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Ends 12/22/2010 12:00 AM
Super RMN Bros. 2 is a community event where everybody makes 2D Mario platformer levels which then all get put into one game: Super RMN Bros. 2! The tool used for this is Super Mario Bros. X v1.3, a PC Engine made to emulate the Mario games made on the NES and SNES. This event is a followup of the previous Super RMN Bros. event, which was a great success (submission-wise, at least)! Whip out those old Mario level drawing you made when you were eight! Live the dream of making your own Mario game! Show once again that RMNers can do more than just make RPGS!
What You Need to Participate
Super Mario Bros. X v1.3, available at the DONWLOAD NOW! link. This is the latest version of SMBX with new features like Ice Flowers and different playable characters. Make sure you download the correct version, the file size should be ~37.6MB. It has everything you need to get started from the player, the editor, and a sample world.
You can also download the SMBX Graphics Pack by Red Yoshi at the bottom of the page. It has a ton of Mario Brothers graphics that you can use in your level with a simple copy+paste!
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. Since we first had RMN Bros using 1.2 Beta 4 SMBX has move onto version 1.3 adding new content such as some of the Koopalings, new features such as being able to customize NPCs, and general fixes such as reducing lag in the engine. If you really want to see what SMBX can do, check out these videos showcasing SMBX's capabilities!
- A video showcasing some of the newest features from 1.3
- Collection of clips from Mario vs. The Moon Base, a smaller collaborative project of RMNers with an emphasis on consistancy and quality
- Let's play Super RMN Bros.! by Brickroad showcasing what we done right and what we done wron
- The real time editor of the engine in action!
- Here's a few things SMBX is capable of
- One great level made in SMBX
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, especially for beginners. You can ask questions on our SMBX Help thread on our forums! If you have any questions go there for some tips or helpful links.
We also have a tutorials section on RMN for SMBX. As of now it's pretty empty but hopefully members will submit more over time.
There's also the official SMBX forums filled with much more knowledgable people than here.
Submission Rules
- Levels must be compatible with the official release of SMBX 1.3 . aka Use SMBX 1.3 .
- All submissions must be compressed. Downloading *.lvl files is twice the headache than a *.zip or *.rar file. I'm not even going to bother with anything that isn't compressed.
- Each individual submission can't exceed 1MB compressed. You can fill it up with all the custom music or graphics you want but a submission can't exceed this size.
- There is no limit to the number of levels you can submit.
- Rate the difficulty of the level on a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being easy and 5 being hard.
Level 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.
- The player who got the star can't die after getting the star.
- Water and waterfalls are swimmable as per Mario Bros 3. (No Mario 2 and it's waterfalls don't count). If you want lethal liquids stick with red lava. This is for clarity for players. Blue = Swimmable, Red = Danger!
- You can't finish a level with a Yoshi. This is to prevent players from bringing Yoshis from one level to another and they drastically redefine what a player can do. You can force this by having a pipe/door/warp of some sort that doesn't allow Yoshis prior to any exit.
- The player can't enter a no-win situation. At any point where the player is safe they must be able to complete the level.
- Multiple characters are allowed. (SMBX v1.3 allows the player to play as Mario, Luigi, Toad, Peach or Link.)
- Collectathons are not allowed. SMBX has no way of tracking what items you've collected and Mario takes too much damage to allow such a level.
Level Quality
- Levels that don't meet a minimum level of quality will be rejected.
- Levels must be complete and stars must be possible to acquire.
- If you are creating an autoscrolling level please check the Autoscrolling Tutorial for a guide of how to do it. Using scrolling layers leads to physics and collision issues and levels with these issues will be rejected.
- If a level plays like something you'd expect from a Kaizo-style romhack it will be rejected. Go start your own project if you want yet another impossible Mario game. We're shooting for fun platforming action Mario style that doesn't require precognition, time manipulation, or godlike reaction to beat.
- Levels can't cause SMBX to reach a volatile or glitchy state nor can they cause level/section wide slowdown in SMBX.
- Participants who submitted rejected levels will be notified of such, the cause of rejection, and a period to correct issues.
Compilation
- All levels will be available at the start of the game. There is no requirement to complete one level to unlock others.
- Yes it will be a world map. (No hub world!)
- Eight worlds, one Mario! (or Luigi, or Toad, or Peach, or Link!)
Registration
You must be logged in to sign up for Super RMN Bros. 2.
