that in SMBX 1-Ups are almost meaningless because you can save at will. So having 99 lives just lets you skip the game-over screen.
Something I'm unclear on:
Is this a contest, perse or what?
- Most real Mario stages have 2-3 (4 on the very, extremely rare occasion)
- Suit powerups are incredibly strong. If there is even one in a stage it should be hidden very well.
- Yoshi is very broken (even just green Yoshi) in this engine, it's a good idea to make it difficult to grab one of those as well.
- A midpoint counts as a free mushroom once per stage.
- Simple way is to spread them out between beginning and middle of stage (no sense for the end since it is near the end right??)
You should design your levels to be able to have the player use some level of skill to avoid the hazards and obstacles. If it's intelligently designed in this way, you shouldn't ever need more than 3 power up blocks. If you absolutely cannot continue without power ups you might be looking as a Kaizo difficulty
I will also suggest some tips/guidelines:
-SMB2 enemies, such as Shy Guys and Snifts, are immune to fireballs. The throwing physics for them also don't work properly so it can be difficult to eliminate them.
-The Hammer Brothers Suit is ridiculously powerful. Hammers can kill almost anything, even normally invincible enemies like ghosts. This suit should not be given out just anywhere.
-Keep in mind the power Koopa Troopas have. Blue Koopa Shells can enable a player with a Yoshi to bypass most of a level. Yellow Koopa Troopas can become gods of death.
-Bosses should probably only be in fortress levels, not at the end of any given level.
-Bonus areas, like Max's Wild Ride, should be very hard to access.
- Most real Mario stages have 2-3 (4 on the very, extremely rare occasion)
Some SMW stages have literally dozens, mostly little things like mushrooms in bubbles, etc. And then there's the fact that all green blocks produce a cape/flower, etc. So I think you really have to look at which Mario game you're talking about. Even SMB3 was VERY generous because of mushroom huts and a gradually accumulated inventory, you could accumulate tons of power-ups BETWEEN stages.
I think you guys are overplaying the importance of the individual power ups just a bit. It is REALLY easy to get hit and lose something like a hammer bros. suit. Especially with how difficult and enemy laden most levels seem to be.
Oh, I hadn't thought of Max's Wild Ride as a bonus area but I guess that works. I designed it basically like a "regular" level with the twist of being a crazy roller coaster ride. Whereas Magi's level seemed very much like a Star Road type deal.
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I will also suggest some tips/guidelines:
-SMB2 enemies, such as Shy Guys and Snifts, are immune to fireballs. The throwing physics for them also don't work properly so it can be difficult to eliminate them.
They weren't immune in the last version of this editor.
-The Hammer Brothers Suit is ridiculously powerful. Hammers can kill almost anything, even normally invincible enemies like ghosts. This suit should not be given out just anywhere.
-Keep in mind the power Koopa Troopas have. Blue Koopa Shells can enable a player with a Yoshi to bypass most of a level. Yellow Koopa Troopas can become gods of death.
What if we design a level that REQUIRES the Yoshi flying power to cross?
-Bosses should probably only be in fortress levels, not at the end of any given level.
-Bonus areas, like Max's Wild Ride, should be very hard to access.
I'm going to have a World 1 type level, and then a World 8 type level, with maybe one or two levels in between.