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Closeauthor=ldida1author=Ben_RandomOH NO! I used to LIKE bowser. He's just so cute... and fluffy. Sort of. BUT NOW I HATE HIM.author=ldida1Don't blame ShortStar. Think about it, who would be the only one that would destroy a mario forumn?author=ShortStarWa? Then who took them down... I BLAME SHORTSTAR. (I need SOMEONE to blame)
He didn't run the forums. He had a link to them, but someone totally different owned them.
BOWSER!!!
You have learned well young grasshopper. Now come, we must worship the great god of MARIO!
author=Ben_Randomauthor=ldida1You have learned well young grasshopper. Now come, we must worship the great god of MARIO!author=Ben_RandomOH NO! I used to LIKE bowser. He's just so cute... and fluffy. Sort of. BUT NOW I HATE HIM.author=ldida1Don't blame ShortStar. Think about it, who would be the only one that would destroy a mario forumn?author=ShortStarWa? Then who took them down... I BLAME SHORTSTAR. (I need SOMEONE to blame)
He didn't run the forums. He had a link to them, but someone totally different owned them.
BOWSER!!!
*Kneels* "Oh great mario, please hear my prayers. How must i go about ridding the world of the evil basTURD known as BOWSER."
OMM* I hear an answer: "Ak-47"
*Oh My Mario
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author=ldida1author=Ben_Random*Kneels* "Oh great mario, please hear my prayers. How must i go about ridding the world of the evil basTURD known as BOWSER."author=ldida1You have learned well young grasshopper. Now come, we must worship the great god of MARIO!author=Ben_RandomOH NO! I used to LIKE bowser. He's just so cute... and fluffy. Sort of. BUT NOW I HATE HIM.author=ldida1Don't blame ShortStar. Think about it, who would be the only one that would destroy a mario forumn?author=ShortStarWa? Then who took them down... I BLAME SHORTSTAR. (I need SOMEONE to blame)
He didn't run the forums. He had a link to them, but someone totally different owned them.
BOWSER!!!
OMM* I hear an answer: "Ak-47"
*Oh My Mario
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author=ldida1author=Ben_RandomLOLauthor=ldida1It's okay. Half the jokes on this site I don't get, and I just post LOL awkwardly.author=Ben_RandomAnd i take ages to figure stuff like that out.author=ldida1And I was making a joke.author=Ben_RandomI was answering shortstars message of him not being a child.author=ldida1cause he's being a child.
Yeah. But he does this ALL THE TIME. And why did he have to take down the forums?
This is a lot of quotes!
author=ldida1author=Ben_RandomOH NO! I used to LIKE bowser. He's just so cute... and fluffy. Sort of. BUT NOW I HATE HIM.author=ldida1Don't blame ShortStar. Think about it, who would be the only one that would destroy a mario forumn?author=ShortStarWa? Then who took them down... I BLAME SHORTSTAR. (I need SOMEONE to blame)
He didn't run the forums. He had a link to them, but someone totally different owned them.
BOWSER!!!
Lol
It wasn't Bowser. He needs Mario. Just as Mario needs Bowser.
They are like Batman and the Joker.
No, it was Bowsers bitter and unknown retarded cousin, Shwowzer.
They are like Batman and the Joker.
No, it was Bowsers bitter and unknown retarded cousin, Shwowzer.
author=Dudesoft
It wasn't Bowser. He needs Mario. Just as Mario needs Bowser.
They are like Batman and the Joker.
No, it was Bowsers bitter and unknown retarded cousin, Shwowzer.
OH NOS! MUST MAKE MARIO GAME THAT INVOLVES SHWOWZER. And AK-47s.
My issue wasn't with him putting it on hiatus, it was shutting down the forums. If he doesn't run them and it wasn't his call, then there's no problem and I apologize.
As for SRB2, it hit a roadblock known as "being out of town for a few weeks and my laptop plays SMBX at quarter speed". You may commence egging me.
As for SRB2, it hit a roadblock known as "being out of town for a few weeks and my laptop plays SMBX at quarter speed". You may commence egging me.
Just to clear things up for you guys:
As I have been a member at SMBX forums at one point, I can actually understand why Redigit was kind of growing tired. The community is filled with bitchy, whiny brats that both him and the moderators have to put up with. In fact, redigit actually CONSIDERED closing down the forum at an earlier point in time because of this. Lukily, however, two twin moderators stepped up and got the site running for a point.
... As far as that goes, I don't know what has happened recently that would make him quit, but I'm sure its along those lines. He may have gotten tired of all the immaturity and demands of his fans and decided to say "fuck it".
As I have been a member at SMBX forums at one point, I can actually understand why Redigit was kind of growing tired. The community is filled with bitchy, whiny brats that both him and the moderators have to put up with. In fact, redigit actually CONSIDERED closing down the forum at an earlier point in time because of this. Lukily, however, two twin moderators stepped up and got the site running for a point.
... As far as that goes, I don't know what has happened recently that would make him quit, but I'm sure its along those lines. He may have gotten tired of all the immaturity and demands of his fans and decided to say "fuck it".
Making engine, like making a game is largely a thankless task. I watched my friends try making a hacking MMO (Hack Wars). Since I could only help artistically, I got to watch the process as it descended into hell.
At first there were instant addicts. People who genuinely enjoyed the game and all the updates that went into it. As far as I know some people still play it, unless Ben finally pulled the ambiblical cord.
Then quickly some other people came in. Complaining about things, breaking game rules for profit (it was still in beta and bugs should have been reported) and the more they tried... The more thankless brats whined for more, degraded them at some points, and generally ruined the marginal enjoyment gathered from those few who loved Hack Wars.
By the end the team fell apart. There were lots of internal dev team drama to go with it, but from what I saw it was largely due to lack of morale.
It is not surprising in the least that SMBX is on hiatus. Sad though, it was coming along beautifully...
At first there were instant addicts. People who genuinely enjoyed the game and all the updates that went into it. As far as I know some people still play it, unless Ben finally pulled the ambiblical cord.
Then quickly some other people came in. Complaining about things, breaking game rules for profit (it was still in beta and bugs should have been reported) and the more they tried... The more thankless brats whined for more, degraded them at some points, and generally ruined the marginal enjoyment gathered from those few who loved Hack Wars.
By the end the team fell apart. There were lots of internal dev team drama to go with it, but from what I saw it was largely due to lack of morale.
It is not surprising in the least that SMBX is on hiatus. Sad though, it was coming along beautifully...
Here's a timeline as far as I know from official people writing me. Regedit stopped updating the engine in October. He has a life & a wife. Then the guy doing the forum made a transfer and everything was lost. That was in early Jan / late December. Then it was restarted after a week from nothing.
Indefinite hiatius means that one day he will get the itch. It might take 6 months or a year, but he will be back. If not make a Metroid engine or something.
Incase anyone missed it >>
Download my version of Super RMN Bros 2.
http://rpgmaker.net/users/ShortStar/locker/Super_RMN_Bros2_ss.zip
Indefinite hiatius means that one day he will get the itch. It might take 6 months or a year, but he will be back. If not make a Metroid engine or something.
Incase anyone missed it >>
Download my version of Super RMN Bros 2.
http://rpgmaker.net/users/ShortStar/locker/Super_RMN_Bros2_ss.zip
Yeah, i was a member there, it was wierd. This is what happens if you allow under 13s to join. You get 500 of ldida1 type people. And a couple hundered charmanderek.
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author=ShortStarSo who plans on reviewing/LPing this thing?
Here's a timeline as far as I know from official people writing me. Regedit stopped updating the engine in October. He has a life & a wife. Then the guy doing the forum made a transfer and everything was lost. That was in early Jan / late December. Then it was restarted after a week from nothing.
Indefinite hiatius means that one day he will get the itch. It might take 6 months or a year, but he will be back. If not make a Metroid engine or something.
Incase anyone missed it >>
Download my version of Super RMN Bros 2.
http://rpgmaker.net/users/ShortStar/locker/Super_RMN_Bros2_ss.zip
Desmo360
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author=Ben_Randomauthor=ShortStarSo who plans on reviewing/LPing this thing?
Here's a timeline as far as I know from official people writing me. Regedit stopped updating the engine in October. He has a life & a wife. Then the guy doing the forum made a transfer and everything was lost. That was in early Jan / late December. Then it was restarted after a week from nothing.
Indefinite hiatius means that one day he will get the itch. It might take 6 months or a year, but he will be back. If not make a Metroid engine or something.
Incase anyone missed it >>
Download my version of Super RMN Bros 2.
http://rpgmaker.net/users/ShortStar/locker/Super_RMN_Bros2_ss.zip
I've recently taken up the LP-ing challenge! I've been working on my first series for a mario game on this site call Subcon Stars. I'd be happy to be one of the Let's Players!
I still want to see brickroad do it. He sounded optimistic in one of his Talking Time Bros videos where he mentioned how we'd adopted a peer review system of sorts.
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author=halibabica
I still want to see brickroad do it. He sounded optimistic in one of his Talking Time Bros videos where he mentioned how we'd adopted a peer review system of sorts.
That's what I'm hoping for as well.
Edit: I just started watching Bricks LP of Talking Time. I don't like it so far. The game seems fine, but it's the LP itself that I don't like.
Why?
Because BrickRoad hasn't gotten angry yet.
